Friday, 4 april 2025.
Serbian Pro-Regime Media Praise Russia ‘Overrunning’ Ukraine
Serbian newspapers, which are usually pro-Putin, either reported enthusiastically about Moscow's troops "reaching Kyiv in a day" or called the Russian attack on Ukraine a "response to NATO threats".
TikTok Balkans: Alarm Bells over Child Access to Video App
The minimum age requirement to open a TikTok account has done nothing to stop thousands of children in the Balkans under the age of 13 from accessing the short-form video...
Suing Vojislav Seselj: One Croat’s Bid to Make Serb Nationalist Leader Pay
A man who left his home behind in Hrtkovci in Serbia in 1992 after Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj stirred up anti-Croat fervour in the village is now trying...
Serbian Policemen Investigated over Pro-Genocide Song
Serbia’s Interior Ministry has launched a disciplinary procedure after policemen in the town of Priboj were filmed celebrating to a song that glorifies the Srebrenica genocide and other wartime crimes.
EU Parliament Condemns ‘Russian Proxy’ Wagner Group’s ‘Heinous Crimes’
Toughly worded resolution on Thursday called the well-known paramilitary body a 'proxy of the Russian state' – and urged sanctions on the Group and its affiliates.
Serbian Peace Activists’ HQ Sprayed with Ratko Mladic Graffiti
The Women in Black organisation’s office in Belgrade was sprayed with slogans describing Ratko Mladic as a hero, as disputes over graffiti hailing the Bosnian Serb war criminal continued in...
Ratko Mladic Tributes Spark Continuing Discord in Serbia
A banner condemning Ratko Mladic as a war criminal was torn down from a building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, as a dispute continued to simmer over murals...
Why a Ratko Mladic Mural is So Hard to Remove in Serbia
Guarded by young men in hoodies, a mural in Belgrade glorifying war criminal Ratko Mladic is cleaned up every time it is defaced – and no one in authority seems...
Serbian Activists Step Up Struggle Against Ratko Mladic Tributes
A bitter dispute over a mural in Belgrade glorifying Ratko Mladic, which activists have repeatedly tried to destroy, has highlighted how graffiti and street-art tributes to the Bosnian Serb war...