Serbia’s Vucic seeks to reassert populist dominance in elections this weekend

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is pushing hard to reassert his populist party’s dominance in this weekend’s early parliamentary and local elections that observers say are being held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias. The vote in the troubled eastern European country on Sunday pits Vucic’s governing Serbian Progressive Party, or … Read more

Russian leaders attempt to reassert management after mercenary revolt

Touch upon this storyComment RIGA, Latvia — President Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian nation Monday for the primary time for the reason that weekend mutiny by Wagner mercenaries, saying he would maintain his promise and permit the group’s fighters to maneuver to neighboring Belarus. Their different choices have been to return to their households or … Read more