By Snezana Stanojevic Belgrade, Sep 17 (EFE).- The first EuroPride march in the Balkans took place here Saturday thanks to the intervention of Serbia’s prime minister, who overturned a previous ban, and more than 5,000 police were deployed to forestall attacks by anti-LGBT+ protesters. Belgrade has witnessed annual gay pride parades for the last eight …
By Snezana Stanojevic Belgrade, May 14 (EFE).- Thousands of Russians opposed to their country’s invasion of Ukraine and the increasingly authoritarian course Vladimir Putin has chosen have fled to Serbia, a stronghold of pro-Moscow sentiment in Europe with a government that favors closer ties to the Kremlin. Russians do not need a visa to travel …
By Snezana Stanojevic Belgrade, Apr 3 (EFE).- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic won reelection in the first electoral round on Sunday, garnering estimated support of 59.8 percent of the votes, according to early vote projections. Vucic, who has been accused by critics of having authoritarian tendencies, appears to have handily defeated his main challenger, representing the …
By Snezana Stanojevic Belgrade, Apr 4 (EFE).- Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic was re-elected in a landslide victory over the weekend but the populist leader must now strike a tricky balance between European Union aspirations and Kremlin bonhomie. Vucic, a former ultra-nationalist turned pro-EU figure in Serbian politics, secured an 58.5% of the vote share in …
By Snezana Stanojevic Novi Sad, Serbia, Jan 13 (EFE).- Known as the Serbian Athens, Novi Sad has managed to become the first city in a non-European Union country to be designated as the European Capital of Culture, thanks to its multicultural character. Novi Sad joins Luxembourg’s Esch-sur-Alzette and Lithuania’s Kaunas in holding the prestigious title …