US EditionSerbia’s Protests Are Dismantling Vucic’s Grip on Power
- The Serbian community in Malta held a demonstration to support student-led protests in Belgrade, with around 200 participants gathering near the Triton Fountain on March 15.
- An estimated 325,000 people protested in Belgrade, demanding accountability for the tragedy in Novi Sad that resulted in 15 deaths.
- The protests began in response to government negligence after a railway station incident and evolved into broader demands against corruption.
- The student-led movement has united diverse communities across Serbia and challenged the ruling party's established power structure, demonstrating a significant public response against corruption.
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The Balkans are on fire: hundreds of thousands protest in Belgrade, political crisis in Bosnia
On March 15, one of the largest demonstrations in Serbian history took place in Belgrade. Despite the resignation of several leading politicians following the Novi Sad tragedy, the protesters are demanding accountability and transparency. According to some surveys, Aleksandar Vučić's popularity is at an all-time low, so he is now trying to avoid early elections by forming a government of experts. Meanwhile, a political crisis has also developed …
Student demonstrations in Serbia are "legitimate and essential": the appeal of 3,000 intellectuals against the authoritarian escalation of power
In the face of the repression of demonstrators in Belgrade, who denounce the systemic corruption of the regime, personalities from more than 50 countries, including Francis Fukuyama, Nancy Fraser and Thomas Piketty, denounce a serious violation of human rights.
Colorado Springs Gazette
Trouble in Belgrade: Serbia’s embattled president looks to Trump for a lifeline
BELGRADE — The protests that shut down Serbia’s capital were fiery but mostly peaceful, in no small part due to a police force that understood the entire government’s fate rested on its restraint. “In the end, they destroyed 186 tractors,…
Trouble in Belgrade: Serbia’s embattled president looks to Trump for a lifeline - Washington Examiner
BELGRADE — The protests that shut down Serbia’s capital were fiery but mostly peaceful, in no small part due to a police force that understood the entire government’s fate rested on its restraint. “In the end, they destroyed 186 tractors, and the only big fight — they made it between themselves,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the Monday after the March 15 demonstration. “No one responded to them. We didn’t want to arrest anyone. At th…
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