Dragan Vucicevic

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in front of the Serbian government building in Belgrade on Friday evening at the sixth of the weekly 'Serbia Against Violence' protests that were initially sparked by two mass shootings in May.

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in front of the Serbian government building in Belgrade on Friday evening at the sixth of the weekly 'Serbia Against Violence' protests that were initially sparked by two mass shootings in May.

The tweets were often presented as supporting evidence of the unpopularity of Vucic's opponents; others were picked up by both Serbian and Russian media as proof of the popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the time of his red-carpet visit to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, in January 2019.

The editor of the pro-government Serbian tabloid Informer, Dragan Vucicevic, has been found guilty of using hate speech against Anita Mitic, a former activist of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, an NGO.

The Belgrade Higher Court, in a verdict published on Wednesday, has ruled that allegations published in the Serbian tabloid Informer constituted hate speech - and ordered editor Dragan Vucicevic to publish the verdict, and pay court costs.

Belgrade Appeals Court on Friday confirmed that Informer published false information and damaged the reputation of BIRN Serbia editor Slobodan Georgiev in an article published by the tabloid entitled "They Wanted to Snatch 23.2 Million Euros".

Editor-in-chief of Informer Dragan Vucicevic has called on US Ambassador Kyle Scott to "publicly apologize" to the daily.

Otherwise, Informer's lawyers will sue Scott "in Serbia and in the United States," he said late on Thursday.

Editor-in-chief of Informer Dragan Vucicevic has called on US Ambassador Kyle Scott to "publicly apologize" to the daily.

Otherwise, Informer's lawyers will sue Scott "in Serbia and in the United States," he said late on Thursday.

After the pro-government Serbian tabloid Informer again attacked BIRN project coordinator Slobodan Georgiev - calling him one of those "paid by the EU" to cause "chaos" in Serbia - journalists say such attacks are probably intended to pressurize donors to stop financing them.

Interior minister: Vucic takes and passes polygraph test

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was questioned on Sunday at his own request and passed a polygraph test, Nebojsa Stefanovic has announced.

The interior minister also told a news conference in Belgrade that "new proof has emerged that the whole scandal surrounding prime minister was fake and rigged."