The elections have been regarded as a referendum on the popularity of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic who is the leader of the incumbent Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) led coalition.
Teachers and their unions have been demanding basic wages at par with the average wage in the country and reduction in non-academic work. Unions held a massive rally in Belgrade on September 24 to press these demands
Gun ownership in Serbia is among the highest in Europe and a massive proliferation of small arms took place in the country and in around the Balkans during the civil wars in the 1990s which led to the disintegration of the erstwhile Yugoslavia.
The Serbian government is pushing the long pending plan to introduce Državna matura, a new state-wide qualifying exam for high school students to get admission into higher educational institutes
Many faculties at the university have decided to increase tuition fees from the autumn session of the academic year 2023-24. The hikes range from 9.1% to 46.8%
Workers of international fast food chain McDonald’s in Serbia accuse the company’s management of exploitation due to low wages, poor working conditions, long shifts, arbitrary transfers, insults and abuses
A new plan to reform health care in Serbia leaves doubts about how much optimization of rights and accessibility of care it will bring
Problems predating the COVID-19 pandemic weigh on the health system in Serbia, putting into doubt the capacities to address new health needs generated over the past two and a half years
The Serbian government has set the minimum wage for the year 2023 at 40,020 Serbian Dinars (USD 341.59) per month. Trade unions and leftist political parties say it is insufficient to make ends meet
Conservatives and other homophobic groups have protested the conduct of EuroPride 2022 in the Serbian capital Belgrade. The events will be held from September 12 to 18
A Serbian court in Valjevo has ruled in favor of a petition to rehabilitate Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabić, who perpetrated gruesome acts of violence against Croats, Bosniaks and communists during World War II
The Novi Sad city administration led by Mayor Miloš Vučević is accused of repressing the people’s protests against an urban plan using private security agencies, at the behest of private interests
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