Serbia: From the Novi Sad Tragedy to Political Change Serbia’s new authorities have to decide whether to preserve their foreign-policy independence or submit to the dictates of the Brussels bureaucracy in order to gain E.U. admission, writes Uroš Lipušcek.

𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗮: 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝘆 My take. 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗻 Within days, the whole Western chorus lined up. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 Ursula von der Leyen. Marta Kos. António Costa. Roberta Metsola. Alain Berset. Merz. Zelenskyy. Péter Magyar called early and offered Hungary’s support. The line was identical. Rule of law. Anti-corruption. Media freedom. Serbia’s “European path.” Door to the EU is open. Reuters, BBC, CNN, Euronews, The Guardian, Balkan Insight. Same framing. Historic breakthrough. End of “strongman” rule. EU reset. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 When every EU institution and the same media pack speak in one voice, that is not spontaneity. That is alignment. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 I do not see major changes overall, except faster EU integration. Serbians will probably not make big concessions on Russia or Kosovo. But EU accession still means the end of sovereignty, and a gradual alignment with the globalist agenda. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗮 All I want is for Serbia to thrive as a sovereign state. Watch what gets amplified. Watch who gets the microphone. Then ask who benefits. 𝗕𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱.

SERBIA’S CENTRAL BANK HAS SHUT DOWN ALTA BANK, A LENDER POPULAR AMONG RUSSIANS, OVER DETERIORATING FINANCES AND SUSPECTED MONEY LAUNDERING, WITH THE MOVE COMING DAYS AFTER ALEKSANDAR VUCIC’S ELECTION DEFEAT AND AMID REPORTS OF LARGE WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFERS ABROAD - FT

Serbia, 2026. We watched the student protests for days. No fires, no looting, just peace. Serbian flags and crosses everywhere. If there was foreign interference we'd see EU flags and chaos. For now we trust these students. They are not left-wing. They are patriotic in their own way.