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Tens of thousands of people in Serbia have been marching in the streets to protest alleged Serbian government corruption after an accident that killed 15 people.
Vucic's government has said it will launch an anti-corruption campaign, and has also denied allegations of corruption. ... but to bring down Serbia," Vucic said of the protesters, adding that they ...
Many schools, bookstores, theatres and bars in Serbia's capital Belgrade and some other parts stayed shut on Friday in the latest anti-government protest triggered by a railway station roof ...
The several thousand protesters demanded that Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and his government step down and that those responsible for the collapse be arrested. Authorities have opened an investigation and Serbia’s construction minister submitted his resignation last week, but no one has been charged or detained in connection with Nov. 1 ...
On 21 November, Vladimir Đukanović, a high-ranking member of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), commented on the protests on his Twitter account: "We must fight against anarcho-terrorists, fake commie intellectuals, the pseudo-elite that is ravaging Serbia with anti-Serbian attitudes. It is time to stop this social scum.
Protesters have been holding daily 15-minute traffic blockades throughout the country. They honor the 15 people who died, including two children, and begin at 11:52 a.m., the time the overhang collapsed. Chants such as “corruption kills” also marked the protests that demanded the dissolution of the entire government over the tragedy.
Protests are the biggest challenge yet to the ruling populists . Vucic, who was first elected president in 2017 and counts Hungary's populist conservative prime minister, Viktor Orbán, as an ally, has managed to stifle past anti-government protests. But the protests since the train station collapse have extended beyond idealistic university ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions and pressure roiled by weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy.