Mašina 
In 1944, the Partisans and people of Belgrade prevented the German occupation from demolishing the bridge and hampering the city’s resilience. Today, people are again fighting to prevent similar maneuvers by those in power.
A protest against lithium mining in Serbia and the development of the Rio Tinto company Jadar project will be held in Berlin today at 5 p.m. local time. In the proclamation that will be read at the protest, the organizers convey clear messages to the authorities in Germany and their partners in Serbia.
A protest against lithium mining in Serbia has been scheduled for tomorrow, October 15 in Berlin. Organizers of the protest include individuals from former Yugoslavia as well as environmental activists from other parts of the world. The organizers are calling attention to the German government’s inconsistency on environmental issues wherein it prioritizes environmental protection at home but promotes destructive lithium exploitation abroad.
The proposed law on amendments and supplements to the Criminal Code, available on the Ministry of Justice’s website, proposes a punishment of up to three years imprisonment for “publishing material that encourages committing a criminal offense,” or even for “knowingly accessing” such material.
The Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade voted against the proposal for cooperation with Israel’s Ben Gurion University within a master’s degree program.
In the recent attack on the freedom of media, the former Presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, called for Americans who spread “Russian propaganda” to be indicted both on civil and criminal grounds.
The activists put up the same banner in both Belgrade and Tirana, reading: “The people of Serbia and Albanian say no to genocide. Free Palestine.”
Unpaid wages and a shortage of resources are the main reasons for the protest by the workers of the pharmacy chain “Apoteka Beograd.” The protest is scheduled for Friday, September 6, at 10 AM in front of the City’s administrative building.
While in neighboring countries elementary school students, and in some cases high school students, are provided with free textbooks, in most of Serbia one can only dream of that.
“Several thousand citizens showed support for detained activists at the protest ‘Safety is in Numbers,’ organized by Eko Straža.
“Let’s finish off with him so he can blow us all…”, said one of the men who rounded activist Ivan Milosavljević while he was inspecting a broader area of a wildfire for water grabbing.
10 Balkan initiatives organizing for Palestinian liberation met this past weekend in Ljubljana, Slovenia. But the most important results of this meeting had nothing to do with Palestine.
The rounding up of activists who protest against lithium mining is “a blatant abuse of the state’s repressive apparatus against its citizens,” according to a statement signed by thirteen lawyers from Belgrade and Niš.
Like many students studying in another country, Asem catches up with his family on the phone roughly once a week. But unlike other students, Asem’s conversations start with his family telling him, “we are alive.”
“This is just the beginning. We must prepare for Thursday because the Constitutional Court wants to annul the decree that suspended the spatial plan for this purpose,” said Zlatko Kokanović after being released from custody in Loznica late on July 7. “Rio Sava submitted that request. We must be there on Thursday to help them … Read more
In direct violation of domestic and international laws as well as court rulings, Kurdish political activist Ecevit Piroglu has been detained in Serbia for several years now. He is currently being held in a hospital in Pančevo, where he has been on hunger strike for the past 140 days. His health and life are on the line.
In an effort to renew mass resistance to the genocide in Palestine, the local activist group Support for the People of Palestine announced a protest at 5pm on Sunday, June 23rd in Belgrade.
We talked about current events in Argentina with Sara Cuifre, a feminist and activist for labor rights and a member of the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies (IRGAC).
The Slovenian Parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of the government’s decision to recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
Local elections were held in close to 90 cities and local municipalities in Serbia. The day was marked by irregularities and violence against citizens who tried to prevent them.
Art institutions across the United States are repressing pro-Palestinian artists. Mašina spoke with Elizabeth Larison, NCAC’s director of the Arts and Culture Advocacy Program, about the broader trends within the Art Censorship Index.
