Slobodan Milosevic

Two former Serbian intelligence chiefs will go back on trial before U.N. judges on June 13, accused of running death squads which terrorized Bosnia and Croatia in the 1990s Balkans wars.

As former Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic takes over as Serbia's President, experts predict that he will retain full de-facto control over the security services, despite his limited constitutional powers.

A senior official of the ruling Progressive Party, Bratislav Gasic, best known recently for making a sexist insult to a journalist, will be the next director of Serbia's Security Information Agency, the BIA.

A team of international legal experts will represent Serbians suffering from cancer as a result of the 1999 bombing by bringing cases against NATO states, the head of the Serbian Royal Academy of Scientists and Artists told BIRN.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy said an incident in Belgrade, when he was hit in the face with a cake, was a picture of the "pressures, insults and intimidation" that democrats in Serbia face every day.

Reporters Without Borders, which campaigns for media freedom and journalists' rights, said in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index, published on Wednesday, that there have been significant setbacks over the past year in Croatia and Serbia, although Macedonia still has the worst problems in the Balkan region.

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Serbian students renewed their protests on April 18 against the election to the presidency of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, alleging there were major irregularities — including the muzzling of the media, voter intimidation, and bribery.

BELGRADE - Most Serbians would not accept a NATO apology for the 1999 bombing campaign and are against their country's membership in the alliance, even though they chiefly blame the intervention on Slobodan Milosevic's policy, shows the latest survey, released by the Institute for European Affairs on Friday.

Most Serbians would not accept a NATO apology for the 1999 bombing campaign and are against the country's membership in the alliance.

This is the case even though they chiefly blame the intervention on Slobodan Milosevic's policy, Tanjug is reporting, citing a survey conducted by the Institute for European Affairs NGO on Friday.

Most Serbians would not accept a NATO apology for the 1999 bombing campaign and are against the country's membership in the alliance.