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Serbian appeals court overturns ruling to extradite to Belarus a critic of its authoritarian regime
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An appeals court in Serbia on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that a prominent critic of the authoritarian government in Belarus should be extradited to that country, and said that the case must be retried. Serbian authorities arrested...
Pride march held in conservative Serbia under heavy police protection
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Pride march on Saturday in Serbia's capital pressed for the demand that the populist government improve the rights of the LGBTQ+ community who often face harassment and discrimination in the highly conservative Balkan country. The march in central Belgrade...
US-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won't join Western penalties
Serbia is a Russian ally and will never impose sanctions against Moscow or join NATO, the Balkan nation’s deputy prime minister said Wednesday as he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The remarks by Aleksandar Vulin, a former intelligence chief who is under U.S. sanctions,...
House fire in northern Serbia kills 6
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A house fire in a northern Serbian city early Friday killed six people, including four children, police said. The fire erupted around 3 a.m. in Novi Sad, some 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Belgrade, the capital, said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. ...
Serbian police say a fire in a northern city killed 6 people, including 4 children
Thousands protest lithium mining in Serbia. Officials say it's a plot against populist president
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied on Saturday against lithium mining in Serbia, despite officials' warnings of their alleged plot to topple populist President Aleksandar Vučić and his government. Vučić said earlier he had been tipped off by Russian...