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• International · 2026-09-07

  Serbia honours convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić with military funeral, complicating EU bid

  Serbia held a military funeral on Monday for Ratko Mladić, a general convicted in 2017 of orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which approximately 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were killed. Mladić, who died in prison on 27 August aged 84 while serving a life sentence, was buried with full military honours despite international warnings. The European Union has warned that state-sponsored honours for a genocide convict contradict European values and may complicate Serbia's stalled EU accession process.

• International · 2026-10-25

  Student-led opposition defeats Vučić's party in Serbian parliamentary election

  Serbia's Students' List, a reform coalition that emerged from nearly two years of anti-government protests, has won the country's parliamentary election. Aleksandar Vučić, who dominated Serbian politics for over fourteen years, conceded defeat and acknowledged the opposition would secure 135 to 140 seats in the 250-seat National Assembly, compared to around 105 for his bloc. The election outcome will likely reshape Serbia's foreign policy and its European Union accession negotiations.

• International · 2026-09-27

  Serbian President Vučić resigns to run for prime minister ahead of early elections

  Aleksandar Vučić resigned as Serbia's president on Sunday to run for prime minister in an upcoming parliamentary election. Ana Brnabić, the speaker of the National Assembly, became acting president following his departure. The move enables Serbia to hold early elections.

• International · 2026-09-28

  Serbian president Vučić resigns to run for prime minister in upcoming elections

  Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić has resigned to pursue the position of prime minister in forthcoming parliamentary elections. Ana Brnabić, speaker of the National Assembly, has assumed the role of acting president. This strategic shift marks a significant change in Serbia's political landscape.

• International · 2026-10-25

  Student-led coalition defeats Vučić in Serbian snap election

  The Students' List, an opposition coalition born from student-led protests, won Serbia's parliamentary election on 25 October, defeating Aleksandar Vučić after his fourteen-year dominance of Serbian politics. Vučić, who stepped down as president in September, conceded defeat and projected the Students' List would gain 135–140 of the 250 parliamentary seats, compared to approximately 105 for his bloc.

• International · 2026-09-17

  Kosovo war crimes tribunal sentences former president Thaçi to 25 years

  The Kosovo Specialist Chambers, based in The Hague, has convicted former president and prime minister Hashim Thaçi of murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention during the 1998-1999 Kosovo War, sentencing him to 25 years in prison. Thaçi, who was a guerrilla commander before becoming a prominent political leader, denied all charges. The ruling is considered a significant moment in efforts to hold Kosovar leaders accountable for wartime actions, though it is likely to create tensions in the Balkans where questions of military accountability remain disputed between Kosovo and Serbia.

• International · 2026-10-26

  Student-led movement defeats Vučić's party in Serbian parliamentary landslide

  Serbs voted on 25 October in a snap parliamentary election widely viewed as a referendum on Aleksandar Vučić's over fourteen-year political dominance. The student-led Students' List secured approximately 53% of votes, while Vučić conceded defeat and projected his coalition would obtain only around 105 seats against 135-140 for the reformist movement in the 250-seat parliament.

• International · 2026-09-27

  Serbian President Vučić steps down to run for prime minister

  Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has resigned from his position to run for prime minister in an upcoming parliamentary election. His decision will lead to early elections, though the exact date remains to be confirmed. Ana Brnabić, speaker of the National Assembly, is now acting president.

• International · 2026-10-07

  Kosovo elects Justina Pula president in last-minute deal

  Kosovo's parliament elected Justina Shiroka Pula as president on 7 October, completing the vote only minutes after the constitutional midnight deadline. The election narrowly avoided a fourth snap election in less than two years. Lawmakers amended the powers of a war crimes court as part of negotiations to secure the necessary votes.