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Student protests continue to challenge Serbia's populist government after a deadly canopy collapse
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Serbian students and others briefly blocked traffic throughout the country Friday as political tensions continue to simmer following last month’s collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people. The 15-minute traffic blockades have been...
Serbian police use mobile phone spyware to keep track of opponents and journalists, Amnesty says
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s secret service and police have been spying on journalists and opposition activists by installing spyware on their mobile phones, Amnesty International said Monday. The watchdog's report, backed by testimonies of those who claim their phones have...
Trump appoints longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as special missions envoy
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, tasking him with helping the incoming administration deal with some of the toughest foreign policy challenges. ...
Serbia's main gas supplier that is controlled by Russia faces US sanctions, president says
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The United States plans to introduce sanctions against Serbia’s main gas supplier that is controlled by Russia, Serbia’s president said Saturday. President Aleksandar Vucic told state RTS broadcaster that Serbia has been officially informed that the...
UEFA punishes Serbia for fan misconduct including trying to burn Albania flag
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA punished Serbia’s soccer federation for racist acts by fans at two Nations League games, including trying to burn an Albania flag in Switzerland. The decision was announced Friday, hours before Serbia and Albania were drawn by FIFA into the same...
Traffic blockades held throughout Serbia against populist government over roof collapse tragedy
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents throughout Serbia stopped in silence for 15 minutes on Friday as part of persistent anti-government protests following the collapse last month of a concrete canopy in the country's north that killed 15 people. Traffic blockades have taken place...
Protesters hold a noisy demonstration against Serbia's populist leadership
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally on Thursday outside Serbia's state television headquarters despite the country's president pledging to fulfil all their demands as he faced one of the most challenging threats to his populist rule. ...
Serbia sentences man to 20 years in prison for one of 2 mass shootings that shook nation last May
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian court on Thursday convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a young man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in one of two back-to-back mass killings last year which shook the Balkan nation. Uros Blazic, 21, took up an automatic rifle on...
Serbia's president says he won't flee his country like Syria's Assad did despite growing protests
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's president accused Tuesday foreign intelligence services of trying to unseat him in the wake of spreading protests in the Balkan state and that he wouldn't flee the country like the ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad. President Aleksandar Vučić...
Kosovo's parliament speaker ejects ethnic Serb lawmakers because of their truancy
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's parliament speaker ejected several lawmakers of the ethnic Serb minority from the chamber Thursday because of several recent absences, a move that could spark new frictions in the tense relations with neighboring Serbia. Speaker Glauk Konjufca...
