After nine months of anti-government protests in Serbia, led by students, there is a surge in violence. Why now?
A wave of protests that began in Serbia in November 2024 has entered a new phase, with daily clashes between demonstrators and police since August 12, when violence broke out in the northern cities of Vrbas and Backa Palanka.
The Serbian government is facing renewed scrutiny after RFE/RL reviewed documents revealing a significant expansion of its controversial surveillance program in collaboration with Chinese tech giant Huawei despite public protests and legal challenges.
A Serbian military special operations brigade has completed joint training with a Chinese brigade in China despite strong objections from the European Union and the United States.
Serbia will conduct military training exercises with China this month, becoming the first-ever EU candidate to do so as the two countries take a new step toward deepening military cooperation.
Serbian police cleared blockades in Belgrade on June 30 amid student-led protests demanding snap elections and detainee releases.
Mass unrest rocked Serbia overnight on June 29-30 as protests intensified amid a police crackdown on the student-led movement.
Thousands of anti-government protesters barricaded streets in at several Serbian cities early on June 30 and demanded the release of fellow demonstrators who had been detained by police as they turned up the heat on populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Belgrade on June 28, demanding new elections and building on months of demonstrations against corruption. A large rally of counterdemontrators defended the record of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Riot police in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, used pepper spray and tear gas against anti-government protesters demanding new elections and an end to the long rule of President Aleksandar Vucic, even as counterdemonstrators also took to the streets.
Serbia is halting all ammunition exports following a decision by President Aleksandar Vucic as the Balkan country faces challenges over exports to Israel and Moscow's suspicions that ammunition made in Serbia has made its way to Ukraine.
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