Serbia

‘We’ve proved that change is possible’ – but Serbia protesters unsure of next move

With student-led activists reluctant to engage politically against well-entrenched regime, many are asking: now what?

Julian Borger in Novi Sad

03, Feb, 2025 @2:00 PM

Europeans on democracy’s frontlines offer advice to Americans: never give up

With the new Trump era likely to pose unprecedented challenges the message from Europe’s fragile democracies is: stay united and safeguard your institutions

Julian Borger in Belgrade

03, Feb, 2025 @10:00 AM

Major anti-corruption protests in Serbia add to pressure on President Vučić

Novi Sad’s bridges blocked by thousands rallying against government and in memory of roof collapse blamed on graft that killed 15

Helena Smith

01, Feb, 2025 @7:45 PM

‘We are done with corruption’: how the students of Serbia rose up against the system

In a country grappling with weak rule of law, many seek freedom from a government long seen as authoritarian

Ingrid Gercama in Belgrade

30, Jan, 2025 @5:00 AM

Mona Lisa to be moved as part of ‘redesigned, enlarged Louvre’, Macron says – as it happened

French president says world’s most famous portrait will get its own room in the Louvre

Jakub Krupa

28, Jan, 2025 @5:09 PM

Serbian prime minister resigns amid anti-corruption protests

Miloš Vučević steps down ‘in order to defuse tensions’ as demonstrations continue after deadly station roof collapse

Jennifer Rankin and Jakub Krupa

28, Jan, 2025 @4:42 PM

What does the resignation of its populist prime minister mean for Serbia?

Milos Vučević quit in an attempt to calm political tensions after months of anti-corruption protests led by students

Ashifa Kassam, Jakub Krupa and agencies

28, Jan, 2025 @4:09 PM

Serbian students block Belgrade road junction to increase pressure on Vučić

Farmers bring tractors in support of protest, in echo of fall of former president Slobodan Milošević

Julian Borger

27, Jan, 2025 @6:01 PM

Serbian schools to close early for winter break amid anti-corruption protests

Vučić government seeks to stop unrest over Novi Sad canopy collapse spreading to secondary education sector

Philip Oltermann

22, Dec, 2024 @1:56 PM

Serbian authorities using spyware to illegally surveil activists, report finds

Advanced mobile forensics products being used to illegally extract data from mobile devices, Amnesty finds

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

16, Dec, 2024 @8:46 AM

Bournemouth’s Milos Kerkez: ‘Everything has changed quickly. It’s a bit crazy’

The defender is, like his club, a bundle of energy with grand ambitions – and he wants to build a lake, he tells Ben Fisher

Ben Fisher

14, Dec, 2024 @8:00 AM

Jailed Bosnian Serb general says he aided and abetted Srebrenica genocide

Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prison