Despite warnings from the EU, Serbia’s government has granted citizenship to four times as many Russian nationals as to all other foreign citizens combined this year -- including individuals under international sanctions, an RFE/RL investigation has found.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks, during which Vucic declared the “iron friendship” between the two countries and his intention to significantly expand cooperation with China. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s five-day state visit to China (24–28 May 2026) was not a routine diplomatic courtesy call. It was a deliberate geopolitical […]

In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak is drilling down on two issues: a damning rule-of-law assessment for Serbia and the latest Franco-German EU enlargement proposal.