Serbia

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What does the most expensive cheese in the world taste like?

Watch Eva zu Beck visit an animal reserve in Serbia where ‘pule’ is made - a cheese that costs €1,000 per kilo.

22/04/2021

Serbia

Afghan refugee speaks out on landmark Serbia border police case

In December 2020 Serbia's Constitutional Court ruled that border control officers had violated the rights of 17 Afghan refugees they abandoned in a forest in freezing cold temperatures near the Bulgarian border.

18/04/2021

Serbia

Serbia invites its neighbours over for a COVID vaccine

It's been claimed the vaccines given to Serbia's neighbouring citizens were about to expire. Speaking to Euronews, the country's prime minister, Ana Brnabić, did not deny the allegation.

08/04/2021

Serbia

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic gets Chinese-made COVID-19 jab

The delay in the Serbian president's vaccination had sparked fears that he was scared of needles, had already been vaccinated in secret or did not trust that the vaccine was safe.

06/04/2021

Serbia

Balkan neighbours queue up in Serbia for coronavirus jabs

Serbia, which boasts an ample supply of coronavirus vaccines, offered free coronavirus jabs to neighbouring Balkan countries, who took up the offer.

28/03/2021

My Europe Series

Are rising cases in vaccination-leading Serbia a warning to the UK?

Serbia has been highlighted as a success story for its vaccination programme, but rising coronavirus cases have health experts worried.

13/03/2021

Serbia

Serbia to produce Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

"We will start producing the vaccine from October 15," President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

11/03/2021

Serbia

Take your pick: Serbia lets citizens choose from four COVID-19 jabs

Which would you prefer? In Serbia, people can select any of four jabs: the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, China’s Sinopharm, Russia’s Sputnik V and Oxford-Astrazeneca's.

24/02/2021

Serbia

Serbia's Vucic: ‘We had to take care of ourselves’ in vaccine rollout

Aleksandar Vučić tells Euronews this country chose to take its vaccine rollout into its own hands after begging others for help – and getting no doses from the EU.

10/02/2021

World

Serbian PM: Vaccine success down to prioritising health over politics

The latest data shows that 6.4 doses have been administered per 100 people in the Balkan state. That's higher than any EU state.

02/02/2021

Serbia

Serbia has second fastest vaccine rollout in Europe thanks to China

The President of Serbia has compared the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Europe to the sinking of the Titanic - saying the rich are being saved while the poor of the Balkans are being left to drown.

27/01/2021

Serbia

#MeToo hits Serbia as drama teacher is arrested over rape allegations

"After a hard internal struggle, some brave girls and I decided to stand in the way of a dark circle of abuse. We will not give up," said actress Milena Radulovic

21/01/2021

Serbia

China marches to Serbia's aid as EU's vaccine scheme fails to deliver

While the whole region was waiting to get at least some vaccines from the COVAX scheme, a plane from China landed in Belgrade with a million doses on board.

21/01/2021

My Europe Series

Why are so many Serbian doctors dying of COVID-19?

Serbia’s total death toll from coronavirus is relatively low, around 3,600, but its rate of fatalities in the medical profession is far higher than in other nations.

13/01/2021

Serbia

Extreme weather batters the Balkans with snow, floods and ice

In central Croatia, which was hit by a major earthquake on December 29, people cannot stay in their damaged homes and have been sleeping in containers.

12/01/2021

My Europe Series

Is Serbia manipulating data to cover up its air pollution problem?

A key official claims he was fired from Serbia's environment protection agency because he objected to changing the thresholds for what is considered pollution.

07/01/2021

My Europe Series

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic bet big on Donald Trump and lost. Now what?

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic had a friend in President Donald Trump. With Joe Biden, life may not be so easy.

24/11/2020

Serbia

Euroviews. Belgrade's Biden conundrum: How US-Serbian relations will shape up post-Trump ǀ View

Serbia's president Aleksandar Vučić had hoped for a Trump victory in the US presidential election. The elevation of Joe Biden to the presidency poses many challenges for him, both domestically and internationally.

23/11/2020

Serbia

Thousands mourn Serbia's Patriarch after COVID-19 death

Serbia is currently facing the worst health crisis since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

22/11/2020

Serbia

Serbian Orthodox Church leader dies from COVID-19, aged 90

Patriarch Irinej was taken to hospital earlier in November after going to the funeral of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Bishop Amfilohije.

20/11/2020

Serbia

Serbian police arrest two people after seven bodies found in Paraguay

Serbian police have arrested two people for migrant smuggling in connection with the recent discovery of seven bodies in a shipping container in Paraguay.

29/10/2020

My Europe Series

How Serbia's addiction to coal could cloud its future in Europe

When much of Europe is turning against coal, Serbia is continuing to open new mines, often financed and built by China.

21/10/2020

Serbia

Serbia has rolled out the red carpet to China - but at what cost?

Serbs living close to a Chinese-owned plant complain about sky-rocketing pollution. Activists say their concerns have fallen on deaf ears in Belgrade.

08/10/2020

My Europe Series

Will the €4bn Belgrade-Budapest rail upgrade be a benefit or burden?

Without effective rail connections from Belgrade to Greece, “this railway will go from nowhere to nowhere,” says Laszlo Varju, an MP for the centre-left Democratic Coalition party.

06/10/2020

My Europe Series

Serbia’s Muslim enclave fears new ethnic violence

Residents of Muslim-majority Sandzak say that Belgrade has never recognised its responsibility for the violence of the 1990s.

21/09/2020

Serbia

Serbia's Vucic non-committal on Trump’s Jerusalem embassy comment

President Aleksander Vucic appeared somewhat taken aback when the US President declared that Serbia had agreed to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.

07/09/2020