What we can learn from stories
Our starting point is Serbia suffering under Vučić’s criminal regime. The story must end – and it will end – with the liberation of Serbia from that regime. Its culmination must be elections.
Our starting point is Serbia suffering under Vučić’s criminal regime. The story must end – and it will end – with the liberation of Serbia from that regime. Its culmination must be elections.
A month and a half passed since the tragic death of the Faculty of Philosophy student in Belgrade and the unprecedented campaign against professors and students who dared to oppose the authorities.
Members of the High Council of Prosecutors presented an incredible argument: that the published opinion is not the opinion of the Venice Commission. The Minister also resorted to other falsehoods.
The final killing of media that resist the suffocating stench of tyranny is not an easy task, although no one in the EU would be overly shaken and protests in support of N1 are unexpectedly weak.
DwP – International Romani Day provides an opportunity to draw attention to serious human rights violations still affecting the survival and social acceptance of the Romani in Montenegro.
Countries that sell arms to Israel are violating international law. Given Serbia’s own recent history of being linked to genocide, it should stand firmly against the genocide taking place in Gaza.
Legal chaos in one Bosnian entity and Kosovo Serbs’ status issues stem from the Serbian government’s discontent with existing borders.
At the XVII RECOM Forum one panel focused on the student protests in Serbia and explored whether they could move past the wars of the 1990s.
A disciplinary complaint has been filed against seven Higher Court judges in Belgrade for holding a group of citizens from Kragujevac and Kraljevo in unlawful detention for months last year.
Passengers kidnapped from train 671 were not random victims of bandits, but targets of deliberate revenge. They still lack recognition as civilian war victims, and their families remain uncompensated.
The “Vilina Vlas” hotel in Višegrad, where in 1992 members of various paramilitary groups sexually abused detained women, was promoted at the International Tourism Fair in Belgrade.
The illusion that executive officials face court like any ordinary citizen didn’t last long. The court asked Serbia’s Government to decide if immunity applies.
We need to hide under a rock for a while, Vučić told the Serbs from Davos. Serbia is not facing such a dilemma for the first time. In late 1930s, the Chetniks and the Partisans offered their answers.
The European Handball Federation announced that the scandal involving the playing of Thompson’s song will not be repeated. The Croatian national team persistently insisted on it.
Kosovo’s Special Prosecution has filed an indictment against members of the army and police in Serbia for the killing of at least 42 Albanian civilians.
The abuse of patriotism, and the substitution of hatred and intolerance for it, is a standard pattern of the radical right everywhere. Examples can be found from Finland to Greece, from Portugal to Poland.
Its dynamic form and asymmetrical geometry rank this building among the foremost examples of cubist-expressionist architecture in late modernist Europe.
Secondary pro-regime figures perform better as government ideologues, such as Metropolitan Irinej of Bačka, who in his Christmas interview declared that humanism is a failed ideology.
Shocking vulgarity of the HDZ members, led by Prime Minister Plenković, came after they faced massive protests last weekend from people who do not want to live in a fascist society.
If the impression that Dijana Hrka is ready to become a symbol of rebellious society in Serbia proves correct, every word matters as she no longer speaks for herself, but for all she seeks to rally.
Jacobin – By refusing to bow in the face of intimidation, student-led protests have exposed the corrupt authoritarianism of Vučić’s government.
Chauvinist frenzy is evident in the decision to split the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, carving out three departments to create a new, loyalist Faculty of Serbian Sciences.
The law enabling demolition of the General Staff complex and nearby buildings, in a prestigious area of Belgrade, was passed via emergency procedure, without public debate or corruption risk assessment.
The European Parliament Resolution adopted on October 22, 2025, loudly and unequivocally expressed full support for the students’ demands and condemned the authoritarianism of Serbia’s regime.
The dilemma over the Belgrade Book Fair will not be solved by writers, publishers, or the discordant Committee, but by a rebellious public with a clear vision of what November 1 should look like.
Since being named leader of the terrorist gang in Banjska, Radoičić became the regime’s hammer, the lead of the final act of dictatorship. The venture was marked as an extremely foolish experiment.
In the apparent lull, while waiting for Vučić to (not) call elections, many inevitably wonder what was the point? What has the movement achieved, which only its opponents seem to call a revolution?
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances – We call on the governments of the post-Yugoslav countries to activate mechanisms for resolving the fate of the missing.
Threats of rape and violence against women are not only indicators of the impotence of those in power. They represent a continuation of the violence of the 1990s, threatening to resurface…
One by one, the chances to save the society are slipping away for good. Moreover, each missed opportunity leaves even fewer options. At this point, only tragic solutions seem to remain.
Protests in Serbia reflect a deeper crisis: the erosion of public institutions meant to educate, protect, and care for the population. Among them, health care stands out as a powerful symbol of systemic decay.
The video shows a girl lowering her head, but a female police officer violently pulls her hair. Another officer joins in, yanking her hair, while the one in front keeps pushing a phone in her face.