In this analysis, the predominant narratives of the pandemic shall be explored, as well as the ways they have impacted the state capturing process in the period from the second half of 2021 till 3 April 2022, when the general and presidential elections took place in Serbia.

How the pandemic was managed in Serbia and what are the recommendations for better coping in similar situations in the future, read in the analysis made by BCSP in cooperation with the Union of Doctors and Pharmacists of Serbia.

What do Serbian citizens think about the COVID-19 pandemic? What are their opinions about vaccination? Do they trust the institutions that were managing the pandemic? We present you an analysis of citizens' attitudes on these topics.

What are SLAPP lawsuits and how are they used in Serbia to pressure the investigative journalists, on the example of the KRIK, read in the case study written by Vesna Radojević, a KRIK journalist.

In this publication, BCSP researcher Luka Šterić analyzes how are the militarist narratives used for the legitimising in public the capturing of the state.

Only in the first 10 months of 2021 in Serbia, 21,000 more citizens died than in the same period of 2020. Last year, 136,000 citizens of Serbia died, which is 18% more than in 2020, which, according to statistical data, is the worst year since the end of the Second World War. By the end of February 2022, 147 doctors had died from coronavirus. This was highlighted at today's conference organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the Union of Doctors and Pharmacists of Serbia.

Defense topics are most often sensationalized, leading to militaristic narratives in the region. For the sake of greater trust in the region, it is necessary to discuss these topics based on facts. This was highlighted during a discussion held on Monday, March 14, where the Balkan Defense Monitor, a pioneering comparative report on defense systems in the Western Balkans, was presented.

We present you the Balkan Defence Monitor - independent and comprehensive source of information regarding defence topics in the region.

BCSP researcher Luka Šterić analyzes militaristic narratives in the three countries signatories of the Dayton Peace Agreement - Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.