Early elections to the Serbian parliament will take place in 2026. The fact of their holding was confirmed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in his speech on December 28. Blic publications and the local Euronews service write about this. Holding early parliamentary elections is one of the demands of the opposition, which has been holding protests throughout the country for more than a year. The exact date of possible elections is unknown.

The United States offered Ukraine security guarantees for 15 years, but during the negotiations that took place the day before, Vladimir Zelensky asked US President Donald Trump to extend them for “30–40–50 years.” The Ukrainian leader stated this in response to questions from journalists in the format of voice messages in the chat of the President’s Office.

News The Insider December 29, 2025 #Military report In today's summary In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian military, surrounded in Kupyansk, “mined all around” On the Seversky ledge, after the loss of Seversk, the commanders of two Ukrainian infantry brigades are threatened with resignation In the Konstantinovsky direction, the use of “snow air defense” against Ukrainian drones was recorded In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the capture of Mirnograd using a

In the 1970s, China was going through hard times. The country had only begun to overcome the consequences of the Cultural Revolution, the economy was depleted, agriculture was inefficient, and memories of the mass famine that resulted from the Great Leap Forward had not yet faded. At the same time, birthrates remained extremely high : almost six children per woman. One measure aimed at combatting the crisis involved the implementation of demographic controls.

Politics Nikita Smagin December 29, 2025 Under public pressure, Iranian authorities appear to be backing down and loosening controls on wearing the hijab. Signs of liberalization are also visible in other areas: women drive motorcycles, and restaurants are starting to serve alcohol from under the counter.

Russia has provided Turkey with $9 billion in new financing for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, according to a Reuters report citing Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar. Ankara expects the plant to begin generating electricity in 2026. The Akkuyu nuclear power plant is being built in Turkey’s southern Mersin province on the Mediterranean coast by Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom under an intergovernmental agreement signed in 2010.

News The Insider December 29, 2025 United Russia deputy Mikhail Romanov, who wrote a denunciation of the Stoptime group, suggested that the band’s vocalist Diana Loginova (Naoko) apologize for her songs and perform before the participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in exchange for ending the persecution. Loginova spoke about this in an interview with Yuri Dudu, published on the journalist’s YouTube channel.

Available in English It should be admitted right away: no matter how hard I try to write this text objectively, it will still be biased. It's been over a year since I've been living in the Jewish settlement of Beit Horon, located between two Machsomas (checkpoints) that separate the area beyond the Green Line from the rest of Israel. It is 10 km along the highway to one checkpoint and about 5 km to the other.

A court in Ingushetia fined a local resident 50 thousand rubles who, after the wedding, returned the bride to her parents, accusing her of not being a virgin. He was found guilty of libel, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta, calling the trial unprecedented. The names of the participants in the story are not disclosed. The wedding of a 52-year-old entrepreneur from Nazran with a 22-year-old girl took place last summer.

The regional budget deficit (that is, excluding Moscow) amounted to 161 billion rubles. With Moscow, the balance remains positive - a surplus of 147 billion. In 2024, regions without Moscow had a surplus of 880 billion rubles, and in 2021–2023 - over 1 trillion. The situation is worst in the Tyumen region (budget deficit - 51 billion rubles), the Komi Republic (49 billion) and the Kemerovo region (47 billion). Regional budgets have several main sources of money.

Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a UAV attack on his residence in the Novgorod region in a conversation with US President Donald Trump, state agencies reported.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky gave a joint press conference following the negotiations that took place the day before at the residence of the American president, Mar-a-Lago in Florida. “We covered, some would say, 95% [of the controversial issues]. We have made great progress in ending this war,” Trump said.

SOCIETY Kristina Kaspazova 29 December 2025 In December, Chinese authorities announced a 13% tax on contraceptives, including condoms. At the same time, Beijing promised to exempt people from taxes on childcare services — nurseries, kindergartens, and other services meant to make raising a child easier.

Kosovo's ruling party, Vetëvendosje (Self-Determination), led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, is leading the country's parliamentary elections. According to Reporteri, according to 99.3% of ballots, the party receives almost 50% of the votes. “Self-determination” receives approximately 49.3% of the vote. Next come the Democratic Party of Kosovo (21%) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (13.6%).

A representative of the US State Department announced the allocation of $2 billion to finance UN humanitarian assistance programs. How exactly the funds will be distributed has not yet been specified. Reuters reports this. According to the UN, in 2025, total US contributions to UN humanitarian programs fell to $3.38 billion. This compares with $14.1 billion in 2024 and $17.2 billion in 2022.