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Montenegro signs €50 million EBRD loan for Bar railway
The loan forms part of a package exceeding €225 million to modernise 39 kilometres of the rail link between Golubovci and Bar.
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On the security map · 17 tracked developments
- Serbia extends Russian gas arrangement through 2026 ↗Belgrade, Serbia
- US extends NIS operating licence to 30 October ↗Pančevo refinery area, Serbia
- World Bank backs Serbian gas-infrastructure phase ↗Belgrade, Serbia
- Carpathian Eight signs regional cooperation agreements ↗Bukovel, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine
- Greece and Egypt conclude Medusa exercise ↗Maleme, Crete, Greece
- Serbia moves Pobednik 2026 into second phase ↗Pešter plateau, Serbia
- Serbia opens Israeli drone assembly facility ↗Belgrade, Serbia
- Thaçi receives 25-year war-crimes sentence ↗Pristina, Kosovo (representative capital)
- Serbian diplomats leave Bosnia after Mladić funeral dispute ↗Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Helez remarks on Republika Srpska trigger backlash ↗Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Further vacation-home demolitions reported ↗Međeđi Potok, Gazivode/Ujman Lake, Kosovo
- Demolitions at Gazivode deepen property dispute ↗Rezala, Gazivode/Ujman Lake, Kosovo
- Banjska case reaches sentencing ↗Pristina, Kosovo
- Croatia says it raised Serbian missiles through NATO ↗Zagreb, Croatia
- Vučić portrays regional defence cooperation as a threat ↗Belgrade, Serbia
- Croatia, Albania and Kosovo sign defence declaration ↗Tirana, Albania
- Banjska gunbattle: background to northern tensions ↗Banjska, Kosovo
Economy & energy / Serbia · United States · Russia · Hungary
US extends NIS operating licence to 30 October
The one-month reprieve keeps Serbia's Pančevo refinery running while MOL continues negotiations over the Russian-held majority stake.
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Serbia extends Russian gas arrangement through 2026
Srbijagas chief Dušan Bajatović said the arrangement with Gazprom was extended under the same terms through the end of the year.
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Vučić resigns and hands Serbia's presidency to Ana Brnabić
Aleksandar Vučić formally left office before the October 25 parliamentary election; parliament speaker Ana Brnabić is serving as acting president.
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World Bank backs €175 million Serbian gas-infrastructure phase
Serbia's energy minister says the financing will support a Niš-Velika Plana pipeline section intended to ease bottlenecks and diversify supply routes.
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Bulgargaz receives 10-year Serbian wholesale licence
Serbia's energy regulator has licensed Bulgaria's state supplier for wholesale natural-gas activity; the decision does not itself document new deliveries.
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Serbia moves Pobednik 2026 into dispersed second phase
Land Forces units are training at multiple locations as the joint exercise continues into the first week of October.
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Carpathian Eight forum signs deals worth more than €1 billion
Ukraine said 50 agreements were signed at the regional forum, with more than half of the investment directed to renewable energy.
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Serbia opens Israeli drone assembly plant in Belgrade
The facility operated by Yugoimport-SDPR and Elbit Systems is intended to supply Serbia's military and could serve other customers.
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Greece and Egypt conclude Medusa exercise off Crete
The annual drill near Chania included simulated drone attacks and amphibious landings, with additional participating and observer states.
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Masdar and Taaleri inaugurate Serbia’s 154 MW Čibuk 2 wind farm
The new wind farm joins the existing Čibuk 1 facility in a combined 312 MW complex.
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Serbian diplomats leave Bosnia after Mladić funeral dispute
Bosnia's foreign minister says the two officials complied with expulsion orders; three Bosnian embassy employees are due back from Belgrade for consultations.
Read story ↗Economy & energy / Serbia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · North Macedonia · European Union
Western Balkan hauliers postpone September 14 border protest
Organisers paused the regional freight action after reporting progress with the EU on special visas, but said the protest was not cancelled.
Read story ↗Economy & energy / Romania · Serbia
Hidroelectrica selects contractor for Iron Gates II battery system
The Romanian utility plans a 64 MW, 434.76 MWh storage facility at the Danube hydropower plant, with investment put at €56.5 million.
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Croatia's JANAF enters Kazakhstan oil exploration project
The pipeline operator agreed to join the Shygys project company and commit up to €43.68 million in additional funding.
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Kosovo imposes temporary duty on Serbian wheat seed
A €0.04-per-kilogram levy will initially apply for six months while the investigation continues.
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Serbia targets 2027 construction tender for Bistrica storage plant
The energy minister’s latest reported timetable keeps the construction tender and loan agreement in the planning stage.
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Serbia’s EPS seeks renewable projects and development partners
The state utility has opened a competitive process covering large solar, wind and hybrid projects, alongside smaller biomass, waste and green-hydrogen schemes.
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