Tag: Novi Sad

House Arrest Lifted for Three of Six Novi Sad Activists

15/10/2025 Mašina

Activists from the Free Citizens’ Movement (PSG) and the STAV organization, Lazar Dinić, Marija Vasić, and Lado Jovović, were released today from house arrest. They had spent more than four months confined to their homes following two and a half months in jail. A decision is still pending for the other three activists involved in the same case, which began in March 2025, when authorities imprisoned them over an alleged coup plot based on an illegally obtained audio recording.

One Year Since Everything Changed: November 1 in Novi Sad

13/10/2025 Mašina

November 1 marks one year since the recently renovated railway canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 16 people. The city is expected to host a large protest, and the atmosphere is one of anxious anticipation. Thousands of students will march from Belgrade to Novi Sad, receiving a grandiose welcome, as has happened countless times before. Will this protest mark a new beginning for the student movement?

Students’ Analysis Finds Police Used More Dangerous Gas Against Protestors

15/09/2025 Mašina

An independent laboratory analysis conducted by students of the Faculty of Sciences (PMF) in Novi Sad shows that at a protest on September 5, police officers deployed chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, known as CN gas. CN gas is a more dangerous variant than the usual tear gas, chloroacetophenone which is known as CS gas.

Police Crackdown in Novi Sad and the Death of University Autonomy

08/09/2025 Mašina

Once again, tear gas, arrests, and beatings characterized Friday’s protest in Novi Sad. Under the slogan “Serbia, can you hear us?” protesters marched to the Faculty of Philosophy, where police had been stationed for ten days but have since dispersed. Approximately 20,000 people attended the protest, according to the Archive of Public Gatherings, which has catalyzed a new wave of protests including one today called by students today in downtown Belgrade.

Court of Appeals Extends Detention for Three Activists – Who is Pressuring the Judiciary and Why?

23/05/2025 Mašina

Blockade of the court building in Novi Sad

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.

Court in Novi Sad Still Blockaded, Marija Vasić in Prison Hospital on IV Fluids

20/05/2025 Mašina

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.

Detention Extended for Novi Sad Political Prisoners, Marija Vasić in Hospital After Hunger and Thirst Strike

16/05/2025 Mašina

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.

“Step by Step to Justice”: Students from Belgrade March on Foot to Novi Sad

30/01/2025 Mašina

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.

Serbian Prime Minister Resigns After Ruling Party’s Hooligans Attack Students – Protest Announced at 4 PM

28/01/2025 Mašina

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.

Provincial MP Radivoje Jovović is arrested

05/12/2024 Mašina

Just yesterday, he told Mašina he did not fear such a possibility.

Students in Belgrade and Novi Sad demand truth and accountability

03/12/2024 Mašina

Students block several faculties at the University of Belgrade and the Rectorates in Belgrade and Novi Sad

The “Corruption kills” protest: “The opposition must step to the front line”

13/11/2024 Mašina

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.

Heavy equipment arrived at Šodroš, activists continue to call on the authorities to abide to the law and on citizens to protest

28/10/2022 Mašina

As bulldozers arrive at the Novi Sad wetlands, activists gathered around the Ecological Front Novi Sad invite the citizens, as well as the new mayor, to a musical gathering on Saturday, October 29, at the Šodroš Survivor camp, to “sing out of misery”.

The Government caters to corporations, violently cracking down on ecological protests in Novi Sad

25/10/2022 Mašina

Plans of a new bridge over the Danube river in the second-largest city in Serbia, Novi Sad, are faulty in the political, financial and legal aspect. This is the message the local activists, independent urban planners and a part of the parliamentary opposition which grew from grassroots movements have been trying to convey to the local and state authorities and the general public for months.