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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In Serbia, young people took to the streets and demanded a different life for themselves, without idolizing any new messiah.
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 …
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…
Over the past four months, Serbian students have effectively stood up to the entrenched corruption and state-sponsored violence that defined the power of President Aleksandar Vucic and his party.
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