Sonja Gocanin is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Balkan Service.
The Chinese company Nuctech has donated mobile border scanners to Serbian customs amid a surge of migrants passing through the Balkan country. Nuctech is blacklisted in the United States and much of the EU, raising questions about data security in Belgrade's ties with Chinese tech companies.
Employees of Jinshan Construction in Serbia describe strict measures from their bosses and unpleasant working conditions that violate local laws.
While many European states have shown the door to hundreds of Russian diplomats, not only have they found a new home in Serbia, but the country has taken in alleged Russian spies, an RFE/RL investigation reveals.
In the face of growing scrutiny and protests over its poor environmental record, China's Zijin Mining Group is making donations to local sports teams in Serbia in what activists and watchdogs allege is an attempt to rehabilitate its reputation.
A Serbian reporter fears for the safety of his family and the young Ukrainian refugee he profiled after Russia invaded its neighbor. The online harassment and allegations of "Zputin bots" are outward signs of how the conflict is tugging at loyalties in this Balkan society.
Russia's ambassador to Belgrade used a medical-cooperation agreement to revive cancer fears stemming from NATO's bombing of the former Yugoslavia. There's nothing about it in the text.
Darko Laketic says the Western military alliance's use of depleted uranium remains a growing concern 20 years after the bombing of Yugoslavia.
