https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Thu, 21 May 2026 20:42:10 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Serbian authorities are investigating what is thought to be a sabotage attempt after they discovered a cache of explosives near a gas pipeline close to the Hungarian border. On April 6, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited the pipeline and hinted at Ukrainian involvement in the apparent plot, a suggestion rejected by both Ukraine and Serbia. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-hungary-ukraine-gas-pipeline/33726152.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-hungary-ukraine-gas-pipeline/33726152.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:07:21 +0200 SerbiaVideo ArchiveVideosHungary Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban traveled to the TurkStream gas pipeline on the Hungarian-Serbian border on April 6, inspecting infrastructure that his government says was the target of a foiled sabotage attempt -- six days before parliamentary elections that polls suggest he may lose. https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives/33725865.html https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives/33725865.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:49:54 +0200 NewsUkraineSerbiaHungaryThe Rundown Stories Serbian military and police officers have found a cache of highly powerful explosives not far from a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Turkey to Hungary, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on April 5. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline-hungary-balkan-stream/33725278.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline-hungary-balkan-stream/33725278.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:12:37 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineSerbiaHungaryThe Rundown Stories The question of who targeted the residents of besieged Sarajevo through sniper scopes during the Bosnian War has gone unanswered for three decades. Whether some of these individuals paid to kill women, children, and the elderly while on "safari-like" trips is now the subject of an investigation. https://www.rferl.org/a/sarajevo-safari-war-bosnia/33631144.html https://www.rferl.org/a/sarajevo-safari-war-bosnia/33631144.html Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:33:29 +0100 Bosnia-HerzegovinaVideosThe Rundown Stories An investment company founded by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has withdrawn from a planned $500 million hotel construction project in Belgrade amid a swirling controversy over the site, which was destroyed during the NATO bombing in 1999. https://www.rferl.org/a/kushner-affinity-belgrade-project-controversy-vucic/33624642.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kushner-affinity-belgrade-project-controversy-vucic/33624642.html Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:58:35 +0100 NewsSerbiaThe Rundown Stories Serbia's p;arliament has approved a special law to fast-track a planned property development in Belgrade by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, overriding local concerns about the project on the site of NATO's 1999 bombing. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbian-parliament-law-kushner-project-belgrade-trump-vucic/33584209.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbian-parliament-law-kushner-project-belgrade-trump-vucic/33584209.html Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:13:07 +0100 NewsSerbia A year after a railway station tragedy in Novi Sad, Serbia is still searching for answers. Sixteen people died when a concrete canopy collapsed at the station in the northern city -- and no one has been held accountable. https://www.rferl.org/a/novi-sad-collapse-anniversary-protests/33578898.html https://www.rferl.org/a/novi-sad-collapse-anniversary-protests/33578898.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:27:48 +0100 Serbia Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Serbia's second city on November 1 as the country marked the first anniversary of the deadly railway station roof collapse in Novi Sad that sparked Serbia’s largest anti-government protests in decades. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-mourns-victims-deadly-roof-collapse-year-protests/33578686.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-mourns-victims-deadly-roof-collapse-year-protests/33578686.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:55:01 +0100 SerbiaFeaturesThe Rundown Headline 16 people died when a concrete canopy on a Chinese-funded project collapsed at Novi Sad’s railway station on November 1, 2024. Families are still waiting for justice, protests are growing, and the Serbian government remains silent. https://www.rferl.org/a/student-protests-vucic-serbia/33577196.html https://www.rferl.org/a/student-protests-vucic-serbia/33577196.