Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in November called on Serbia to respect his country's sovereignty and territorial integrity by taking action to stop this phenomenon.
Belgrade-based sleuth journalist from Serbia's Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) Marija Ristic has probed into the reasons why mercenaries from Serbia have been taking part in the war waged by Russia against Ukraine in Donbas.
A group of mercenary snipers from Serbia has arrived in the Donetsk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic told RTS (Radio Television of Serbia) on Tuesday that Serbia's Ambassador to Ukraine Rade Bulatovic, who was recently withdrawn for consultations, will most likely return to Kyiv next week, adding that he would continue with the practice of not receiving Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych – who will instead be meeting with his deputy and assistant, according to the Belgrade-based news website B92.
The prosecutor's office of Serbia has opened 45 cases since the end of 2014 against Serbian mercenaries who have been fighting in military conflicts abroad, including in Russian-occupied Donbas, according to the Ukrainian news outlet Evropeiska Pravda.
Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic late on Wednesday summoned for consultations the country's ambassador to Ukraine, Rade Bulatovic, according to the Belgrade-based news website B92.
Serbia is doing nothing to stop its citizens from fighting in the east of Ukraine while Moscow is "using Serbia" for its battles elsewhere, said Ukraine’s Ambassador in Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, according to Balkan Insight.
The prime ministers of Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania have expressed support for Serbia's bid to join them in the European Union, saying the move would help guarantee regional peace and security, RFE/RL reports.
A transport plane has delivered two Russian MiG-29 fighter jets to Serbia, the initial shipment of a six-jet deal that could add to East-West tensions in the Balkans, RFE/RL reported.
Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician Emir Kusturica arrived in Russian-occupied Crimea on Sunday, July 23, in violation of Ukrainian laws, to perform the only concert with his No Smoking Orchestra band in Yalta.
Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as Serbia's president on May 31, amid protests against his increasingly tight grip on power in the Balkan nation, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Southeastern Europe is entering renewed crisis—and Moscow is fomenting more chaos at a dangerous time, John Schindler, who is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer, wrote in an op-ed for Observer, titled “We Need to Putin-Proof the Balkans.”
Ukrainian Ambassador to Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych has denied that Ukraine has ever supplied S-300 missile systems to Croatia in the past 25 years, according to Serbia's b92.net, which quoted that country's state news agency Tanjug.
Thousands of protesters, mainly students, rallied for the third straight night in Belgrade on Wednesday to protest against the overwhelming victory of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in a weekend presidential election, according to Reuters.
Thousands of people protested in towns across Serbia against what they call the "dictatorship" of Aleksandar Vucic, the president-elect and current prime minister, according to Balkan Insight.
Conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won Serbia's presidential election on Sunday by a huge margin, confirming his domination of the Balkan country as he pursues a delicate balancing act between Europe and Russia, according to Reuters.