Serbian President Vucic welcomed President Xi with unprecedented enthusiasm, deploying more than 6,500 police and raising Chinese flags throughout Belgrade, demonstrating Serbia's close ties to China as a counterweight to the West.
Serbia became the first European country to sign an agreement with China on a "shared future" and deepening of a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Bosnian Serb members of parliament have adopted a report denying that the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War was genocide.
Serbia plans to sign a €3 billion deal with France to buy a dozen Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation, diversifying its arms purchases amid Russia's war in Ukraine, despite being one of Moscow's closest allies.
Croatia has introduced a controversial law that penalizes whistleblowers who pass information from court investigations to the press, despite opposition and journalist concerns about curbing media freedom and whistleblowing.
Croatia rejects Serbia's accusations of interfering in its internal affairs because of different views on Russia's war against Ukraine.
In the Russian city of St. Petersburg, security forces began to disperse a rally in memory of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and detained more than 20 people, including journalists.
Ukrainian athlete Yulia Chumachenko wins the women's high jump competition in Belgrade with a score of 1. 90 meters.
russia plans to hold the "World Youth Festival 2024" in Sochi to conduct propaganda among Serbian youth and recruit agents to promote russia's interests in Europe, the report says.
