Echoes of change: Comparing Serbia’s student protests with N. Macedonia’s Color Revolution | Opinion
The student protests sweeping across Serbia have garnered significant attention, with thousands of young voices demanding accountability and justice in response to a series of tragedies and systemic failures. Considering that protesters reject all government solutions and willingness to fix societal issues, the situation echoes the Color Revolution in North Macedonia. In 2015-2016, North Macedonian […]
Tens of thousands gather in anti-government protest in Belgrade – Euractiv
Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade on Sunday to protest against President Aleksandar Vučić and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), whom they blame for a railway station roof collapse last month that killed 15 people. The concrete awning of the recently renovated roof of Novi Sad station caved in on 1 […]
Serbia: Tens of thousands join student-led protests
Serbians took to the streets in the capital Belgrade on Sunday to protest against the current government. Roughly 29,000 people attended the demonstrations, according to an interior ministry statement. However, an independent source cited a much higher figure, saying that around 100,000 people took part in the march. Serbia’s government has been under pressure after seven […]
Thousands stream into Belgrade square to protest against populist Serbian leadership
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people streamed into a central square in Serbia’s capital on Sunday for a rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government, whose tight grip on power has been challenged by weeks of street protests led by university students. The rally at Belgrade’s Slavija Square, one of […]
Serbia monitors government critics with spyware
The young activist Nikola Ristic is often out on the streets. In early November, he led protests in Belgrade to demand that politicians step down after 15 people were killed when a train station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, the second-largest city in Serbia. According to a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International, on November […]
Student protests continue to challenge Serbia’s populist government after a deadly canopy collapse
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Serbian students and others briefly blocked traffic throughout the country Friday as political tensions continue to simmer following last month’s collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people. The 15-minute traffic blockades have been held every Friday at 11:52 a.m., the exact time on Nov. 1 when tons […]
Traffic blockades held throughout Serbia against populist government over roof collapse tragedy
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents throughout Serbia stopped in silence for 15 minutes on Friday as part of persistent anti-government protests following the collapse last month of a concrete canopy in the country’s north that killed 15 people. Traffic blockades have taken place each Friday since Nov. 1 at 11:52 a.m., the exact time when […]
Protesters hold a noisy demonstration against Serbia’s populist leadership
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally on Thursday outside Serbia’s state television headquarters despite the country’s president pledging to fulfil all their demands as he faced one of the most challenging threats to his populist rule. The demonstration is part of wider protests that erupted after […]
Trump’s tinderbox: US politics and the next war in the Balkans
Summary Over recent years, Serbia’s government and Serb nationalists elsewhere in the Western Balkans have increased their revisionist agitation in the region. They recently adopted an “all-Serb declaration” that seeks to overturn the post-Dayton settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and claims Kosovo as an inseparable part of Serbia. Though some international observers have criticised the […]