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FILE -Kosovo police officers guard road near the village of Banjska, northern Kosovo, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic, File)

Kosovo’s leader demands Serbia hand over gunmen who attacked police

By Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

People carry a rainbow flag as they attend a pride march in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Pride march held in conservative Serbia under heavy police protection

Associated Press

People hold a banner that reads: "Not even a chunk of ore to EU occupier! Rio Tinto get out of Serbia!" during an environmental protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Thousands rally in Serbia accusing populist government of cracking down on anti-lithium activists

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

FILE - Two French Dassault Rafale fighter jets fly after a signing ceremony between French President Emmanuel Macron and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. Macron starts a two-day state visit to Serbia on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 with the focus on a possible sale of 12 Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

France’s Macron to visit Serbia with a possible deal to sell French warplanes in a shift from Russia

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a public address, a day after one of the biggest protests in years in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. Vucic said earlier he had been tipped off by Russian intelligence services that a "mass unrest and a coup" were being prepared in Serbia by unspecified Western powers that wish to oust him from power. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Vucic says mass lithium protests are part of a ‘hybrid’ warfare against his country

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

A man shields from the sun with a paper umbrella in front of Rome's Pantheon during a heat wave, Thursday, July 11, 2024. Italian authorities declared a red weather alert in seven cities on Thursday, mostly in the central parts of the country but also the capital Rome and Trieste in the northeast, near the border with Slovenia and Croatia. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

‘It’s hell outside’: Sizzling heat wave in parts of southern and central Europe prompts alerts

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Police officers block off traffic at an intersection close to the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. An attacker with a crossbow has wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade. Serbia’s interior ministry says the officer responded by fatally shooting the assailant. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Crossbow attacker wounds a police officer guarding Israel’s embassy in Serbia before being shot dead

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Police officers block off traffic at an intersection close to the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. An attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade. Serbia’s interior ministry says the officer responded by fatally shooting the assailant. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Attacker with a crossbow wounds a police officer guarding Israel’s embassy in Serbia

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, right, shakes hands with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 13, 2024. Kuleba, who has arrived on a surprise visit to Russia-friendly Serbia, held talks on Monday in Belgrade in a sign of warming relations between the two states. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Ukraine’s first lady and foreign minister visit Russia-friendly Serbia

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic greet the crowd at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Serbian president hail ‘ironclad’ friendship in Belgrade

By Dusan Stojanovic and Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Opposition lawmakers hold banners reading: "Stole the elections" during a Serbia's parliament constitutive session in Belgrade, Serbia, Feb. 6, 2024. Officials say a key vote for control of Serbia’s capital, Belgrade is to be rerun later this year. The announcement follows months of soaring political tensions over claims that the ruling populists of President Aleksandar Vucic orchestrated a fraud in the vote for Belgrade’s city assembly. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

An election for control of Serbia’s capital is to be rerun following opposition fraud claims

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

FILE - Serbian Army soldiers perform during a military parade at the military airport Batajnica, near Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 19, 2019. Serbia looks set to reintroduce the obligatory military service for its young citizens, the army command said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 in a move that comes amid rising tensions in the Balkans. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia says it is disappointed with possible U.S. sale of anti-tank missiles to Kosovo

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

FILE - Serbian Army soldiers perform during a military parade at the military airport Batajnica, near Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 19, 2019. Serbia looks set to reintroduce the obligatory military service for its young citizens, the army command said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 in a move that comes amid rising tensions in the Balkans. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia army proposes bringing back the draft as tensions continue to rise in the Balkans

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

University students rest on a key traffic alley in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. A group of university students on Friday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic alley in Serbia's capital during New Year holiday rush as part of protests against widespread irregularities that marred a recent election. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Students launch 24-hour traffic blockade in Serbia’s capital ahead of weekend election protest

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia police detain at least 38 people as opposition plans more protests against election results

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press