Serbia

Vucic's mission: Can Serbia's longtime leader secure new mandate? - analysis

Former president Aleksandar Vucic is banking on economic modernization, political stability, and an independent foreign policy that has strengthened relations with the US, Israel, and the UAE.

Former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic delivers a speech at the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) final campaign rally ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Serbia on October 22, 2026 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Israel's players (L) and the Republic of Ireland's players (R) stand alongside the officials for the national anthems ahead of the UEFA Nations League Group B3 football match between the Republic of Ireland and Israel at the TSC Arena in Backa Topola on October 4, 2026.

UEFA opens probe into alleged misconduct during Ireland-Israel soccer match

ISRAEL'S DOR PERETZ celebrates with teammates after scoring the blue-and-white’s lone goal in a 1-1 Nations League draw with Ireland in Backa Topola, Serbia.

Blue-and-white earns point against Ireland, but relegation battle looms

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, who resigned and was taken into custody of a war crimes tribunal, appears for the first time before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, Netherlands November 9, 2020.

The Thaci verdict exposes the West’s unresolved Kosovo double standard - opinion


United Arab Emirates named as Elbit's mystery $2.3 billion customer - report

The latest deal is considered to be of historic scope, and joins a series of huge deals signed by Israeli defense companies in recent years.

 Logo of Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems is seen at their offices in Haifa.

Journalist uncovers alleged Italian 'sniper safaris' during Sarajevo siege - report

Journalist Ezio Gavazzeni compiled a 77-page file alleging Italian tourists paid to shoot Bosnian civilians during the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s.

A Bosnian special forces soldier returns fire in downtown Sarajevo as he and civilians come under fire from Serbian snipers, April 6, 1992.

Serbia - Respecting a proven friend after Oct. 7 - opinion

As global boycotts and antisemitism rise, Serbia deepens trade, tourism, and cultural ties with Israel, standing out as one of the few nations openly supporting Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić in New York, September, 2025.

Serbia’s Vučić to 'Post': Serbia 'deeply relieved' over hostage deal to free Alon Ohel

The Serbian president revealed that he had personally appealed to world leadership for help in releasing Ohel.

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 24, 2025

Serbia arrests 11 for vandalizing Paris Jewish sites at behest of foreign intelligence

Serbian authorities say a foreign intelligence service ordered attacks on Jewish and Muslim sites, including synagogues and the Shoah Memorial in May.

 A synagogue in france that was vandalized with green paint, May 31, 2025.

While the world distorts, the Balkans remember: Dr. Zuroff’s legacy honored - opinion

As Israel faces false genocide claims, the Balkans honor Dr. Zuroff’s decades-long mission to preserve Holocaust truth and confront historical revisionism.

 (Illustrative) EFRAIM ZUROFF, former director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Israel Office, watches a procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga in 2010.

Foreign nationals placed pig heads outside Paris mosques, prosecutor says

As political unrest ramped up in France, authorities investigated pig heads that were placed outside of multiple Paris mosques.

Members of the police detain people near a highway in Porte de Bagnolet during a day of protests in Paris, as part of a grassroots protest movement called "Bloquons Tout" ("Let's Block Everything") calling for nationwide all-day disruption, France, September 10, 2025

A royal artifact that survived revolution, theft, and decades of exile to return home to Serbia

78-centimeter tall silver candelabrum by goldsmith Anton Kol represents King Milan Obrenović's efforts to create European-style court.

The candelabrum, finally coming home.

'Serbia is working to bring Ohel and all hostages home,' assures ambassador to the US

The comments were made after the release of a video showing Ohel, who holds Serbian citizenship, for the first time since the beginning of the war.

Alon Ohel, 24.

Serbia named as European country in $1.6b. Elbit deal

Globes has learned that Serbia is the European country that signed a deal with Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd.

A PULS multiple rocket launcher miniature and artillery rockets by Israeli Elbit Systems is exhibited at the DEFEA Defense Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.