It’s the last day of the electoral campaign in Serbia today ahead of this Sunday’s closely contested parliamentary election As we are waiting for Macron , first details of the planned police response to this weekend’s protests are emerging. Junior interior minister, Jean-Didier Berger , said that the police presence will be “20% higher” than last weekend, with reinforcements from the army, elite police forces and gendarmerie. Continue reading...
Rocky campaign nears end as Serbia prepares for watershed election – as it happened
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