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Serbian protesters clash with police amid massive anti-government rally in Belgrade

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Clashes erupted between groups of protesters and riot police after a huge anti-government rally on Saturday in the Serbian capital Belgrade attended by tens of thousands of opponents of the country’s autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. While the rally at a central square in Belgrade passed largely peacefully, groups of young demonstrators later split and clashed … Read more

Body found stuffed in barrel linked to police chief, Belgrade prosecutors say

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Serbian police on Thursday found the body of a man stuffed in a barrel following his organized crime-linked shooting in a restaurant that led to the arrest of Belgrade’s police chief, prosecutors said. Serbian police and army were searching for Aleksandar Nesovic, known as “Baja”, who disappeared last week after Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic … Read more