Dusan Stojanovic
The Associated Press
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Montenegro wrestles with massive cyberattack, Russia blamed
At the government headquarters in NATO-member Montenegro, the computers are unplugged, the internet is switched off and the state's main websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears the hallmark of pro-Russian hackers and its security services. → Read More
Danube drought reveals parts of hidden WWII history
The worst drought in Europe in decades has not only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has exposed a part of almost forgotten World War II history: The hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships have emerged from the Danube River as its water levels have dropped. → Read More
Serb official visits Moscow, calls sanctions EU 'hysteria'
Serbia’s interior minister met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday in Moscow in a rare visit by a state official from Europe, highlighting Belgrade’s refusal to join Western sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. → Read More
Serbia warns it will protect Kosovo Serbs if NATO doesn't
Serbia’s president called on NATO on Sunday to “do their job” in Kosovo or he says Serbia itself will move to protect its minority in the breakaway province. → Read More
EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions
Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are holding high-level crisis talks on Thursday which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. → Read More
US rejects 'Serbian world' advocated by Serbian minister
A senior Serbian minister on Monday advocated the creation of a “Serbian world” that would unite all Serbs in the Balkans into a single state, rejecting a U.S. warning that such calls could fuel tensions in the still-volatile region rocked by bloody wars in the 1990s. → Read More
Serbia ignores EU sanctions, secures gas deal with Putin
As the war in Ukraine rages, Serbia's president announced that he has secured an “extremely favorable” natural gas deal with Russia during a telephone conversation Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. → Read More
Serbia ignores EU sanctions, secures gas deal with Putin
As the war in Ukraine rages, Serbia's president announced that he has secured an “extremely favorable” natural gas deal with Russia during a telephone conversation Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. → Read More
Serbia displays Chinese missiles amid concerns in Balkans
Serbia on Saturday publicly displayed a recently delivered Chinese anti-aircraft missile system, raising concerns in the West and among some of Serbia’s neighbors that an arms buildup in the Balkans could threaten fragile peace in the region. → Read More
China makes semi-secret delivery of missiles to Serbia
Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans at the time of the war in Ukraine could threaten the fragile peace in the region. → Read More
Serbs vote in triple election set to keep populists in power
Long lines formed in front of polling stations in Serbia on Sunday as voters cast ballots in a triple election that was projected to keep in power a populist government which has refused to impose sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine. → Read More
In Serbia, pro-Russia is seen as the winning election stance
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday. → Read More
Balkans split over Madeleine Albright's wartime legacy
A monument in Kosovo, a snake named after her in Serbia. Madeleine Albright was either loved or hated in the Balkans for her pivotal role during the southern European region's wars of the 1990s. → Read More
After Ukraine, Europe wonders who's next Russian target
For some European countries watching Russia's brutal war in Ukraine, there are fears that they could be next. → Read More
After Ukraine, Europe wonders who's next Russian target
For some European countries watching Russia's brutal war in Ukraine, there are fears that they could be next. Western officials say the most vulnerable... → Read More
EXPLAINER: Putin's Balkan narrative argument for Ukraine war
Well before Russian tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was using the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s to ostensibly offer justification for the invasion of a sovereign European country. → Read More
With all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans
With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending his top security envoy to the Balkans where Moscow has been trying to maintain influence mainly through its ally Serbia, according to reports. → Read More
Serbia scraps planned Rio Tinto lithium mine after protests
Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government said Thursday that it was canceling all licenses for mining giant Rio Tinto to open a lithium mine in the Balkan country. → Read More
Novak Djokovic lands in Serbia after deportation from Australia
Novak Djokovic could be barred from the French Open later this year because he’s not vaccinated against COVID-19, a possibility that raised the stakes for the tennis star just hours after he was deported from Australia and prevented from defending his Australian Open title. → Read More
Djokovic’s Serb fans on edge as Australia visa hearing looms
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s parents joined a protest rally in downtown Belgrade on Sunday with their tennis-great son still in an Australian immigration detention hotel as fans of Djokovic in Serbia nervously awaited a crucial court hearing which could decide whether he can play at the Australian Open. → Read More