Serbia Warns U.S. Preparing to Sanction Energy Company Backed by Russia – The Moscow Times
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic warned on Friday that the United States plans to impose sanctions on the country’s sole gas supplier in the coming days due to its Russian ownership. Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS), majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft and its parent company, Gazprom, is the only supplier of gas to Serbia and the […]
Vučić: US to sanction Serbia’s oil company due to Russian ownership
Gazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom Neft own 6.15% and 50% of NIS respectively, with the remainder of the shares belonging to the government and other smaller shareholders. ADVERTISEMENT Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić has said the United States is set to slap sanctions on the country’s oil and gas company due to its Russian ownership. Serbia’s […]
Traffic blockades held throughout Serbia against populist government over roof collapse tragedy
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents throughout Serbia stopped in silence for 15 minutes on Friday as part of persistent anti-government protests following the collapse last month of a concrete canopy in the country’s north that killed 15 people. Traffic blockades have taken place each Friday since Nov. 1 at 11:52 a.m., the exact time when […]
Protesters hold a noisy demonstration against Serbia’s populist leadership
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally on Thursday outside Serbia’s state television headquarters despite the country’s president pledging to fulfil all their demands as he faced one of the most challenging threats to his populist rule. The demonstration is part of wider protests that erupted after […]
Global pledge signed to boost energy storage six times to 1.5 TW
There are 58 countries and 48 organizations and companies on the list of signatories of the COP29 Global Energy Storage and Grids Pledge. They called for increasing capability by six times to 1.5 TW before the end of the decade to facilitate the energy transition. At the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29, energy […]
Kazakhstan, Serbia Expand Partnership With Focus on Investment, Trade & Agriculture – The Astana Times
ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić identified priority areas for cooperation, including investment, industry, mining, agriculture, healthcare, innovations, and new technologies at a Nov. 19 press briefing in Belgrade, Akorda reported. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. Photo credit: Akorda. Kazakhstan and Serbia plan to launch joint […]
Trump’s tinderbox: US politics and the next war in the Balkans
Summary Over recent years, Serbia’s government and Serb nationalists elsewhere in the Western Balkans have increased their revisionist agitation in the region. They recently adopted an “all-Serb declaration” that seeks to overturn the post-Dayton settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and claims Kosovo as an inseparable part of Serbia. Though some international observers have criticised the […]