6 days ago · Serbia’s students are leading mass protests and blockades of three bridges over the Danube river in the northern city of Novi Sad, drawing tens of thousands into the streets to express their anger with the country’s populist leadership and to call for change.

6 days ago · On the first day of November, Aleksandar Matkovic was running late for a train. He was traveling from Novi Sad, in the north of Serbia, to its capital Belgrade, where he works as an economic ...

In November 2024, a series of mass protests began in Novi Sad following the railway station canopy collapse in the city, which left 15 people dead and two severely injured. As of 2 February 2025, the protests have spread to 200 cities and towns in Serbia [34] and are ongoing. The protest are being led by university students who demand accountability for the canopy collapse.

5 days ago · After mostly ignoring three months of student-led street demonstrations across the country, Radio Television Serbia, long a propaganda bullhorn for President Aleksandar Vucic, had suddenly...

5 days ago · NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Serbian students on Sunday blocked a bridge over the River Danube in the northern city of Novi Sad for over 24 hours as part of their growing anti-graft movement demanding major changes in the Balkan country. ... Daily protests throughout Serbia pose a major challenge for Vucic.

6 days ago · Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Serbia to mark three months since the deadly collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad prompted an anticorruption movement.. Tens ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly overhang collapse in November that killed 15 people.

Jan 28, 2025 · November's deaths in Novi Sad prompted a huge and sustained wave of protests across Serbia. ... He previously served as minister of defence and was the mayor of Novi Sad - Serbia's second-largest ...

6 days ago · Protesters shut down bridges over the Danube River in Serbia’s Novi Sad on Saturday to mark three months since a deadly railway station accident and register a protest against President ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Friday's mass action coincided with weekly protests, where demonstrators blocked roads across Serbia at 11:52 a.m. local time (1052 GMT) — the exact time the roof collapsed in Novi Sad — and ...