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Student marches, traffic blockades in Serbia as protests persist over concrete canopy fall
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian university students left piles of old school books outside the education ministry building on Friday as part of almost daily street protests demanding accountability over the collapse nearly two months ago of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people in the country's...
Kosovo appeals body overturns ban on ethnic Serb party, allowing it to run in parliamentary election
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s election appeals authority on Wednesday cancelled a ban on the main party of the ethnic Serb minority, allowing it to field candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election. The Electoral Panel for Complaints and Appeals decided that the party,...
Striking students in Serbia tell chief prosecutor to 'fight for law and justice'
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's striking university students on Wednesday rallied outside the chief prosecutor's office to demand justice over a concrete canopy collapse that killed 15 people last month in the country's north. More than 1,000 students symbolically left letters on...
Kosovo's ethnic Serb party says its ban from a parliamentary election is 'political violence'
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s main ethnic Serb party on Tuesday said its ban from the upcoming general election is “institutional and political violence” against the ethnic minority. Zlatan Elek of Srpska Lista, or Serb List, said the move was “done on the orders of...
Kosovo election authority bans main ethnic Serb party from parliamentary vote
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s election authority on Monday barred the main ethnic Serb party from competing in the upcoming parliamentary election, justifying the move by pointing to its nationalist stance and close ties to Serbia. The Central Election Commission declined to...
Thousands stream into Belgrade square to protest against populist Serbian leadership
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people streamed into a central square in Serbia's capital on Sunday for a rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government, whose tight grip on power has been challenged by weeks of street protests led by university students. ...
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...
