The European Commission has designated Rio Tinto’s proposed lithium mine in Serbia’s Jadar Valley as strategically important for the European Union—a move that will spur various forms of support for the project’s implementation.
The Higher Court in Novi Sad has again extended the detention of activists Davor Stefanović, Mladen Cvijetić, and Srđan Đurić by another 30 days, after they have already spent two full months in prison. Davor Stefanović was beaten in prison and has a broken nose, according to reports.
Today, the defense’s appeal to free the six imprisoned activists was officially accepted by the court and will now be considered. Organizers gave court employees unimpeded access to enter the building until 11 a.m. to perform their duties, but employees were ordered by superiors to exit the building by 10:30 a.m.
On May 13, the Higher Court in Novi Sad announced it was extending the detention of six members of the Free Citizens Movement and the activist organization “Stav” by 30 days.
Is the worker of the 21st century even a worker? Or have they become a number, a resource, a benefit user, an identification card? In the private sector the worker is no longer a political subject. They are reduced to a function within a system that teaches them to be lucky to have a job at all. The right to voice discontent? It exists today only as a clause in the employment contract, right next to the one about loyalty to the company.
Students and citizens spent the last two nights blockading the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), in downtown Belgrade. Since April 14, students had blockaded several broadcasting centers in Belgrade and Novi Sad to call for a new bid by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) or for RTS to be shut down due to its inaccurate reporting on the current uprising in Serbia.
The proposed new Prime Minister of Serbia is Dr. Đuro Macut. Although there are those who have faith in the professional qualifications of the well-known endocrinologist, few truly believe that the future prime minister will be able to independently lead the government.
Following the largest student-led protest in Serbia, that took place in Belgrade on March 15, the question about “what’s next” is on the agenda. The fight continues, and with it, discussions about “systemic” change: beyond ethno-nationalist anti-systemic narratives or liberal calls of an expert government, the class conflict, which arises from the concreteness of the student struggle, i.e.: for a (self-organized) society as a political community, should be emphasized.
Students blockading faculties at the University of Novi Sad announced a daring and exhausting journey of over 1,000 kilometers to deliver documentation on human rights violations in Serbia to the European Court of Human Rights.
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.
MPs of the German Left asked their government questions regarding the mining of lithium in Jadar valley in Western Serbia, and commented that the answers they received were unsatisfactory for both the Serbian and German parliaments and peoples.
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.
Just yesterday, he told Mašina he did not fear such a possibility.
