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Vučić calls snap parliamentary election in Serbia for 25 October
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 9. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Following the official proposal submitted by the Government on Monday, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić today called a snap parliamentary election in Serbia for 25 October. In a short address to the nation, Vučić said that the main reason for calling the elec…

Strained EU–Serbia relations over Ratko Mladić’s funeral
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 8. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

The leaders of the European Union and Member States sharply condemned Serbia for giving a state-assisted funeral with military honors to convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić. According to the official statements, glorification of such people, historical revisionism, or genocide de…

Konaković announces the partial withdrawal of embassy staff from Belgrade
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 8. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

SARAJEVO – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković announced yesterday that he is recalling all embassy personnel from Belgrade whose withdrawal does not require presidential approval. The decision is a direct response to the glorification of convi…

Ursula von der Leyen: The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral were shocking
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 8. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated today that the images from the funeral of Ratko Mladić, convicted for genocide and war crimes were shocking, and that the elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at …

Serbian Government asks Vučić to dissolve the parliament and call snap election
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 7. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – At today’s extraordinary session, the Government of Serbia decided to ask Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to dissolve the parliament and call a snap election. This was done at the initiative of Prime Minister Đuro Macut. According to the procedures, the Presid…

Convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić buried with full military honors
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 7. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić was buried today at Topčider Cemetery in Belgrade, with the full military honors. The coffin was covered with the flags of Serbia and Republika Srpska, and escorted to the grave site by an honorary unit of the Serbian Army, aft…

“Any glorification of war criminals has no place in the EU candidate countries”
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 7. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – “The Western Balkan armed conflicts of the 1990s were among Europe’s darkest moments in its recent history. We are standing in solidarity with all victims, survivors and their families who suffered from war crimes in countries of former Yugoslavia”, it has been stated …

Citizen Lab researcher: We are very convinced that students’ phones were attacked by Pegasus spyware
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 7. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the Canadian company Citizen Lab, told Insajder web portal that the institution is “very convinced” that there was an attack on the phones of students in Serbia by the Pegasus software, and that “experience tells him that …

“The coming days will be a test of whether Serbia is ready to break up with the past”
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 7. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – American senators Jeanne Shaheen, Chuck Grassley, and Congressman Keith Self, urged the governments of Serbia and Republika Srpska to refrain from any connection with today’s funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić and to ensure that no public statem…

Kos postpones visit to Belgrade, condemns glorification of Mladić
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 4. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Marta Kos, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, has postponed her visit to Serbia, it has been officially confirmed by her today. The visit was scheduled for the next week and was set to include meetings with government officials, opposition figures, and civil society repr…

Ethnic division and polarization to dominate electoral campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 4. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

During the summer of 2026 the political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina was extremely tense ahead of the election campaign, which officially starts today. In the last two months statements by key politicians and parties in both entitie…

Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić transported to Belgrade for funeral
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 4. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – The body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić was flown from Netherlands to Serbia by the Serbian government plane on 3 September. The coffin was accompanied on the flight by Mladić’s son and a granddaughter, as well as by Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujić. …

EU: If the claims of illicit wiretapping in Serbia were confirmed, it would be unacceptable
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 4. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – “The European Union is aware of the latest allegations of the use of spyware to illegally track student activists and opposition politicians in Serbia. Such a practice would be unacceptable if the allegations were confirmed”, Radio Free Europe reported. A spokesman of …

Informal meeting of the Council of the EU starts in Dublin, enlargement on the agenda
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 3. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

DUBLIN – An informal meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union started today in the capital of Ireland, hosted by the current Irish Presidency. One of the main topics on the agenda of the meeting, which will last until tomorrow, will be the enlargement of…

Opposition party leader says he was subject to spyware at the same time as students
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 3. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Co-president of the Serbian Green-Left Front (ZLF) party, Radomir Lazović, said today that he had been subjected to surveillance, along with 13 members of the Student movement and activists, during the elections held in 10 local self-government units in March thi…

Opposition and student activists in Serbia targeted with advanced spyware
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 3. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – At least 14 people in Serbia were targeted with advanced spyware since the beginning of 2026 – the largest documented wave of such surveillance in the country to date, announced SHARE Foundation on 2 September. “Those targeted include members of the student…

Dirk Schübel calls for the rapid formation of political institutions in Pristina
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 2. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

PRISTINA – “There is an important window of opportunity ahead of us,” said the new EU ambassador to Kosovo, Dirk Schübel , who officially took office today as head of the EU Office and EU Special Representative for Kosovo, it was reported by KoSSev. info. At the…

[EXPLAINER] Serbia on the brink of decisive elections: How did we get here?
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 1. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

Serbia is entering the autumn of 2026 amid widespread expectations that the country is on the brink of decisive parliamentary elections. While President Aleksandar Vučić has been announcing possible snap elections for some time – announcements that have not materialized &#8…

Serbia Elects platform relaunched
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 1. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

Serbia Elects, a media platform specialising in coverage of elections, polls, the state of democracy and other political developments in Serbia, has been relaunched. The platform is powered by the European Western Balkans portal. It will consist of a dedicated section on the EWB …

North Macedonia risks new Bulgaria veto?
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 1. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

SOFIA – Bulgaria may have found another reason to hold up Macedonia’s EU accession process, this time related to a criminal trial involving a dual Bulgarian-Macedonian citizen, Euractiv reports. The trial of Iva Mihaylova, who holds both Bulgarian and Macedonian citiz…

European Commission: Any interference in Montenegro’s EU accession process would be unacceptable
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 1. rujna 2026. · Vijesti

BRUSSELS – The European Commission stated on Monday that any interference in Montenegro’s EU accession process would be unacceptable. Responding to a questions from Vijesti about Prime Minister Spajić’s statement that the closing of negotiating chapters would be…

Albania denies involvement in Montenegro destabilisation claims, Vučić points to Croatia
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 31. kolovoza 2026. · Vijesti

TIRANA – Albania is not and cannot be part of any scenario aimed at destabilising Montenegro or any other country, said Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday. He was responding to a statement by Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, who said that t…

US extends NIS operating licence until 30 September
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 31. kolovoza 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – The United States has extended the operating license for the Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS) until 30 September, Serbian Minister of Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović announced on Friday. The decision by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets C…

Iceland rejects reopening EU accession talks
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 31. kolovoza 2026. · Vijesti

REYKJAVIK – Citizens of Iceland rejected the government’s proposal to resume negotiations on membership in the European Union in a national referendum, according to preliminary results reported by Iceland’s public broadcaster RÚV. Based on 188,500 votes counted, out of around 270…

Vučić: Mladić will be buried in Serbia in a dignified way if his family wishes it
Balkan · European Western Balkans · Balkan · 28. kolovoza 2026. · Vijesti

BELGRADE – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated that if the family of former commander of the Republika Srpska Army Ratko Mladić, sentenced for genocide and war crimes to life in prison, wants him to be buried in the territory of Serbia, “the state will help them to do…

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