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Thousands of Serbians took to the streets of the capital Belgrade over the weekend to protest against an ambitious lithium mining project in western Serbia, a project that officials say will benefit the country, but activists warn would cause irreversible environmental damage, the BBC reported. Protesters...

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July 31, 2024

Battery Park

Serbia

Thousands of people protested in western and central Serbia on Monday against a lithium project stemming from an agreement between the country and the European Union (EU) despite environmental concerns, the Associated Press reported. The epicenter of the protests was in Šabac, in western Serbia, 31...

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January 05, 2024

The Stickers of Peace

Serbia

Serbia began allowing drivers with Kosovo license plates to enter the country, ending a long-running dispute between the two Balkan neighbors that at times has turned violent, Euronews reported. Following Kosovo’s independence from Serbia in 2008, the issue of license plates sparked disputes between the two...

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December 20, 2023

Crying Foul

Serbia

Hundreds of opposition protesters took to the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade this week, shortly after Sunday’s parliamentary elections saw the ruling party of President Aleksandar Vučić secure a major victory, despite allegations of fraud and irregularities, Radio Free Europe reported. Results showed that the...

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December 14, 2023

The Stuntmen

Serbia

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, a 73-year-old American born in California, recently became a Serbian citizen. “Now we can boast that the computer genius is Serbian, who will live most of his life in America but will also come to his Serbia,” said Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić,...

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July 14, 2023

Ubiquitous Aggression and Violence

Serbia

Throngs of Serbians flocked to the capital of Belgrade recently to protest against Pink TV, a pro-government television station that protesters said contributed to the culture of violence that led to two mass shootings in the Balkan country. “This is a factory of evil that has...

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May 15, 2023

A Farewell to Arms

Serbia

The Serbian government collected thousands of firearms this week as part of a campaign to reduce the number of weapons in the hands of civilians, following two mass shootings that rattled the Balkan nation earlier this month, the New York Times reported. President Aleksandar Vucic said...

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May 09, 2023

Candles and Crackdowns

Serbia

The Serbian government deployed police officers to schools across the country Monday following two mass shootings last week that stunned the Balkan country, leaving 17 dead and more than 20 wounded, Radio Free Europe reported. Police officials announced Monday that they will deploy officers to primary...

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May 04, 2023

‘The Tragedy of a Society’

Serbia

A teenage boy shot and killed eight children and a security guard at a school in the Serbian capital Wednesday, an incident that has rocked the Balkan nation where school shootings are extremely rare, CNN reported. Serbia’s Interior Ministry said the unnamed 13-year-old boy opened fire...

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February 06, 2023

Straddling a Divide

Kosovo Serbia

Late last year, Serbia and Kosovo, the former Serbian territory whose majority ethnic Albanian citizens declared independence in 2008 less than a decade after a bloody war to achieve just that, looked as if they were on the verge of conflict again, the Economist wrote. The...

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April 01, 2022

Little Brother

Serbia

American and Western European diplomats recently expressed their disappointment at Kosovo’s decision to disallow people to vote in neighboring Serbia’s elections on April 3. “Such an attitude of the Kosovo government is not in line with our values and principles and will undermine its European...

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