In Vucic’s Serbia, the gov’t has a knack for putting a positive spin on all its decisions. Now, for the first time, Vucic is struggling to sell a project to the public — and it just happens to be one that the West really wants. W/ Antonia Zimmermann @zimmerfrau.bsky.social Stuart Lau politico.eu/article/serbia…

People hardly realize that the key (and only) point here is the attack on Una's Albanian ethnic origin. Using dehumanizing racist slurs for Albanians in the Serbian language (equivalent to the n-word in English) is a broad practice in the Serbian ruling establishment. Go Una! 💪

When your meeting runs over and someone has booked the room

❗️JUST IN: Balázs Győrffy, MEP of FideszEP, member of Patriots for Europe resigns from all positions, including his EP mandate after - quote - last night he "got into a drunken argument with a lady, which, to my great regret, escalated to violence".

Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Porfirije has expressed support for the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) after the Ukrainian parliament passed a bill banning ROC in Ukraine, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced on Aug. 23. english.nv.ua/nation/serbian…

Belarusian film director Andrei Hniot is currently on trial in Belgrade, #Serbia. He was arrested due to an Interpol search warrant and now faces the threat of extradition to #Belarus, where he could potentially be imprisoned. He must not be extradited to Belarus.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić notoriously maintains close relationships with Moscow and Beijing. He's also on stellar terms with France's Emmanuel Macron — with whom he just signed 11 bilateral agreements. 🔗 trib.al/sbsJvYd

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday night took full responsibility for giving Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov French citizenship — days after a presidential spokesperson told POLITICO it was a foreign ministry decision. trib.al/NMA9jCG

Macron’s trip to Serbia is the perfect excuse to revisit this gem: the French president tackling an entire speech in Serbian during his last visit in 2019. Watching him wrestle with Slavic consonant clusters in a thick French accent is both impressive and hilariously awkward 😂

Back in my day, rawdogging meant something else, you damn kids 😤

It's 2024, and Mussolini's granddaughter holds more progressive views on the rights of same-sex couples to adopt children than many other Italian politicians, including Salvini, who position themselves even further to the right. May the gods have mercy on us all.

Robert Rundo has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to riot in a plea agreement filed yesterday in court. No sentencing yet; let's see if he faces future charges for having used a forged US passport while on the run (mostly from me) in eastern Europe.

Serbian President Vucic is in the Podrinje region, officially to observe military exercises, but also to talk to locals about the Rio Tinto lithium mine. He's staying in modest army barracks, making jam and pancakes — a not-so-subtle attempt to play the man-of-the-people card.

📸 “Putin’s visiting, so these talks will be intense.” “Did you just say ‘in tents’?” Can you do better? Submit your caption here: trib.al/t90PItz

Another Gigi D’Agostino track has been hijacked by far-right teens on TikTok! In true 21st century fashion, fascism has evolved into being spread by teens doing choreographed dances in dimly-lit bathrooms, while governments are too uncool to be clued in.