The relationship between Serbia and Hungary is very specific and is characterised by intensive cooperation, which is primarily the result of very good relations between Serbian President Vučić and Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán. The two countries already cooperate in the field of energy. Namely, Serbia uses Hungarian gas storage capacities, while Hungary receives its gas via Serbia

On 24-25 February 2023, in cooperation with partner organisations, the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organised a citizens’ assembly in Vrnjačka Banja. The topic of the assembly was how the police could better respond to the needs of citizens in the area of fighting serious and organised crime, while the immediate reason was the ongoing debate on the Draft Law on Internal Affairs.

The relations between the two countries from the moment Ukraine gained its independence, in 1991, to date can be marked as formally friendly relations. The peak of friendship and solidarity came with NATO’s bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, which has remained one of the most traumatic episodes in Serbian contemporary history.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 pushed Europe into a new era of instability. The fundamentals of the continent’s political and economic order are shifting as Russia’s brutal methods of war undermine the prospects of the slightest cooperation between Moscow and European states.

What are the most dominant post-pandemic conclusions, and what do the latest research results on pandemic management in Serbia and the Western Balkans show? Read all about it in the newest analysis made by BCBP.

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

The study analyses Serbian citizens' views on three main topics – the possibility of outbreak of conflict in the Balkans, Serbia's bilateral relations with its neighbours, as well as the key benefits and opportunities of regional cooperation and initiatives.

What is controversial about the new Draft Law on Internal Affairs, how it was written and which provisions entail dangers for citizens’ rights and the further politicisation of police work – these are questions to which the new prEUgovor brief alert offers answers and solutions for improvement.

We present you the analysis of the results of the public opinion survey on Serbian foreign policy and relations with great powers.