Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia

"China investing in Serbia to spread influence in Europe"

As Europe is unable and unwilling to finance the rebuilding of the Balkan countries, they - Serbia above all - are turning to their old allies, such as China.

This is according to the influential US website Politico, which took a look at Beijing's role in Serbia, and Belgrade's stance toward China as part of a series of articles dubbed "China looks West."

Elderly Belgrader caught hiding EUR 125k in his sock

Serbian Customs officers at the Batrovci border crossing with Croatia have prevented a Serbian citizen from smuggling EUR 95,450 out of the country.

The Customs Administration said in a statement on Wednesday, cited by Beta, that a total of EUR 125,450 in cash was found in possession of the 69-year-old, a resident of Belgrade.

Minister takes part in painting over anti-Roma graffiti

Aleksandar Vulin, representatives of the Roma National Council, and of Belgrade's Cukarica municipality have taken part the removal of anti-Roma graffiti.

The graffiti called for violence against this ethnic minority, including messages such as, "Death to Gypsies," "Serbia for Serbs," "Not for Gypsies," along with swastikas and "SS division symbols."

Serbian Court Rehabilitates Chetnik Wartime Commander

The High Court in Valjevo, Serbia, on Friday rehabilitated a former Chetnik commander Nikola Kalabic, annulling the Communist-era verdict from 1946 which declared him a “national enemy”.

The Higher Prosecutor’s Office in Valjevo told Beta news agency that it would “certainly appeal” the court ruling.

US citizen sexually harasses women, attacks police

The police in the central Serbian town of Kragujevac on Friday arrested a US citizen suspected of sexual harassing two women and injuring police officers.

The 52-year-old, whose initials are A.G., sexually harassed two women in a store in this town, and in the street, before fleeing in the direction of the Koricani settlement.

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