A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse in November of a concrete canopy in the country’s north that killed 15 people.

People protest in front of the state-run TV headquarters a day after a student was hit by a car and seriously wounded in Belgrade, 17 January, 2025

The ongoing protests reflect wider discontent with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's increasingly autocratic rule.

A recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields may gain even more momentum after a strong jobs report reinforced expectations that interest rates will stay high for longer and raised the spectre of benchmark 10-year yields hitting 5% — a level that some fear could rattle broader markets.

The offers from Bern and Belgrade come as US President-elect Donald Trump seeks to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his war in Ukraine.View on euronews

Nonetheless the report outlines a timeframe of biomethane production targets, starting at 31.9 ktoe in the short term (up to 2027), rising to 186.5 ktoe in the medium term (2030) and 364.7 ktoe in the long term (2050).

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was in contact with its "Serbian friends" about the fate of Serbian oil company NIS, which Belgrade fears will face U.S. sanctions because Russia's Gazprom is its majority owner.

As international sanctions continue to pressure Moscow, Belgrade is shopping for military gear elsewhere, including in Israel, China and Europe.

Serbia marked the hottest year in its recorded history in 2024, the Balkan country's meteorological office said this week.

According to the release, the FK-3, the export variant of China’s HQ-22 surface-to-air missile system, can target aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles, drones and air-to-ground missiles flying at maximum speeds of 1,000m/s across distances ranging up to 100 kilometers.

Kyle Walker is closing in on a move to AC Milan as Manchester City prepare to complete the signing of Omar Marmoush, while Real Madrid may be making a play for William Saliba with all eyes also on Marcus Rashford’s next move. Follow all the latest transfer news, gossip and rumours live below!