US EditionFireworks, huge joyous crowds welcome students in Serbia's south on the eve of big anti-graft rally
- Fireworks and flares celebrated the arrival of protesting students in southern Serbia ahead of a major anti-graft rally, which is part of a movement against government corruption.
- Nationwide protests led by university students have emerged in response to a train station canopy collapse in November that killed 15 people, attributed to government negligence.
- President Aleksandar Vucic has characterized the protests as a Western conspiracy aimed at undermining his authority.
- The rally in Nis is expected to last 18 hours and marks four months since the deadly canopy collapse, with tens of thousands anticipated to attend.
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Serbia's protesters take defiant message to president's rural strongholds
VRELO, Serbia — Protesters have criss-crossed Serbia on foot for weeks, taking their crusade against government corruption to the country's rural heartland in between holding massive rallies in its cities.The student-led mass protests across Serbia have rocked the Balkan country ever since a roof cave-in killed 15 people at a train station in the city of Novi Sad in
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Fireworks, huge joyous crowds welcome students in Serbia's south on the eve of big anti-graft rally
Fireworks and flares lit up the evening sky as Serbia’s protesting students arrived in a southern city on the eve of a another big rally pressuring the populist government in the Balkan country.
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Fireworks, huge joyous crowds welcome students in Serbia’s south on the eve of big anti-graft rally
NIS, Serbia (AP) — Fireworks and flares lit up the evening sky as Serbia's protesting students arrived Friday in a southern city on the eve of a huge rally this…
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