Tag: Serbian

The last women standing in a Serbian village swallowed by mine

By Marko Djurica and Ivana Sekularac KRIVELJ, Serbia (Reuters) – The women are nurses, school teachers, students and housewives. They span three generations. And they are up for a fight. Nearly two-dozen women are at the centre of a battle to have their village in eastern Serbia relocated away from a copper mine that they […]

Russia uses Serbian agent to infiltrate EU institutions, intelligence says

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has been using a Serbian national named Novica Antic to infiltrate EU institutions and spread pro-Kremlin views, Politico reported on March 5, citing Western intelligence briefs they had reviewed. According to the outlet, Antic, allegedly an “active agent of influence” of the FSB, met with members of the European Parliament […]

Zelenskyy meets Serbian President at Ukraine-South-East Europe summit

During the Ukraine-South-East Europe summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who is known for his strong ties to Russia. Source: Zelenskyy on social media, as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to Vučić for Serbia’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as their humanitarian and […]

Serbian appellate court overturns ex-SBU official’s prison sentence

A court of appeals in the Serbian city of Nis overturned the one-year prison sentence of Andrii Naumov, a former official of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported on Feb. 14. The former head of the SBU’s internal security department was detained in Serbia in 2022 after fleeing Ukraine. […]

Ukraine to hold summit with Western Balkans countries – Serbian President

Ukraine will hold a summit with the Western Balkans countries in the coming days. Source: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, as reported by European Pravda with reference to Radio Slobodna Evropa Quote: “We do not jeopardise our cooperation with Ukraine. I will be at the Summit of Western Balkans and Ukraine, which will take place soon. […]

Serbian leader rejects Kyiv’s demand to halt Medvedchuk’s Russian organization branch activities

Dragan Stanojević, leader of the Serbian branch of Viktor Medvedchuk’s Russian civic organization “Another Ukraine”, rejects Kyiv’s demands to halt the branch’s activities in Belgrade, he said in an interview with RFE/RL on Jan. 20. Medvedchuk is a personal friend of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and former Ukrainian MP, accused of treason. The Ukrainian Embassy in Belgrade sent a protest to the Serbian Foreign Affairs […]

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister talks to Serbian President in Davos about European integration and bilateral relations

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, had a conversation with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučiċ during his visit to Davos for the World Economic Forum on 17 January. Source: Oleh Nikolenko, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman, in a comment to European Pravda Details: As Nikolenko said, Kuleba and Vučiċ “talked about European integration and the development of […]

Serbian opposition supporters return to the streets claiming election fraud

Serbian opposition supporters have been back on the streets to accuse President Aleksandar Vucic’s populist government of orchestrating fraud in last month’s parliamentary and local elections. The protesters want the December 17 vote to be annulled and held again in free and fair conditions. Similar demonstrations were held for days after the elections. “The entire […]

Fugitive ex-SBU official released from Serbian prison

Andrii Naumov, a former Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) general who was sentenced to a year in prison in Serbia for money laundering, was released in early December, the BBC reported on Jan. 3, citing the court of the Serbian city of Nis. Naumov is involved in a number of criminal cases in Ukraine and […]