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European Union envoy Miroslav Lajcak, center, addresses to the media with Francesco Talo, advisor to the Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, left, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary Gabriel Escobar, second left, Jens Plettner, advisor of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, second right, and Emanuel Bonne, advisor of French President Emmanuel Macron, partially visible at right, after meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Western envoys on Friday were visiting Kosovo and Serbia as part of their ongoing efforts to defuse tensions and help secure a reconciliation agreement between the two. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Western envoys visit Kosovo, Serbia to defuse tensions

By Sylejman Kllokoqi and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

Kosovo's Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Wartime rivals Serbia and Kosovo are to hold high level crisis talks which the European Union mediators hope will de-escalate growing tensions in the Balkans, where Russia has been trying to further increase its influence amid the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Florent Bajrami)

EU to host Serbia-Kosovo talks in Brussels amid tensions

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Serbian Presidential Press Service, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine in the village of Rudna Glava, Serbia, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Vucic finally rolled up his sleeve for a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday and to encourage his country's increasingly skeptical Serbs to get vaccinated themselves. (Serbian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Serbia’s leader chooses Chinese-made vaccine for own shot

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Serbian Orthodox Church bishop Porfirije, centre, leaves the St. Sava temple in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Serbian Orthodox Church gathers in closed session to pick a new Patriarch, following the death of old one Irinej. Irinej died last year of covid, following the outbreak of virus among church officials in Belgrade. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian Orthodox Church picks ally of president as patriarch

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, left, and North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, right, hold a news conference during a handover of COVID-19 vaccines, at the border crossing Tabanovce, between North Macedonia and Serbia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Serbia which has launched a successful vaccination campaign has donated some 8,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 shots to North Macedonia which is yet to deliver its first shots. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Serbia donates Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to North Macedonia

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A medical worker wearing protective gear waits for people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. China is ready to consider &quot;vaccine cooperation&quot; with Central and Eastern European countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday in a meeting held by video link with European leaders. Serbia has received 1 million doses of a Chinese-developed coronavirus vaccine and Hungarian and Chinese vaccine developers are cooperating. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia leader says nation among top in Europe in vaccination

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A medical worker wearing protective gear gestures as people wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, at Belgrade Fair makeshift vaccination center, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Serbia were the first European country to receive the Chinese Sinopharm's vaccine for mass inoculation programmes. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Leader says Serbia is proud to give citizens Chinese vaccine

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 file photo, Ana Brnabic speaks during the fourth EU-Arab World Summit in Athens. Serbia’s prime minister-designate said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 her new government will be pro-European but will also maintain “friendly’’ relations with Russia and China. Ana Brnabic made the comments in an address to parliament, which is to approve Serbia’s new government dominated by allies of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file)

Serbia’s PM: gov’t to be pro-EU keeping Russia, China ties

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Rare spat between Serbia and Russia after US-brokered deal

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President Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, seated left, and Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti, seated right, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump hails deal between Balkans rivals Serbia, Kosovo

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Serbian lawmakers enter parliament building before the inaugural parliament session in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. The Serbian parliament reconvened Monday amid protests by opposition and far-right supporters who claim the parliamentary election that was overwhelmingly won by the ruling populists was rigged. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian parliament convenes after elections, amid protests

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017 file photo, a Serbian army MiG-29 jet fighter performs during exercise at a ceremony marking 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, at Nikinci training ground, 60 kilometers west of Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia will continue to strengthen its armed forces and is ready to purchase more warplanes amid simmering tensions in the Balkans, the Serbian president said Sunday, July 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

Serbia seeks more warplanes amid Balkan tensions

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Protesters clash with riot police on the steps of the Serbian parliament during a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, July 10 2020. Hundreds of demonstrators tried to storm Serbia's parliament on Friday, clashing with police who fired tear gas during the fourth night of protests against the president's increasingly authoritarian rule. The protests started on Tuesday when President Aleksandar Vucic announced that Belgrade would be placed under a new three-day lockdown following a second wave of confirmed coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

AP Explains: Why Serbs are protesting against virus lockdown

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

A supporter leans on a wooden cross which reads &quot;The truth will win&quot; as he protests against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court in London, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. The U.S. government and Assange will face off Monday over extradition, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American officials by publishing a trove of classified government documents. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Hundreds try to storm Serbian parliament as protests heat up

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Sebian police officers disperse protesters in front of Serbian parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Thousands of people protested the Serbian president's announcement that a lockdown will be reintroduced after the Balkan country reported its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus Tuesday. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian leader backtracks on lockdown amid chaotic protests

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, addresses the media outside a polling station, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 21, 2020. Serbia's ruling populists are set to tighten their hold on power in a Sunday parliamentary election held amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in the Balkan country and a partial boycott by the opposition. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbian populist wins landslide as many parties boycott

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, June 21, 2020. Serbia's ruling populists are set to tighten their hold on power in a Sunday parliamentary election held amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in the Balkan country and a partial boycott by the opposition. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Ruling populist party claims landslide win in Serbia vote

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, a man wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, passes by election posters showing Serbian Right leader Misa Vacic, that reads: &quot;We know each other well, we grew up together!&quot;, in Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia is holding a parliamentary vote this weekend that takes place amid concerns over the continuing spread of the new coronavirus and political divisions in the Balkan country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbs to vote amid virus concerns, political divisions

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

Serbian police officers separate populist government supporters, left, from the opposition followers, right, amid heightened political tensions ahead of next month's parliamentary election, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 11, 2020. The two rallies were held outside the parliament building where politicians from both camps have said they were staging a hunger strike. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Serbian police separate pro-government, opposition rallies

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Opposition leaders and citizens protest in front of the Serbian presidency building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Banging pots and blowing whistles, hundreds of people have staged a noisy protest against populist President Aleksandar Vucic whom they accuse of curbing democratic freedoms in the Balkan country. The protest on Thursday was held a day after authorities abolished a daily curfew that was imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Noisy protest in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist leader

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