World in brief: March 4, 2025

SERBIA: At least three lawmakers were injured today, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia’s parliament during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown.
Lawmakers were scheduled to vote on increasing funding for university education, but opposition parties said the ruling majority was also planning to approve dozens of other decisions.
They said this was illegal and that lawmakers should first confirm the resignation of Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and his government.
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