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Jordan Burroughs Becomes Most Decorated American Wrestler Ever

The New Jersey native made history on Friday at the world championships in Belgrade.

Sports Illustrated

Organizers say Pride march will go on in Serbia despite ban

Organizers of European LGBTQ events held in Belgrade this week have said they will hold a planned Pride march on the streets of the Serbian capital Saturday despite a police ban and threats from anti-gay groups

The Independent UK

Nisha loses bronze playoff after suffering injury

Nisha Dahiya's valiant effort to win her maiden senior World Wrestling Championships medal ended in a heartbreak when she went down fighting against Canada's Linda Morais after suffering a painful injury in her right leg in the women's 68kg category bronze medal playoff in Belgrade on Thursday night.

The Times of India

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‘It’s not like anywhere else I’ve been to’: readers’ favourite cities

From the gardens and plazas of Cádiz to the mind-blowing brutalism of Belgrade, our tipsters on the European cities and towns that got their senses buzzing

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a win for us’: Serbia’s cancelled EuroPride exposes ongoing LGBTQ+ struggle

Organisers defiant after police ban on Saturday’s parade, which followed anti-pride protests in Belgrade

The Guardian - UK

Serbia banning EuroPride 2022 shows hard-won progress for LGBTQ+ rights is under threat

Four days before the streets of Belgrade were to host EuroPride 2022, LGBTQ+ activists were handed a letter from Serbia’s interior ministry informing them that the proposed route for the Pride march had been rejected and telling them to submit a revised route. The catch? The request needed to have…

The Conversation

Serbian police ban EuroPride march, citing security concerns

Serbia’s police have banned a Pride march planned amid pan-European LGBTQ events being held this week in Belgrade, citing a risk of clashes with far-right anti-gay activists

The Independent UK

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Thousands march in Belgrade against planned Gay Pride parade

Thousands of religious and right-wing activists marched through Serbia's capital on Sunday calling for authorities to ban a Gay Pride march planned for next weekend.

Reuters

Thousands protest planned Pride gathering in Serbia

Thousands of opponents of a pan-European LGBTQ event planned for this week in Belgrade marched through the Serbian capital on Sunday despite an announced ban of Europe’s largest annual gay gathering

The Independent UK

Serbia Orthodox church head publicly supports EuroPride ban

The head of Serbia’s powerful Orthodox Church is supporting a ban on a pan-European LGBTQ event in Belgrade next week, saying the topic has been “artificially imposed,” caused divisions and is contrary to centuries-old traditional values

The Independent UK

Inside the worst nightclub in Europe where shots are £1 all night - and it's in the UK

Klute nightclub in the city of Durham was once voted the second worst nightclub in Europe - but nabbed the top spot after the actual worst club in Belgrade burned down

Daily Mirror

Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat named in Indian wrestling squad for World Championships

NEW DELHI: Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat were among a host of star Indian wrestlers named for the World Senior Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from September 10-18.

The Times of India

Serbian rights activists vow to join EuroPride march despite ban

Serbian LGBT rights activists and pro-Western opponents of conservative President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday they will defy a ban on a gay pride march in Belgrade next month, despite resistance by far-right groups and the church.

Reuters

Serbia populist leader Vucic says pride ban will be enforced

Serbia’s populist leader says a government decision to cancel the holding next month of a pan-European LGBTQ event will be enforced despite criticism and organizers’ pledge that they will gather anyway

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

Proxy war between East and West in Serbia, President Vucic says

Serbia wants to join the EU while keeping strong relations with its gas supplier Russia and key investor China.

Reuters

East and West clash in a proxy conflict over Serbia, President Vucic says

Serbia is the stage for a proxy war between East and West, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday, as Belgrade seeks to maintain a delicate balancing act between its ambition to join the European Union and its ties with Russia and China.

Daily Mirror

'Hooligans' blamed for EuroPride being scrapped as pro-Putin thugs wave Russian flags

Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic has said protesters, who took the streets of Belgrade today, have delayed an upcoming pride event due to safety concerns

Reuters

Protesters march in Belgrade against planned gay Pride event

Thousands of religious and right-wing opponents of a European gay Pride event to be hosted by Belgrade protested through the Serbian capital on Sunday, even though the government has said it would scrap or delay the Pride event.

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Serbia's EuroPride will not happen due to threats, says President

The Serbian President announced the pan-European pride event will not take place in Belgrade this year, citing threats.

France 24

Serbia, Kosovo agree on how to resolve identity documents dispute

The European Union's foreign policy chief announced Saturday that Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on how to resolve a dispute over their identity documents, settling one of the problems that have sparked the latest tensions between the former Balkan war foes.

The Independent UK

Serbia's leader says EuroPride won't happen due to threats

Serbia's president says the country won’t allow a pan-European LGBTQ Pride event to take place in its capital next month

Reuters

Number plate row fuels Kosovo's ethnic tensions as Serbia seeks more talks

Mediated talks over the status of ethnic Serbs in Kosovo have failed to ease tensions - fuelled by a dispute over car number plates - between Belgrade and authorities in Pristina, Serbia's president said on Friday.

Reuters

Envoys from EU, U.S., meet Kosovo Serbs as differences resurface

European Union and U.S. envoys met officials in Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica on Thursday as longstanding differences between Belgrade and Pristina flared again, triggered by a dispute over car number plates.

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone loved each other’: the rise of Yugonostalgia

While many citizens of the former Yugoslavia miss the lower prices and global recognition, others warn against over-romanticising the Tito era

France 24

Serbian minister visits Moscow, accuses EU of 'anti-Russian hysteria'

Serbia’s interior minister met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday in Moscow in a rare visit by a state official from Europe, highlighting Belgrade’s refusal to join Western sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.

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