Serbia marks the second anniversary of a train station tragedy that fueled student protests
Mourners demanded justice as prosecutors’ case against 13 defendants stalls and the student-led protest movement that followed the collapse celebrates an election victory.
- On Sunday, November 1, 2026, tens of thousands gathered in Novi Sad to mark the two-year anniversary of the railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people, observing 16 minutes of silence and laying wreaths.
- The 2024 collapse at the station, renovated under a China-backed high-speed rail project, ignited a nationwide anti-corruption movement that protesters viewed as symptomatic of deeper corruption under longtime President Aleksandar Vucic.
- Last week, the Student List secured 141 of 250 parliamentary seats, forcing Vucic from office, while prosecutors indicted 13 people over the collapse but pretrial proceedings have stalled.
- Mourners observed 16 minutes of silence near the site, while academic Jelena Trajkovic said, "I hope we have finally realised that we shouldn't wait … years to change what is bad, especially when it costs human lives."
- With a presidential election expected before the end of 2026, the student-led government faces pressure to translate protest momentum into governing policy while addressing the stalled investigation into the collapse.
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In the elections to the Assembly (Parliament) of Serbia, the student list movement called for the identification of those responsible for the collapse of the train station in Novi Sad, a candidate for the Tanya Petrović movement, and in the second largest city of Serbia, Novi Sadé, a memorial meeting was held on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the collapse of the concrete roof at the railway station.
Serbians mark railway disaster that led to rise of victorious student movement - Regional Media News
By Fedja Grulovic NOVI SAD, Serbia, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people gathered at a Serbian railway station on Sunday to mark the anniversary of a deadly roof collapse that gave rise to the protest movement that toppled longtime President Aleksandar Vucic [...]
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