Why are tensions running high in Serbia ahead of a major student-led rally?
Students and other opponents of Serbia's populist president are gearing up for a major rally in the capital, Belgrade, over the weekend as momentum builds in favor of their demands for major changes in the Balkan country.
Protesters block Serbian state TV building as tensions soar ahead of large rally
University students have staged almost daily rallies since a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station collapsed in November, killing 15 people.
Anti-Government Protesters Block Access to Serbian State Broadcasters
Students and anti-government protesters block access to the offices of state broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), keeping employees out and forcing some of the live programming to go off air,
Protesters block main state Serbian TV building as tensions soar ahead of a planned large rally
Several hundred students have blocked Serbia’s public television station building in Belgrade as tensions soar in the Balkan country days ahead of a planned large rally billed as an endgame in months of massive anti-government protests.
Serbian Protesters Blockade State Television in Police Standoff
Serbian protesters blocked offices of the state broadcaster in the capital and second-largest city Novi Sad overnight, in a bid to draw attention to their months-long rallies against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic.
Agence France-Presse on MSN17h
Serbia tense as rivals gather for mass anti-graft rally
Tensions were rising in Serbia days ahead of a mass anti-corruption protest as ultranationalist backers of the government ...
Emboldened by Trump, Serbia’s Leader Cracks Down on Activist Groups
Roiled by months of nationwide protests it blames on foreign meddling, Serbia has sent the police in to raid groups that received funds from U.S.A.I.D.
Kyiv Independent on MSN7d
As protests engulf Serbia, President Vucic looks for support East and West
Thousands of protestors walked 300 kilometers on March 1 from Belgrade to the southern city of Nis to rally support for an ...
Female students mark International Women's day by leading protests in Serbia against corruption
Female students are marking International Women’s Day in Serbia by leading the daily street protests against corruption, and ...
Serbian Monitor8d
Who has been arrested in the fight against corruption and what does that mean?
The former mayor of Niš, the president of the Obrenovac municipality – who was also the former director of the Electric Power ...
IFEX11d
Serbia: Targeting of press and civil society organisations must stop
Recent weeks have seen journalists receive death threats, and several police raids on CSOs that work on human rights and access to information. Our organisations further note with alarm raids by ...