> Why is this only being looked at now, decades later?
Propaganda. EU wants to change the regime in Belgrade and they need anything they can throw at it. If the story would have been true, it would have been inveszigated earlier, not after 30 years. And some documentaries and gossipdo not count as truth. See recent BBC scandal.
It doesn't make sense why EU suddenly want regime change. The EU (and all the other powers that have influence in Serbia) have been mostly silent on the student protests. See this analysis.
> in an age of rising geopolitical tension, world powers have an interest in upholding Vučić’s rule – seen as a guarantor of stability in a troubled region. Indeed, the strongman’s attempt to blame the crisis on foreign interference is ironic given the extent of his own reliance on external backing. He enjoys bipartisan support from Washington and is in favour with most European leaders, as well as Russia, China and the UAE. He has earned goodwill by supplying weapons to Ukraine and Israel, and Serbia’s vast lithium reserves have caught the eye of both the EU and the British-Australian multinational Rio Tinto, which is planning to open a new mine in the Jadar Valley despite public opposition.
Propaganda. EU wants to change the regime in Belgrade and they need anything they can throw at it. If the story would have been true, it would have been inveszigated earlier, not after 30 years. And some documentaries and gossipdo not count as truth. See recent BBC scandal.