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:39:47 +0100 VideosSerbiaVideo Archive For the past year, Serbian students have been leading nationwide street protests demanding accountability after a railway station collapse that killed 16 people. But are the Serbian nationalists now taking control of the narrative? https://www.rferl.org/a/33577967.html https://www.rferl.org/a/33577967.html Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:43:35 +0100 SerbiaFeaturesThe Rundown Stories Pro-Russian Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and dozens of his family members and allies have been removed from the US sanctions list. https://www.rferl.org/a/us-pro-russian-bosnian-serb-dodik-sanctions-list/33576314.html https://www.rferl.org/a/us-pro-russian-bosnian-serb-dodik-sanctions-list/33576314.html Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:59:16 +0100 NewsBosnia-HerzegovinaSerbiaThe Rundown Stories After Turkish and Azerbaijani nationals were arrested over a fight with a Montenegrin man on the weekend, a string of violent incidents broke out targeting Turkish immigrants and their property. https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-attacks-turkish-immigrants/33573809.html https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-attacks-turkish-immigrants/33573809.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:58:10 +0100 MontenegroNewsThe Rundown Stories A crowd chanted "Turks out!" as they marched through a largely Turkish neighborhood of Podgorica, the Montenegrin capital, while Turkish-owned businesses and cars were vandalized. The incidents followed a fight on the weekend in which a Montenegrin man was stabbed and Turkish and Azerbaijani suspects were arrested. https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-turkish-immigrants-threats-violence/33573754.html https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-turkish-immigrants-threats-violence/33573754.html Tue, 28 Oct 2025 21:14:37 +0100 MontenegroVideo ArchiveVideos Fleeing Russia’s migrant raids and calls to fight in Ukraine, Kyrgyz workers are heading to Serbia, drawn by visa-free entry and jobs. But many now face exploitation and a lack of protection in their new home. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-migrants-serbia-russia-crackdown-war-ukraine/33562595.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-migrants-serbia-russia-crackdown-war-ukraine/33562595.html Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:20:20 +0200 KyrgyzstanSerbiaThe Rundown Stories Serbia has become a magnet for migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan in recent years. Serbia, which allows for three-month visa-free travel for Kyrgyz citizens and relatively easy access for laborers, is increasingly viewed as a safer alternative to Russia following Moscow's crackdown on Central Asian migrants. But many migrants lack legal protection and told RFE/RL that they have been the victims of fraud and unpaid wages. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-migrants-flock-to-serbia-amid-harsh-treatment-in-russia/33560706.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyz-migrants-flock-to-serbia-amid-harsh-treatment-in-russia/33560706.html Sun, 19 Oct 2025 13:14:53 +0200 VideosKyrgyzstanSerbiaVideo Archive Moldovan police video showed men in combat gear wielding automatic rifles at a complex in Serbia. When RFE/RL’s Balkan Service visited this week, it found donkeys grazing next to rustic thatched huts – and was refused access to the site. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbian-resort-russia-unrest-moldova-training/33556447.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbian-resort-russia-unrest-moldova-training/33556447.html Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:10:34 +0200 FeaturesMoldovaRussiaSerbiaThe Rundown Headline The Serbian government says a resort with a hotel, guesthouses, and sport facilities was used to train Moldovans to incite unrest in their country. https://www.rferl.org/a/training-camp-sabotage-unrest-/33556496.html https://www.rferl.org/a/training-camp-sabotage-unrest-/33556496.html Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:55:31 +0200 VideosRussiaSerbiaVideo Archive The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said sanctions against the Russian-owned Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), Serbia's sole crude oil refiner, have taken force after several delays, a move that could hit the Balkan nation hard. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-oil-sanctions-nis-ofac/33555386.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-oil-sanctions-nis-ofac/33555386.html Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:09:16 +0200 NewsRomaniaRussiaBosnia-HerzegovinaSerbiaBulgariaHungary Twenty-five years ago, she was a young Serbian student protesting against Slobodan Milosevic. Now, Anja Mijovic is back on the streets as mass demonstrations rock the nation again. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-protests-anja-mijovic-25-years-later/33548845.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-protests-anja-mijovic-25-years-later/33548845.html Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:59:58 +0200 SerbiaFeaturesThe Rundown Stories Twenty-five years ago, pro-democracy protests in what was then Yugoslavia forced authoritarian leader Slobodan Milosevic to step down on October 5, 2000. Anja Mijovic, then a student and young mother, was part of that movement. Today, she has joined forces with a new student-led wave of protests that is fighting parallel battles against government corruption and abuse of power. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-yugoslavia-protest-movement-milosevic/33549075.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-yugoslavia-protest-movement-milosevic/33549075.html Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:59:11 +0200 Serbia