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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Serbia

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, northwest of Sarajevo, February 26, 2025. (Radivoje Pavicic/AP)
March 27, 2025, 5:08 pm
Bosnia asks Israel to arrest Serb leader visiting for antisemitism confab
As member of Interpol, Israel faced with prospect of detaining Putin ally who was invited to participate in controversial confab related to inclusion of far-right European leaders
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Anti-government demonstrators protest against the Georgian government's postponement of European Union accession talks until 2028, outside the parliament in central Tbilisi on December 31, 2024. (Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)
February 27, 2025, 10:02 pm
Israel’s Cellebrite to sell Georgia data extraction tech amid protester crackdown
Firm selling tool that gives police ‘lawful’ access to phones despite expressing concerns about sales being held up as Tbilisi fights off anti-government demonstrators
By Lucy Papachristou
Illustrative: The offices of Israeli company Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, in Petah Tikva, March 24, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 16, 2024, 5:00 pm
Serbia used Israeli phone-hacking tool to enable spy campaign – Amnesty report
Rights group says Belgrade officials installed Serbian spyware on phones of dozens of journalists and activists, after unlocking them with software from Israeli firm Cellebrite
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Police cars and officers are stationed on a street around the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, on June 29, 2024, after a man wielding a crossbow shot and wounded a police officer guarding the embassy, and was then fatally shot by the officer. (Oliver Bunic/AFP)
August 18, 2024, 6:18 pm
Serbian police kill man linked to crossbow attack on Israeli embassy in Belgrade
Landlord of June attacker was known as follower of Wahhabi Islam, had served time for terror offenses, authorities say; was on the run since embassy incident
By AFP
Police officers on a street near the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, on June 29, 2024. (OLIVER BUNIC / AFP)
July 15, 2024, 9:24 pm
Serbia says crossbow attack on Israeli embassy was carried out by lone extremist
Interior minister says no broader organization identified as involved in last month’s ‘terrorist act’ during which police officer was injured, assailant was shot dead
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Serbian police officer is stationed outside the entrance to Israel's embassy in Belgrade, June 29, 2024. (Oliver Bunic/AFP)
June 30, 2024, 3:05 pm
Serbian police detain two after crossbow attack on Israeli embassy in Belgrade
Assailant killed, said by police to be linked to ultra-conservative Wahhabist branch of Islam; Israeli ambassador visits officer injured in ‘targeted terrorist act’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police officers block off traffic at an intersection close to the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
June 29, 2024, 6:10 pm
Man shoots policeman at Israel’s embassy in Serbia with crossbow, is killed
Assailant shot by the officer he hit in the neck, who is taken to hospital; officials indicate terror motive; Foreign Ministry says no embassy personnel hurt
By AP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Russian-Israeli journalist Roman Perl speaking about being denied entry to Serbia, June 12, 2024. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 13, 2024, 3:25 pm
Russian-Israeli journalist banned from entering Serbia as ‘foreign agent’
Voice of America’s Roman Perl was blacklisted by Moscow in 2021 under controversial law; says Belgrade ban resulted from incident as he reported on Russian invasion of Ukraine
By AFP
Ladislav Trajer, left, and Mirko Štark, the top two leaders of the Jewish community in Novi Sad, Serbia, chat just outside the entrance to their synagogue. (Larry Luxner/JTA)
September 18, 2023, 1:57 am
After barely surviving the Holocaust, one Serbian Jewish community faces extinction
Though their city has grown significantly since WWII, Novi Sad’s Jews still haven’t recovered from their near decimation. But what they lack in numbers they make up for in tenacity
By Larry Luxner
Illustrative: Parked airplanes belonging to Israir and El Al at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
September 7, 2023, 5:58 am
Passengers aboard Tel Aviv-Athens flight detained for smoking on plane
Several said to light up while on the tarmac after Israir plane from Israel makes unscheduled landing in Thessaloniki due to weather conditions in Greek capital
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of the pink and purple stripes of a Wizz Air plane. (Wizz Air)
September 5, 2023, 7:33 pm
Tel Aviv-London plane makes emergency landing after passenger tries to open door
Wizz Air plane forced to touch down in Belgrade as unruly traveler reportedly attempts to attack crew, open an emergency exit mid-flight
By ToI Staff
Police block a road near the village of Malo Orasje, just outside Mladenovac, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of Serbia's capital Belgrade, on May 5, 2023 where an attacker opened fire with an automatic weapon, state-run media reported. (Andrej Isakovic/AFP)
May 5, 2023, 6:39 am
8 killed, 13 hurt in second mass shooting in Serbia this week
Shooter opens fire in drive-by attack near Belgrade; police search for 21-year-old suspect
By Jovana Gec and DUSAN STOJANOVIC
A suspect is escorted by police outside the Vladislav Ribnikar school in Belgrade, Serbia, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo)
May 3, 2023, 9:13 pm
Serbian student who killed 8 classmates had kill list for well-planned attack
After rare massacre, gunman, 14, turns himself into police, but as minor can’t face criminal charges; fate will be decided by social services
By Jovana Gec and DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Shaked Nisimian celebrates winning the uner-21 MMA world championship, February 16, 2023. (Screenshot/Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 17, 2023, 1:15 pm
Israeli teen beats reigning world champion to claim under-21 MMA title
In Serbia, Shaked Nisimian, 19, becomes first Israeli to win gold at an MMA international tournament — despite only training in the sport for several months
By ToI Staff
Bottles of slivovitz. (Wikipedia/public domain, Chris Capoccia)
December 3, 2022, 6:04 am
Slivovitz, a brandy with a Jewish history, gets UNESCO recognition
Spirit made from plums is traditionally associated with Passover by many Ashkenazi Jews
By David Klein
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