Thousands protest against Kushner’s Serbia project, commemorate NATO bombing victims
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Monday to remember a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 and protest against the development of a luxury compound by an investment company set up by Jared Kushner, the son in law of US President Donald Trump. Serbia has seen months of anti-government rallies after 16 deaths from […]
Serbia’s PM Vucevic formally resigns, triggering 30-day deadline for new government
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Serbia’s parliament formally accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Wednesday, triggering a 30-day deadline for the formation of a new government or the calling of a snap election. Vucevic, the head of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and an ally of the populist President Aleksandar Vucic, resigned […]
Protesters flood Belgrade in one of biggest anti-government rallies
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters More than 100,000 protesters descended on Serbia’s capital Belgrade on Saturday in one of the largest rallies in decades, with students and workers facing riot police and supporters of President Aleksandar Vucic. Serbia has seen months of anti-government rallies after 15 deaths from a railway station roof collapse triggered accusations of widespread […]
Smoke grenades tossed in Serbian parliament, lawmaker suffers stroke
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Serbian opposition lawmakers threw smoke grenades and used pepper spray inside parliament on Tuesday to protest against the government and to support demonstrating students, with one legislator suffering a stroke during the chaos. Four months of student-led demonstrations, sparked by the deaths of 15 people when a railway station roof collapsed, have […]
Serbians hold silent protest to honour railway station victims
Nis, Serbia Reuters Thousands stood in silence for 15 minutes in the southern city of Nis on Saturday to commemorate those killed in a railway station disaster, in a student-led protest that has grown into the biggest threat yet to the Serbian President’s grip on power. In the four months since 15 people were killed […]
Thousands rally in Serbia as anger over corruption swells
Kragujevac, Serbia Reuters Tens of thousands of students marched into the central Serbian city of Kragujevac on Saturday, demanding justice after a deadly railway disaster, in one of the biggest shows of anger against the government. In the three months since 15 people were killed when a roof collapsed at a newly-renovated train station in […]
How Serbia’s students turned tragedy into a national movement for change
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Anger drove Marija Petrovic to join student protests in Belgrade in November. A railway station roof had collapsed days earlier in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, killing 15 people. Thugs then set upon demonstrators who were calling for justice for the dead. Initially there was little sign of wider support for […]
Tens of thousands protest in Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Sunday switched on the lights on their mobile phones and stood in silence for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station roof collapse for which they blame authorities. The protest was organised and led by students of the Belgrade state university […]
Tens of thousands gather in anti-government protest in Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade on Sunday to protest against President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), whom they blame for a railway station roof collapse last month that killed 15 people. The concrete awning of the recently renovated roof of Novi Sad station caved […]
Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise
Pristina, Kosovo Reuters Kosovo’s Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled a “terrorist act” by neighbouring Serbia. Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic denied what he said were “baseless accusations” about Belgrade’s […]