History teaches us

23April 2025. Nebojsa Jovanovic

The man who wanted Serbia to become Europe

Jevrem Obrenović revealed to Serbia the European way of life, his family and the people around it were an example of culture, modernity and progress, he was one of the founders of many of today's institutions, including the National Library of Serbia and SANA, he built the first urban town, and yet his older brother Prince Miloš drove him into exile

United States

05April 2025. BB

John Bolton: Dissolving NATO would have negative consequences for the Balkans

"If the NATO alliance began to disintegrate, it would mean that it and its success all these years since it was formed in 1949 and maintained peace and security among the members of the alliance, would be called into question, which would have very negative consequences not only for the Balkans but also throughout Europe," said John Bolton, former US national security adviser in the administration of US President Donald Trump.

Strategic raw materials

02April 2025. Srećko Matić (DW)

Germany plans to start lithium mining in 2030

The German company "Zinwald Lithium" presented plans for the exploitation of lithium on the border with the Czech Republic. This is followed by the persuasion of local environmental activists, who in turn announce that they want to connect with opponents of lithium mining from Serbia.

Global security

10march 2025 Jens Turau (DW)

Arms Export Routes: Dramatic Geopolitical Change

For the last five years, Ukraine has been the largest purchaser of heavy weapons in the world. The US provided 45 percent of all shipments. These data best show the severity of Donald Trump's threat to withhold military aid to Ukraine. Why did the import of weapons in other European countries increase by 155 percent

Evropa

08October 2024 SZ

Floating "Trojan horse": No port will receive Russian damaged ship

The cargo ship Ruby is floating around the northwestern coast of Europe and, although it is damaged, no port in Europe wants to receive it, because of the thousands of tons of Russian fertilizer it is carrying and the fear that it is a "Trojan horse".

Climate changes

15September 2024 SZ

Is Serbia ready for flood defense?

Heavy rains and deadly floods in Europe are the result of climate change. New weather conditions require infrastructural changes in urban areas. What awaits Serbia?

Đorđa Meloni, one of the leaders of the European right

Italija

A holiday of silence

The topic called Liberation Day represents a serious trauma both for the Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni (pictured) and her comrades, and for the majority of the ultra-right population throughout Europe, including the obscure Balkan areas. Who freed whom during 1944 and the following year, and who was enslaved, will remain the eternal question of all those who were defeated in the great war conflict

Drug trafficking

08march 2024 JH/FoNet

Drug sales in the EU turn over 31 billion euros per year

Annual drug traffic in the European Union is worth 31 billion euros, according to a report by Europol and the European Center for Monitoring Drugs and Drug Addiction. Drug organizations from the Balkans also have a large share in that business. There are a hundred organized criminal groups from the Balkans in Spain alone

Agricultural protests

01march 2024 SZ/RSE/Vreme

French farmers on the streets again, Serbian still relying on state promises

In the wave of Paor protests that have shaken the European Union in recent months, from the Netherlands and Germany to Italy, Greece and Portugal, France is also in crisis due to the poor state of agriculture. Although the EU allocates much more money for agriculture than in Serbia, the protests are much more radical

Security policy

16February 2024. DW

NATO: Can Europe defend itself without America?

On Thursday, NATO defense ministers discussed aid to Ukraine, but also their own defense capabilities. It would be very problematic if the US withdrew from Europe, especially in terms of conventional defense

Europe and the USA

15February 2024. DW

Will the EU acquire nuclear bombs?

Due to Trump's statement that he would encourage Russia to "do what it wants" with countries that do not pay NATO membership fees, doubts arose that the partnership between the European Union and the USA is sincere. That is why SPD's main candidate for the European elections, Katarina Barli, is now proposing that the EU acquire its own nuclear bombs

Evropa

29November 2023 BG

NATO meeting: No concrete promises to Ukraine

After the first day of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting modestly: no concrete promises to Ukraine, Sweden's accession remains uncertain. This is not good news for Ukraine ahead of the coming winter

Economy

19November 2023 Z.S.

In which part of Europe is the highest salary?

According to the data center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the highest salary in Europe is earned on average in Liechtenstein. Working in this small country between Switzerland and Austria with less than 40.000 people is worth €7.046 per month