Zelensky meets Vučić to discuss European integration and Russian attacks
Ukrainian and Serbian presidents held talks focused on EU membership paths and the ongoing war.
Ukrainian and Serbian presidents held talks focused on EU membership paths and the ongoing war.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has criticized a war crimes conviction of four former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders, as reactions to the ruling diverge sharply across the Balkans.

The new facility marks a fresh step in defense cooperation between Belgrade and Israel, a relationship critics say is deepening significantly.

A Russian Emergencies Ministry aircraft completed 65 sorties and dropped 130 water loads during wildfire suppression operations in Serbia.
Aleksandar Vucic said he inaugurated a facility in Serbia to assemble what he described as some of the most advanced Israeli-designed drones, according to a report by Anadolu Agency.
Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia would be willing to host negotiations on the Ukraine conflict but suggested an Arab country was more likely to be chosen.

An EU-backed court found former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci guilty of war crimes committed during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia, according to NPR News.
A senior Serbian government official said maintaining relations with Russia serves the country's "national interest," regardless of the outcome of upcoming parliamentary elections, according to TASS.

A funeral for former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, attended by senior Serbian and Bosnian Serb officials, has drawn strong reactions across the Balkans, according to Deutsche Welle.

European Union officials criticized Serbia after government ministers reportedly attended the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, calling it a failure to reckon with past atrocities.

The European Union said there is no place for honoring war criminals, after thousands gathered in Belgrade to attend the funeral of Ratko Mladic.

The former Bosnian Serb commander, convicted of genocide over the Srebrenica massacre, was laid to rest in a funeral broadcast live on Serbian television, days before President Aleksandar Vucic is expected to call elections.

Marta Kos says a planned commemoration honoring convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic is incompatible with European values, according to Al Jazeera.