Despite criticism of Aleksandar Vučić's trip to Moscow, António Costa visited Serbia's president in Belgrade. He assured the EU Council President that EU accession remains his country's top priority.
By Stephan Israel
Serbia is said to have granted citizenship to Russians close to Putin, allowing them visa-free entry into the EU. According to the exiled Russian media outlet Vazhnye Istorii, 204 Russians have been granted Serbian passports since 2022 without having to surrender their Russian passports. The medium names these individuals and their functions.
By Frank Stier
For months, tens of thousands of Serbian citizens have been protesting against the government, which they accuse of corruption and oppression. Now President Vučić is responding with a "counter-protest."
By Redaktion Table
Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa received Aleksandar Vučić for dinner on Tuesday. This is although hundreds of thousands of citizens and students in Serbia have been taking to the streets for months against the authoritarian president and demanding his resignation. In today’s Opinion, Dušan Reljić wonders whether the EU leadership will at least speak plainly to Vučić behind closed doors.
By Stephan Israel
The European industry has been looking for suppliers of lithium all over the world for years and is in fierce competition with China. Now a deal is to be struck with Serbia.
By Redaktion Table
Our China Perspective is written by authors from the People's Republic. Today's article is about the less than elegant choice of words used by head of state and party leader Xi to invoke his close friendship with Serbia.
By Experts Table.Briefings
Xi has left France and arrived in Serbia. There, he visits China and Russia friend, President Aleksandar Vučić. On the 25th anniversary of the NATO bombs on Beijing's embassy, Xi uses the occasion to make a statement against the West.
By Christiane Kuehl
Balkans expert Florian Bieber says Xi Jinping's trip to Europe is clearly anti-Western. By visiting the embassy in Belgrade, which was bombarded by NATO in 1999, China's President is also fueling resentment against NATO.
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Serbia is the most problematic among the EU accession candidates when it comes to China. President Aleksandar Vučić recently signed a free trade agreement with Beijing. The EU has little influence on this.
By Amelie Richter
