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 […]
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 […]
Serbian Prime Minister quits as anti-corruption protests persist
Belgrade, Serbia Reuters Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking official to step down amid a wave of anti-corruption protests that have spread across the Balkan country. The anti-government demonstrations sprang up in the wake of the roof collapsing at a railway station in the city of Novi Sad, killing 15 […]
Serbian railway station roof collapse in Novi Sad leaves 14 dead
Novi Sad, Serbia Reuters Rescue workers scoured piles of concrete and twisted metal for survivors on Friday after a roof collapsed at the entrance of a railway station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, killing 14 people. Cranes and bulldozers helped sift through the wreckage alongside dozens of rescuers and construction workers, while medical […]