US EditionAround 140,000 Rally in Belgrade Ratcheting up Calls for Elections
- Around 140,000 student-led demonstrators rallied in Belgrade on June 28, 2025, demanding snap parliamentary elections.
- The protests stem from public outrage after a November 2024 train station canopy collapse in Novi Sad killed 16 people, blamed on government corruption and negligence.
- Clashes erupted between protesters and riot police late into the evening as the government rejected demands for elections and accused foreign powers of inciting unrest.
- University of Belgrade rector Vladan Dokic warned that the nation is facing a deepening crisis marked by a departure from democratic principles and a devaluation of knowledge, culture, and institutions.
- The sustained protests have pressured the populist government amid a crackdown on dissent, while snap elections remain rejected and scheduled for 2027.
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On Saturday, some 140,000 people marched in the centre of Belgrade to demand early elections.
Student Protest In Belgrade Leads To Dozens Of Arrests
Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Belgrade on June 28, demanding new elections and building on months of demonstrations against corruption. A large rally of counterdemontrators defended the record of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Since November, a large student mobilization in Serbia denounces the government's inaction and the consequences of the corruption that gangens the country, and calls for change.
Students and protesters from several cities across Serbia flocked to Belgrade, with a total of around 140,000 people gathering.
In the capital of Belgrade, the Serbian police broke up with a large number of anti-government protesters who had asked for early elections and the end of the 12 years of government of President Alexander Vucic, reports BBC. About 150,000 protesters...
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