Serbia has suspended plans to issue passports to Russian and other foreign nationals who have lived and worked in the country for at least a year, after the EU threatened to suspend the visa-free regime for the Balkan nation. newspaper reports Finance Times.
The relevant bill was proposed by the Serbian government in April 2023.
Brussels believes that such measures threaten the security of the EU. Therefore, the European Commission said that the visa-free regime with Serbia could be suspended if granting citizenship is considered to pose an increasing risk to the internal security and public policy of EU member states.
As the FT points out, news about possible changes in Serbian legislation has recently resonated with the Russian-speaking public on social networks.
Former President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić on Happy TV declarationEvery representative of Western countries at the meeting demands that Belgrade impose sanctions on the Russian Federation.