Civil society organisations received over 3000 submissions about the incident at the protest on March 15; both domestic and international institutions must respond.
Belgrade students will host peers from all over Serbia on March 15. Students, together with high school graduates, are travelling on foot and by bicycle to the big protest. While the students and pupils are walking towards Belgrade, an appeal comes from the blockade at the faculty of Organisational Sciences to all citizens of Serbia to “weave threads of support into the great banner of resistance” with their actions.
An overwhelming majority of Serbian citizens support most of the students’ demands, and a third of the population reports having participated in the ongoing protests, according to new research conducted by the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA).
Students across Serbia are heading to the central Serbian city of Kragujevac by foot. Upon their arrival, fellow students from the city will welcome their peers with a protest program to celebrate Serbia’s Statehood Day in a way never seen before. Once again, students are being welcomed as heroes, and the entire nation is overjoyed: Kragujevac is the next liberated city.
The blockade of three bridges in Novi Sad is one of the largest protest gatherings in Serbia, which has only grown stronger since November 1, 2024. Along with the spread of the protests, the largest student movement in recent European history has also developed. Here’s how we got there.
Students from Belgrade today embark on a protest march to Novi Sad to join their peers there on February 1 in blockading the city’s bridges.
Students blockading the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad announced that students were violently attacked last night, leaving several injured. A protest in support of the students has been scheduled for 4 PM in Novi Sad.
As the war in Ukraine continues, Russian citizens face mounting repression at home, forcing many into exile. Among them is a former theater professional, who, for safety reasons, has chosen to remain anonymous. She fled to Serbia after years of activism and aiding political prisoners. Her journey is a stark reminder of how fragile freedoms can be – and a quiet cautionary tale for Serbia, where concerns about shrinking civic space echo the early signs of authoritarianism she once faced in Russia.
This is the first case of inflicting serious bodily injuries on citizens using a car, since the protests began over the collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad railway station. The student was standing on the sidewalk as the crowd tried to let the vehicle pass by, according to eyewitnesses.
After claims for acknowledgement of liability were filed against several farmers and their households, following their open stance against the Jadar project, several farmers’ associations have announced blockades and demanded the dismissal of ministers Martinović, Rističevic and prime-minister Vučevic.
Today, students across at least eight university faculties have organized blockades and protests to oppose the lethal negligence and political repression by the ruling elite.
Students have organized to oppose the violence that was perpetrated at those who participated in the nationally coordinated protest, “Stop, Serbia.”
The protest action “Serbia, stop” was held today from 11:52 a.m. to 12:08 am, 15 minutes for the 15 lives lost in the fall of the concrete canopy, across Serbia and clashes broke out in front of the RTS and FDU buildings.
The blockade of the preliminary court in Novi Sad has entered its third day and with it, the number of police continues to grow.
Members of Parliament on both the national and local level, along with city councilors, are blockading various government buildings in Novi Sad. They are calling for accountability in the wake of the collapse of the railway station awning in Novi Sad that killed 15 people and critically injured two more. They are also demanding the release of those detained at protests calling for such accountability, some of whom are being called political prisoners by civil society organizations.
Seven days have passed since activist Ivan Bjelić was detained after the protest in Novi Sad, after which he was ordered to be detained for 30 days. Lawyers say he is a political prisoner.
Roughly 10,000 people gathered in Belgrade on Monday evening under the slogan “Corruption kills”, protesting the circumstances leading to the fall of the awning of the main Railway Station in Novi Sad, which killed 14 people. Despite the strong messages and critique of the state authorities, the rally was dissolved after an hour and a half without any concrete developments.
The SviĆe movement stated that the police detained a large number of persons, who, according to witnesses’ testimonies, didn’t participate in the violence during the protests in Novi Sad.
On Friday, November 1, part of the railway station in Novi Sad collapsed, killing at least fourteen people and injuring many others.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the 1967 occupied Palestinian territories (Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem), says that Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is metastasizing.
Activists and legal associations pointed out that the proposed Amendments to the Criminal code would effectively criminalise all citizens’ insubordinate online activities and decriminalise police brutality.
