Every Serbian media outlet, whether newspapers, TV stations or websites, has praised the military alliance between Hungary and Serbia signed in Belgrade earlier this month.

Shortly afterwards, the Republika Srpska, the Serb-run part of Bosnia also announced its intention to join the "new military alliance".

Serbian media, which operate under strict state control, portrayed this new "military pact" as a response to the recent military alliance between the NATO partners Croatia, Albania and Kosovo. The latter's independence remains unrecognized by Belgrade decades later.

"It is particularly worrying" that "this military alliance was formed without consultation with Belgrade" criticized the Serbian Foreign Ministry. The agreement aimed to isolate Serbia and create "paramilitary structures" in Kosovo and was a "gross provocation", it said.

But what is that agreement between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo really about? Signed in March, it stipulates cooperation within the framework of the........

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