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Serbian minister to resign over concrete canopy crash that killed 14 people

Nov. 04, 2024 14:19 PM EST

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's construction minister said Monday he was stepping down days after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station, killing 14 people and severely injuring three. Minister Goran Vesic announced his resignation at a hastily called press conference as...

Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 14

Nov. 01, 2024 16:15 PM EDT

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least 14 people with more feared buried under the rubble, officials said. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that three people were...

EU leader praises Serbia for its advances in EU membership bid despite growing Russian influence

Oct. 25, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday praised the Serbian president for meeting her and other European Union leaders instead of attending a Russia-organized summit of developing economies held earlier this week. Serbia has close ties...

Leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia propose setting up migrant 'hotspots' outside the EU

Oct. 22, 2024 09:41 AM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia on Tuesday proposed setting up facilities for hosting asylum-seekers outside the territory of the European Union, a solution they said would help stem illegal immigration they believe poses an existential threat to the bloc. ...

Serbia's president thanks Putin for gas supplies and vows he'll never impose sanctions on Russia

Oct. 20, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Union candidate Serbia will continue to refuse to impose sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine despite Western pressure, Serbia’s leader said after his telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. ...

Turkey and Serbia suggest they might jointly produce military drones

Oct. 11, 2024 11:39 AM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The leaders of Turkey and Serbia suggested Friday that their countries might jointly produce military drones, months after a Turkish shipment of unmanned aircraft to Serbia’s neighbor Kosovo sparked anger in the Serbian capital. While Serbia had initially...

Trial opens of Serb gunmen accused of attacking Kosovo police

Oct. 09, 2024 05:50 AM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court on Wednesday opened a trial of 45 people charged over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions remain tense between Serbia and its former breakaway province. The trial at the Pristina District Court...

Kosovo's leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police

Sep. 24, 2024 09:36 AM EDT

BANJSKA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Tuesday held Serbia accountable for trying to annex part of Kosovo following an incursion of Serb gunmen who killed a police officer in a shootout last year that raised tensions between the sides. Kurti called on the...

Serbia demands new elections in tense north Kosovo as well as return of Serb police and judiciary

Sep. 13, 2024 15:14 PM EDT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Friday demanded that an election be held and ethnic Serbs return to police and judiciary in a Serb-populated northern region of Kosovo where tensions have fueled fears of instability and new armed clashes. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic also...

Kosovo prosecutors charge 45 people over a deadly incursion by Serb gunmen

Sep. 11, 2024 08:49 AM EDT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against 45 people over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year, as tensions rise between Serbia and its former breakaway province. A Kosovo policeman and three Serb gunmen were...