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Conflict

05May 2025. MLJ

Eye to eye in Novi Sad: Progressives versus citizens

In front of the SNS premises on Novi Sad's Liberation Boulevard, two opposing groups gathered - activists and local officials of the SNS with a stand and self-organized citizens making noise in front of them.

Political prisoners

05May 2025. MLJ

Is Marija Vasić alive?

The family and lawyers do not know if Marija Vasić is still alive. They know that, during the hunger and thirst strike, she was taken to the prison hospital

Personal attitude

05May 2025. Marko Oljaca

Mass indifference

We could see what kind of attitude the government has towards the days it itself declared as Days of Remembrance for the Victims of Mass Murders last Saturday when, as part of the nationalist, populist and kitsch manifestation Belgrade Family Days, citizens were invited to laugh, dance at concerts, enjoy themselves with majorettes, and children to practice shooting accuracy, all on the day when a child in the center of Belgrade killed children and a guard at a school

Student protest in Subotica

Protest

05May 2025. MLJ

Attacked "Belgrade Syndicate"

Members of the "Belgrade Union" announced that they were attacked on the stage in Subotica, where they held a concert as part of a large student protest.

German soldiers

Weapon

05May 2025. Andreas Knoll/DW

Who has the strongest army in Europe?

Germany and other European countries announce that they will invest as much as five percent of BPD in the army. Who are the continent's biggest military powers, where are their strengths and weaknesses?

Overview of the week

We must not watch and remain silent.

The Republic of Serbia is in danger. If we remain silent on the rigged process against political prisoners in Novi Sad and the Kraljeva case where the victims were declared violent, soon we will all go on hunger and thirst strikes for a shred of justice

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Conflict

18May 2025. MLJ

Eye to eye in Novi Sad: Progressives versus citizens

In front of the SNS premises on Novi Sad's Liberation Boulevard, two opposing groups gathered - activists and local officials of the SNS with a stand and self-organized citizens making noise in front of them.

Student protest in Subotica

Protest

18May 2025. MLJ

Attacked "Belgrade Syndicate"

Members of the "Belgrade Union" announced that they were attacked on the stage in Subotica, where they held a concert as part of a large student protest.

Political prisoners

18May 2025. MLJ

Is Marija Vasić alive?

The family and lawyers do not know if Marija Vasić is still alive. They know that, during the hunger and thirst strike, she was taken to the prison hospital

Cows

Agriculture

08May 2025. MS

Why does Serbia import milk at all?

In Serbia, the number of cattle is lower in 2024 than in 2023 by 3,7 percent. However, the Minister of Agriculture, Dragan Glamočić, claims that the dairies have stocks of milk and that is why the issuance of licenses for the import of milk, milk products and palm oil products has been suspended.

German soldiers

Weapon

18May 2025. Andreas Knoll/DW

Who has the strongest army in Europe?

Germany and other European countries announce that they will invest as much as five percent of BPD in the army. Who are the continent's biggest military powers, where are their strengths and weaknesses?

The building of the Government of Serbia

Education

17May 2025. MS

Who writes the new Law on Higher Education?

The conclusion on the formation of the Working Group for the drafting of the new Law on Higher Education was adopted by the Government of Serbia. The Working Group is headed by Minister of Education Dejan Vuk Stanković, and among its members is SKONUS president Margereta Smiljanić, known to the public after the SNS call center.

Demolition of the Old Sava Bridge in Belgrade

Beograd

17May 2025. MS

Why is the government hiding the contract for the demolition of the Old Sava Bridge?

The administrative dispute against the commissioner for information of public importance was initiated by the "Belgrade remains" initiative. In addition, they will initiate a dispute against the Government of Serbia because the contract on the demolition of the Old Sava Bridge and the construction of a new one is hidden from the public

Right or West

18May 2025. MLJ

Second round of presidential elections in Romania

On Sunday, May 18, in the second round of presidential elections, Romanian citizens will choose between far-right Eurosceptic Djordje Simion and pro-Western reformist Nikušor Dan, whose victory would keep the country on a pro-European path and reassure investors.

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

16May 2025. IN THE

Exchange of 1.000 for 1.000 prisoners: The first concrete outcome of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul

The delegations of Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul for the first time face to face since March 2022. Although no agreement was reached on a ceasefire, the exchange of 1.000 prisoners on both sides was agreed upon, officials confirmed. Ukraine requested talks between the leaders, and Russia announced its readiness to "consider" them.

Overview of the week

We must not watch and remain silent.

The Republic of Serbia is in danger. If we remain silent on the rigged process against political prisoners in Novi Sad and the Kraljeva case where the victims were declared violent, soon we will all go on hunger and thirst strikes for a shred of justice

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić

Comment

There will be no election.

The knee-jerk Supreme Being trusts in the local elections in Kosjerić and Zaječar. It must not be forgotten that for 13 years he poured heavy poisons, especially in the province, and that detoxification is a long and painful process.

Support Marija Vasić

16May 2025. IN THE

Citizens at the protest in front of CZ demand freedom for Marija Vasić

Citizens from different parts of Belgrade and Serbia gathered in front of the Central Prison to support Marija Vasić, a member of the Free Citizens Movement. Her hospitalization after the hunger strike caused violent reactions and led to a spontaneous gathering, accompanied by slogans and symbols of civil resistance.

Two gatherings in Niš

17May 2025. Andrei Ivanji

Showdown: A day of high risk in Nis

On one square in Niš, a rally by Aleksandar Vučić, on another, a gathering of students in a blockade. A close encounter between supporters of progressive and different Serbia is inevitable

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

16May 2025. IN THE

Exchange of 1.000 for 1.000 prisoners: The first concrete outcome of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul

The delegations of Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul for the first time face to face since March 2022. Although no agreement was reached on a ceasefire, the exchange of 1.000 prisoners on both sides was agreed upon, officials confirmed. Ukraine requested talks between the leaders, and Russia announced its readiness to "consider" them.

A cheerful humorist

15May 2025. Nebojsa Brocic

How we hurt ourselves

A short, sometimes darkly humorous account of historical events and moments when we invariably made mistakes in judgment, chose the wrong side or did things to ourselves, unjustifiably and unprovoked, that brought us here

On the occasion of the exhibition

15May 2025. Zorica Kojic

You must be mine.

How a slip, which may not have been, revealed that in the entire macho heritage of rock music, the Partybreakers stand as a shining example of fair and honorable treatment of women, all on the occasion of the exhibition Party breakers - Just be yourself.

Interview: Anthony Clifford Grayling

15May 2025. Anđa Cerović

Why war is the solution to our problems

"If something useful can be taken from difficult periods of upheaval and conflict, it is the determination to be more mature, more thoughtful and to seek strategies and agreements that will ensure and preserve peace, because peace is the basis for almost all the good that human beings are capable of"

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