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European Council President Antonio Costa waves and leaves with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic after a press conference at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
European Council president says Serbia’s leader has vowed to stay on the EU path despite Russia trip
European Council President António Costa has criticized the trip by Serbia’s president to Russia’s Victory Day parade last week.
 
People take part protest rally in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, March 24, 2025, against a real estate development project that will be financed by the firm of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the site of the former Yugoslav army headquarters destroyed in a U.S.-led NATO bombing campaign in 1999. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Protesters in Serbia rally against real estate project with Trump son-in-law Kushner
Thousands of protesters in Serbia have rallied against plans to turn a former army headquarters into a luxury complex. The project is financed by the firm of U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
 
People crowd a square during a student-led protest and a 18-hour blockade of the streets to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November 2024 collapse of a train station canopy, in the town of Nis, Serbia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Serbian students declare ‘we deserve better’ as latest anti-graft rally adds pressure on government
Tens of thousands of people have joined protesting students in Serbia for a rally proclaiming that “we deserve better” and will no longer accept injustice and corruption in the Balkan country that has been ruled firmly by a populist government for over a decade.
 
Students arrive in Serbian town of Nis to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November collapse of a train station canopy, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Fireworks, huge joyous crowds welcome students in Serbia’s south on the eve of big anti-graft rally
Fireworks and flares lit up the evening sky as Serbia’s protesting students arrived in a southern city on the eve of a another big rally pressuring the populist government in the Balkan country.
 
Locals wait for students march near the village of Cerovac near the Serbian industrial town of Kragujevac, to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November collapse of a train station canopy, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Serbia’s protesting students and supporters of the president hold parallel rallies as tensions spike
Serbia’s striking students and supporters of populist President Aleksandar Vucic are holding parallel rallies as both mark the country’s Statehood Day with notably contrasting messages.
 
Students march near the village of Cumic near the Serbian industrial town of Kragujevac, to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November collapse of a train station canopy, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Marching university students in Serbia receive jubilant welcome on the eve of a big anti-graft rally
Protesting university students in Serbia were greeted with euphoria as they arrived in a central town ahead of a big rally this weekend. It’s part of a months-long demonstration against corruption in the Balkan country.
 
Students walk towards the northern city of Novi Sad, where they will participate in a 24 hour block of three bridges to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November collapse of a train station canopy, in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Serbia’s striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens
They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer, or 50 mile, march toward the northern city of Novi Sad.
 
Rescue service workers inspect a scene as a roof collapsed at a railway station, Friday Nov. 1, 2024, in Novi Sad, Serbia. (Interior Ministry of Serbia via AP)
Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 14
Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 14 people. The concrete roof at the entrance to the station in the city of Novi Sad came down on Friday morning.
 
Two woman take a selfie in front of a podium prior to a protest in Sabac, Serbia, Monday, July 29, 2024. Thousands of people rallied in several towns in Serbia to protest a lithium excavation project the Balkan country's government recently signed with the European Union. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Thousands protest Serbia’s deal with the European Union to excavate lithium
Thousands of people have rallied in several towns in Serbia to protest a lithium excavation project the Balkan country’s government recently signed with the European Union.
 
Survey: CEO pessimism on economy spreads after upbeat 2018
A survey of hundreds of corporate chieftains worldwide shows “a record jump in pessimism” about global economic growth.
 
Yemen peace talks in Sweden focus on prisoner swap deal
Yemen’s warring parties have met for a fourth day in Sweden to try hammer out details of a prisoner exchange, which could eventually include all prisoners held by both sides in the four-year civil war.
 
Protesting migrants ask EU leaders why borders are closed
A group of migrants who set off two days ago on a protest march toward Hungary say they want to ask European leaders why their borders have been closed for thousands fleeing war and poverty.
 
Serbia tries to stop massive migrant exodus to EU
Serbian authorities say about 1,000 asylum seekers are caught daily by either Hungarian or Serbian border guards as they try to cross illegally through forests and freezing rivers. The migrants also include many Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis and others.