Serbia

Belgrade protests turn violent, police fire tear gas as crowd demands president's resignation

People crowded into Slavija Square in a fresh eruption of demonstrations against corruption that started with a deadly roof collapse a year and a half ago.

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Riot police stand guard, during a student-led protest demanding snap parliamentary elections, as Serbia's anti-corruption movement enters a new phase, following the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people in 2024, in Belgrade, Serbia, May 23, 2026.
The presentation at the Begin Center was attended by researchers and representatives from multiple universities, embassies, and members of the Serbian community in Israel.

Collection of documents of Ustasha Atrocities presented at the Begin Center - opinion

Despite the fact that plaques mark the names of central death camps and murder sites in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the general public is unfamiliar with others targeted in the Holocaust

|ByALEKSANDAR NIKOLIĆ
Serbia's Foreign Minister Marko Djuric meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office as part of his official visit to Israel, April 30, 2026.

Serbia’s FM Djuric to ‘Post’: Strategic partnership with Israel ‘historic step forward’ - interview

Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric is cousins with Nova survivor and former Hamas hostage Alon Ohel. The FM said he "never believed" he would be able to walk through Tel Aviv with him.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Serbia's foreign minister Marko Đurić meet in Jerusalem on April 28, 2026.

Inside the unflinching friendship shared between Israel and Serbia - editorial

There are countries that issue statements, countries that turn ambiguous when tested, and then there are countries that show up. Serbia has proven it belongs firmly in the latter category.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters

The tense situation developed after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo's Serb majority area after elections the Serbs boycotted.

MAY 29, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers clash with local Kosovo Serb protesters at the entrance of the municipality office, in the town of Zvecan, Kosovo, May 29, 2023

Russia blames US, EU for escalating tensions in Kosovo

The clashes led Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday to place the army on full combat alert and ordered units to move closer to the border.

MAY 27, 2023ByREUTERS
Demonstrators hold flags during a rally in support of ethnic Serbs who are protesting against Pristina government actions in northern Kosovo, in Belgrade, Serbia, December 12, 2022.

NATO urges Kosovo to de-escalate tension with Serbia

The resulting clashes on Friday between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to the ethnic Albanian mayors prompted Serbia to put its army on full combat alert and to move units closer to the border.

MAY 27, 2023ByREUTERS
A member of Kosovo special police forces guards the municipal offices in Zvecan after ethnic Serb protestors tried to prevent a newly-elected ethnic Albanian mayor from entering the office in Zvecan, Kosovo, May 27, 2023

Visitors will find hospitality and friendly attitudes in Belgrade - opinion

Serbia, with its burgeoning tourism industry, is well known for its hospitality and friendly attitude toward Israeli and Jewish tourists.

MAY 24, 2023ByALEXANDER NIKOLIC
An Air Serbia plane seen at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, on September 7, 2014

Why are the Balkans overlooked by Israelis as a travel destination?

TRAVEL ADVISOR: There is simply no reason that Belgrade cannot be elevated to the ranks of Prague and Budapest.

MAY 5, 2023ByMARK FELDMAN
PEOPLE VISIT the Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade.

Serbia school shooting: boy kills nine in Belgrade classroom

At least one student said they knew the shooter personally, and that it was a pre-planned attack.

MAY 3, 2023ByREUTERS
People react after a 14-year-old boy opened fire on other students and security guards at a school in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, May 3, 2023

Israeli artists dance love and passion in Belgrade

APRIL 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Orly Portal at the Belgrade Dance Festival

Serbia's president denies sales of military equipment to Ukraine

Serbia inherited most of the former Yugoslavia's military industrial facilities and has made billions of dollars from weapons exports.

APRIL 13, 2023ByREUTERS
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia, August 29, 2022.

Leaked US intel document claims Serbia agreed to arm Ukraine

"If this document is accurate, it either shows Vucic's duplicity vis a vis Russia or he's under enormous pressure from Washington to deliver weapons to Ukraine," said Janusz Bugajski

APRIL 12, 2023ByREUTERS
A MURAL of Russian President Vladmir Putin is vandalized – with red spraypaint and the word ‘Murderer’ written above the original text reading ‘Brother’ – in Belgrade, Serbia, March 6.

Serbia wants to normalize ties with Kosovo but will not sign any agreement

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti agreed to implement normalization steps at a meeting with EU officials.

MARCH 19, 2023ByREUTERS
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks to the media, in Ohrid, North Macedonia, March 18, 2023.