https://sagire.online/topic/serbia/ Articles and notes about Serbia. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:40:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/98842812/https://sagire.online/wire/98842812/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:24:00 -0300Serbian authorities detained nine active police officers and one former officer for allegedly using excessive force against detainees during last year’s anti-corruption protests in Belgrade, according to Reuters, in a text republished by The Straits Times. The Interior Ministry said the suspects, from an elite unit, tortured and intimidated people detained in the garage of a government compound in downtown Belgrade on August 14-15, 2025. According to the statement, by using force and threats they inflicted great pain and severe suffering on a larger number of people to obtain information from them and to intimidate and unlawfully punish them. These were the first major arrests in connection with violence against the protesters who took to the streets over the past two years, and the ministry released only the detainees’ initials. The protests swept the country, a candidate for European Union (EU) membership, in 2025 and 2026, after 16 people died when a concrete canopy collapsed at a renovated railway station in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024.SerbiaProtestsHuman rightsJustice https://sagire.online/wire/919998bd/https://sagire.online/wire/919998bd/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 11:23:00 -0300Serbia is going through a wave of arrests and resignations after the Student List won the parliamentary elections on October 25 and Aleksandar Vučić left power for the first time in over a decade. The Student List won 140 of the 250 seats in parliament but, without a clear leadership structure, may take some time to form a government. On November 1, Marko Kricak, head of the Criminal Police Directorate, and Bosko Sekulovic, a police commander tasked with fighting organized crime, were arrested on charges of abusing their positions as part of an investigation into a complex murder case in May. On November 2, Davor Macura, owner of Alta Bank, was arrested in Belgrade after the bank had its license revoked by the National Bank of Serbia on October 30. Manja Grcic, director of the public broadcaster RTS, dismissed the head of the news department on October 28 and resigned the same day under pressure from employees and representatives of the student protest movement. Vučić told TV Pink he is not afraid of a possible arrest because there will be no evidence against him.SerbiaPolitical crisisJustice https://sagire.online/wire/fc6890fd/https://sagire.online/wire/fc6890fd/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:22:00 -0300Serbia’s electoral commission released the final results from 100% of polling stations in the snap parliamentary elections: victory for the Student List movement with 53.01% of the vote. On Monday, the Republic Election Commission (RIK) had released a partial count with 52.54% of the vote for the Student List, based on 8,077 of 8,392 polling stations counted.SerbiaElectionsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/9f58783c/https://sagire.online/wire/9f58783c/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:22:00 -0300Serbian authorities arrested the head of the country’s criminal police directorate on suspicion of abuse of office and denied the detention was linked to the elections held a week earlier, Al Jazeera reported. Prosecutor Nenad Stefanovic said, according to the outlet, that the two detainees are suspected of abusing their offices and failing to perform their duties.SerbiaPolitical crisisElections https://sagire.online/wire/21c2440d/https://sagire.online/wire/21c2440d/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:22:00 -0300Voting in Serbia’s October 25, 2026, parliamentary elections will be repeated this Sunday, November 1, at 53 polling stations, by decision of the Election Commission (RIK), taken at a session the previous night in Belgrade. A total of 24,438 voters have the right to cast ballots at these stations, and the commission unanimously approved the printing of 24,438 ballots for the repeat vote.SerbiaElectionsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/746cccb5/https://sagire.online/wire/746cccb5/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:23:00 -0300Serbia’s incoming leadership plans to hold talks with Russia to negotiate a long-term natural gas supply agreement. According to the Russian broadcaster RT, Russia is Serbia’s dominant natural gas supplier, accounting for up to 90% of its imports in 2025.SerbiaRussiaEnergyEuropeTrade https://sagire.online/wire/db2c7ba5/https://sagire.online/wire/db2c7ba5/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:23:00 -0300Serbia's student movement demanded on Thursday the resignations of top officials in the police, intelligence agencies and the judiciary as it prepares to take power after last weekend's election win against former strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic, according to AP News. The students also urged the country's election authorities to officially declare the final results without delay after a rerun at some 50 polling stations next Sunday.SerbiaElectionsProtestsPolitical crisisEurope https://sagire.online/wire/4cd33e94/https://sagire.online/wire/4cd33e94/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:23:00 -0300Serbian police killed an attacker outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade on Wednesday after an officer was targeted in a “terrorist attack”, outgoing Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said, according to Le Monde. Dacic said the terrorism threat level had been raised to its highest, the “red alert”, which means tighter security checks and an increased police presence at sensitive sites, including infrastructure facilities and places where large crowds gather.SerbiaIsraelPublic securityEurope https://sagire.online/wire/a6baf8f7/https://sagire.online/wire/a6baf8f7/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:24:00 -0300Protesters stormed a Serbian television station supportive of former President Aleksandar Vucic after his loss at the polls, Al Jazeera reported. With 97% of polling stations counted, the election commission said the students had won 2.25 million votes and the former ruling party 1.67 million, the BBC reported.SerbiaElectionsProtests https://sagire.online/wire/b8ab09b9/https://sagire.online/wire/b8ab09b9/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:24:00 -0300The Student List, which won Sunday's parliamentary election in Serbia with 52.73 percent of the vote in preliminary results, will not impose sanctions on Russia, its representative Jovo Bakic told RT Balkan. According to him, the new government will keep its longstanding ties with Moscow despite EU pressure.SerbiaRussiaElectionsSanctionsDiplomacyEurope https://sagire.online/wire/3e329a7a/https://sagire.online/wire/3e329a7a/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:24:00 -0300Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in Sunday’s parliamentary election, according to Reuters. He said the Student List would have between 135 and 140 seats and his bloc 105. The election commission indicated a record turnout, which commentators had suggested would favor the student movement, according to the BBC.SerbiaElectionsPolitical crisisProtests https://sagire.online/wire/da4defd6/https://sagire.online/wire/da4defd6/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:22:00 -0300Former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić warned that the bloc that won the snap election would impose sanctions on Russia as early as March or April, according to Sputnik.SerbiaRussiaSanctionsElections https://sagire.online/wire/0edbdfde/https://sagire.online/wire/0edbdfde/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:22:00 -0300Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in the country’s snap parliamentary election, the BBC reported. Confirmation of the result came from Vučić himself: Russia’s state-run TASS reported the Students’ List victory in the snap election, citing the Serbian leader. Le Monde also reported the concession of defeat.SerbiaElectionsEurope https://sagire.online/wire/88242f5a/https://sagire.online/wire/88242f5a/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:23:00 -0300Serbia voted on Sunday with queues of two to three hours at the country’s embassy in London and long lines in Belgrade, according to the Guardian. The EU ambassador to Serbia, Andreas von Beckerath, said the bloc was “deeply concerned about reported violent incidents” at a number of polling stations. US Republican senator Joe Wilson said Serbians were turning out “in historic numbers” and that he was concerned by reports the government might be preparing to use violence against citizens to obstruct the vote. The paper frames the election as the sternest test of Aleksandar Vučić’s 12-year grip on power.SerbiaElectionsProtests https://sagire.online/wire/32f5337a/https://sagire.online/wire/32f5337a/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 02:22:00 -0300Serbia heads to the polls in legislative elections that pit longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic against a student anti-corruption movement, according to Al Jazeera. Polls show Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and anti-authoritarian movement, the outlet reports. The vote leaves Vucic facing the threat of electoral defeat, Le Monde writes.SerbiaElectionsEurope