1.0European Western Balkanshttps://europeanwesternbalkans.comMarija Stojanovićhttps://europeanwesternbalkans.com/author/marija-stojanovic/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Y6ADuuEYTr"><a href="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/02/28/usaid-makes-serbia-more-beautiful-and-richer-how-serbian-officials-used-to-talk-about-what-they-now-call-a-notorious-organisation/">“USAID makes Serbia more beautiful and richer”: How Serbian officials used to talk about what they now call a “notorious organisation”?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/02/28/usaid-makes-serbia-more-beautiful-and-richer-how-serbian-officials-used-to-talk-about-what-they-now-call-a-notorious-organisation/embed/#?secret=Y6ADuuEYTr" width="600" height="338" title="““USAID makes Serbia more beautiful and richer”: How Serbian officials used to talk about what they now call a “notorious organisation”?” — European Western Balkans" data-secret="Y6ADuuEYTr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/vucicsamanta-1536x864-1.jpg1536864In recent weeks, the pro-government media in Serbia have gloated over the news that US President Donald Trump, shortly after returning to the White House, decided to freeze funding for the US Agency for International Development (USAID). According to the tabloids, USAID is a “notorious organisation”, which used to fund non-governmental organisations in the country, […]