Category: Serbia

2 Public Offices in Kosovo Targeted as Serbia Tensions Soar

PRISTINA, Kosovo—A public building in Kosovo was set on fire and another was hit by grenades that did not explode in what government officials described Saturday as criminal acts related to ethnic Serbs protesting the decision to remove Serbian license plates from cars entering the country. Serbian media quoted the head of the Zubin Potok…


CDC Advises Against Travel to Afghanistan, Other Countries Over COVID-19

Washington—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned against travel to Afghanistan, Albania, Serbia, Belize, Lithuania and four other destinations because of COVID-19 concerns. The CDC raised its travel recommendations to “Level 4: Very High” for nine destinations, telling Americans they should avoid travel to the locations. The destinations also include Grenada,…


US Women’s Volleyball Avenges Loss to Serbia, Reaches Final

TOKYO—U.S. volleyball star Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson woke up with a vision that her team was poised to make it back to the gold medal game. Five years after Akinradewo Gunderson could only watch the end of a crushing five-set loss to Serbia in the Olympic semifinals because of an injured knee, she helped lead her…


Serbia Police Find Illegal Immigrant Camp, People Smugglers

BELGRADE, Serbia—Serbian police on Sunday said they have discovered an illegal immigrant camp near the borders with Hungary and Romania, and detained suspected people smugglers. The makeshift camp was discovered in the village of Srpski Krstur, by the bank of the Tisa river, a police statement said. It didn’t specify how many immigrants were found…


Bahrain, UAE Offer Pfizer Shot as Booster to Those Who Received Chinese Vaccine

Bahrain and The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are now urging citizens who have been fully vaccinated with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to take a shot of the Pfizer vaccine as a booster for protection. At the same time, it’s reported in Serbia that 30 percent of the elderly who have been inoculated with Chinese vaccines have…


Finding Identity, Beauty, and Quirk in the Former Yugoslavia

It’s beautiful—and maybe a little bizarre. Everything in the heart of this national capital is grand. A statue of Alexander the Great dominates the main square, the global conqueror astride a bucking horse, his sword drawn, fountains gushing all around. Entering the square, I pass through a soaring gate, itself reminiscent of the Arc de Triomphe…


EU and Vietnam to Exclude China-Made Vaccines

The European Union is expected to exclude Chinese-made vaccines from its “vaccine passport” certification program because they are not approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the same time, Vietnam is reportedly buying large quantities of COVID-19 vaccines from Western counties and Russia, but not China. On March 12, Euronews reported that the EU is…


EU and Vietnam Exclude China-Made Vaccines

The European Union is expected to exclude Chinese-made vaccines from its “vaccine passport” certification program because they are not approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the same time, Vietnam is reportedly buying large quantities of COVID-19 vaccines from Western counties and Russia, but not China. On March 12, Euronews reported that the EU is…