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The Chinese president has arrived in Budapest early Thursday, the third and last stop of his European visit. During his three-day stay, Xi Jinping and his delegation are expected to conclude a series of economic agreements with Budapest, as China sees Hungary as an important bridgehead in conquering European markets: among other things, Chinese companies are building electric car and battery factories. The two sides are expected to sign 16 agreements, while another two are still being negotiated. The deals include Hungarian infrastructural developments and railway, road and energy projects rel...
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Kosovo's admission to the Council of Europe (CoE) is not on the agenda of the meeting of its Committee of Ministers, which is set to be held on 16 and 17 May. This will likely lead to delays in Pristina's admission to the pan-European human rights body. In the meantime, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said that the procedure for creating a new administrative body for places where ethnic Serbs are a majority has emerged as an "unacceptable precondition" to Kosovo's membership as CoE's 48th member state. Kurti’s move to reject the precondition has dissatisfied France, Germany and Italy, wh...
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China and Serbia have signed a new comprehensive free trade agreement, deepening the economic and political ties between Belgrade and its biggest foreign investor. The new partnership was announced in a joint press conference in Belgrade on Wednesday and comes as Chinese president Xi Jinping visits Europe for the first time in five years. President Aleksandar Vučić said the deal "will guarantee a future" for Serbia, cancelling tariffs on almost 95% of the country's exports to China within the next five to ten years, from "apples to beef meat". His Chinese counterpart described their relationsh...
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping continued his European tour by visiting ally Serbia on Tuesday. The trip falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO's intervention over Kosovo. US jets dropped five bombs on the Chinese Embassy compound in the Serbian capital on 7 May 1999. Three Chinese nationals were killed, and 20 others were injured. Xi referenced the bombing directly in an op-ed published in Serbia’s Politika newspaper on Tuesday, where he wrote, “We must not forget that 25 years ago today, NATO brazenly bombed the Chinese Embassy ...
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Chinese and Serbian flags were hoisted in Belgrade on Tuesday for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Coming after a stop Paris, Xi's state visit to Serbia coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, which was hit by a US Air Force strike during NATO's campaign in Kosovo in 1999. The bombing was eventually acknowledged by Washington as a mistake, but it remains a sore point in Sino-American relations. "To some extent, the memory [of the bombing] is kept artificially alive, so that it can be solicited whenever it is deemed necessary, to p...
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China's leader is on a three-country tour of Europe at a time when Sino-European relations are far from perfect. After stopping in France on Sunday and Monday as part of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Franco-Chinese diplomatic relations, Xi Jinping will travel to Serbia and then to Hungary. What are the economic and strategic stakes of this highly political tour? War in UkraineThe Chinese and French presidents will first address the issue of the war in Ukraine. With China "one of Russia’s main partners", the French president will try to encourage Beijing "to use the levers it has...
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The Vigil started at 8:41 am, at the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in central Belgrade. The whole country was traumatised by this event that left nine children and a school guard dead and six people wounded, as it was the first school shooting in this Balkan country. Aleksandar Baucal, a psychology professor, says, “This type of tragedy has a traumatic effect on everyone that has any connection with that school. The children, the parents and families of those who currently go to that particular school, are also the victims of this tragedy.” The event was titled “Awakening,” a call for i...
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Serbia's president has apologised for calling Slovenians "disgusting". Serbian President Aleksander Vucic said it was a reaction to what he saw as anti-Serbian policies and statements. "I think the best of Slovenians. I have many friends, I have family in Slovenia," said the leader in his apology. He clarified that when calling Slovenians "disgusting" he was referring only to their politicians. Watch the full report in the player above.
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Serbia's path to EU membership now depends on its silent consent for Kosovo's assent to international organisations, such as the UN and Council of Europe. EU foreign affairs ministers gathering in Luxemburg on 22 April agreed to amend a key part of the document concerning Serbia's negotiations to join the EU, known as Chapter 35. The change means Brussels will freeze Serbia's accession process into the bloc if it doesn’t implement an agreement on normalising its relationship with Kosovo. The main condition for Serbia to comply with is that it must stop obstructing Kosovo's efforts to join key ...
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Residents in four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo cast their votes on Sunday on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office. The referendum, endorsed by Western nations, aims to alleviate tensions between Kosovo and neighbouring Serbia, both aspiring for European Union membership. Serbia endorses calls for mayors' resignationThe main ethnic Serb party in Kosovo, Srpska List, which maintains close ties with Belgrade, has urged a boycott of the vote. An estimated 46,500 residents are anticipated to participate in 47 polling stations, with a majority vote required for the ma...
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