After Serbia's president pardons 12 activists accused of plotting to subvert the state, one of them tells BIRN it only proves the whole case was 'fabricated from the beginning' for political purposes.

Much-anticipated election debate sees rare direct televised face-off between senior ruling party official and candidate from opposition Student List.

A medical professor from northern Serbia, Ilija Srdanovic suddenly finds himself at the head of a movement to end 14 years of rule by the Serbian Progressive Party and President Aleksandar Vucic. They have a month to win over the undecided.

Fears are growing for the editorial independence of the remaining media outlets that give space to dissenting voices in Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbia, after a change of ownership not long before elections.

As the European Parliament debates convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic's funeral in Belgrade, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos says Serbia is failing to respect European values.

The funeral of Ratko Mladic was held in Belgrade with thousands of mourners including senior officials from Serbia and Bosnia’s Republika Srpska – defying EU warnings about glorifying the Bosnian Serb war criminal.

Hundreds joined the annual Belgrade Pride march, marking a quarter of a century since the first event was held in the Serbian capital in 2001, when it was disrupted by violence.

President Aleksandar Vucic’s trial podcast, featuring well-known basketball coach Miroslav Nikolic, follows an online self-promotion trend embraced by other politicians in the region and beyond.

A Serbian court has once again postponed the opening of the trial of 12 activists accused of plotting the overthrow of the authorities ahead of a mass protest in Belgrade in March 2025.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague was guilty of "uncivilised" and "unjustifiable" behaviour for not releasing the Bosnian Serb genocide convict before his death this week.

After making his reputation on the streets of Belgrade, Andrej Cukic is the new editor-in-chief of the European Pressphoto Agency - the first-ever Serbian to lead an international visual content agency.

Serbia’s Justice Minister repeats appeal to the UN court in The Hague, requesting the early release on health grounds of the convicted war criminal and former Bosnian Serb military leader.

While Pride’s reception in Belgrade has improved since the first event there 25 years ago, efforts to raise awareness about LGBTQ+ issues elsewhere in Serbia have been marred by threats, abuse and police inaction.

Serbia has unveiled legal amendments to ‘protect’ schools from ‘misuse’, but critics say they are all about exerting control over an education system that has played a prominent role in anti-government protests.

After a week of fires blazing in the famous nature reserve known as ‘Europe’s Sahara’ amid searing temperatures in Serbia, authorities say they've finally got the situation under control.

A Serbian national allegedly linked to Serbian intelligence – arrested recently while on holiday in Croatia – is accused of hacking into several major state institutions and agencies.

Experts fear the newly-announced payments for all adult citizens in Serbia, announced by Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic, are part of a political campaign rather than a social measure.

With the Danube River at a historical low in some parts of Serbia, fuel imports arriving by river are at risk and energy production is being reduced.

Financial pressures are now the greatest threat to the survival of small, independent media in Serbia, journalists say.

Serbian women’s right organisations welcome Montenegrin law amendments introducing paid menstrual leave – and call for similar advance in their own country.