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No. 1 Alcaraz to Miss Spain’s Davis Cup Finals Opener

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will skip the opening round of the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday, which is taking place only three days after the Spanish teenager won the US Open. Alcaraz arrived in Valencia a day before Spain was scheduled to face Serbia in the group stage. Sunday’s victory over…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘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…

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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

Prosecutors seek 35-year prison term for Kosovo ex-rebel accused of torture

War crimes prosecutors called on Monday for a former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrilla commander to be sentenced to 35 years in prison for allegedly running a "torture chamber" during the 1998-99 independence conflict with Serbia.

Reuters

UAE, Serbia Sign Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed on Sunday with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic the various areas of cooperation between their countries and the prospects to advance their mutual interests, in addition to a number of regional and global developments of mutual concern. During a meeting…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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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

Turkey's Erdogan pledges help to bolster

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope a recent agreement settling a travel document dispute between Serbia and Kosovo can help further stabilize the troubled Balkans

The Independent UK

Subdued by Covid curbs, Srishti becomes WIM after 3-year wait

NAGPUR: Srishti Pandey will finally heave a sigh of relief. A full 1,042 days after she scored her first WIM norm in the 2019 junior national championship and 278 days after clearing all the three norms in Serbia, Srishti became Nagpur's third and India's latest Woman International Master (WIM) in…

The Times of India

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

Serbian PM says willing to compromise during landmark Kosovo visit

Serbia's Ana Brnabic expressed willingness to compromise on Monday during her first visit to Kosovo since becoming prime minister almost five years ago, a day after Germany and France appealed to Serbia and Kosovo to resolve a flare-up in tension.

Reuters

Djokovic to skip Serbia's Davis Cup group stage ties for personal reasons

Serbia have been drawn in Group B of the Davis Cup Finals alongside Spain, South Korea and Canada, but Novak Djokovic will skip the tournament

The Hindu

Serbian PM visits Kosovo Serbs as tensions still simmer

Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine

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3 Balkan countries to work on averting food, energy shortage

Anticipating a tough winter in light of the war in Ukraine, three Balkan states have agreed to help each other with potential food or energy shortages

Reuters

Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia agree to share surplus energy, food

Three western Balkan states agreed to form a joint commission to help each other cope with the threat of energy and food shortages this winter due to ongoing crises amid the war in Ukraine, Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia said on Friday.

Reuters

Explainer: Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo

Kosovo will begin on Thursday a two-month implementation period for a controversial move to oblige Serbs, mainly those living in the northern part of the Balkan nation, bordering Serbia, to start using license plates issued by the government in Pristina.

Reuters

Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs

Dozens of U.S. NATO peacekeepers patrolled northern Kosovo on Thursday to preserve calm after Pristina announced that around 50,000 ethnic Serbs in the region would have to switch their car license plates to local ones within two months.

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The Independent UK

Marco Silva hails Fulham’s ‘unbelievable’ striker Aleksandar Mitrovic

The Serbia international set Fulham on their way to a 2-1 win over Brighton.

The Times of India

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

ABC News

Vladimir Putin could benefit if a row between Serbia and Kosovo over licence plates spills into another European conflict

A nearly 4,000-strong NATO force is on alert amid a row between Serbia and Kosovo over licence plates which threatens to re-open old wounds. Could this be Europe's next flashpoint?

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.

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