Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by NOVAK Adam
Massive protests are sweeping Serbia ahead of a major demonstration in Belgrade this Saturday (March 15, 2025). The relationship with the European Union has become increasingly complex and contradictory. While officially pursuing EU integration, the government of President Aleksandar Vučić has (…)
, by ČEČEN Branko, LEKOVIĆ Saša
Protests in Serbia continue to grow, spreading to new groups of citizens and smaller municipalities. Local journalist Branko Čečen and Saša Leković of the Croatian website H-Alter discuss who the protesters are and what they want.
This wave of protests began four months ago, after 15 people (…)
, by Robert KASUMOVIĆ
It is much more difficult to organise protests and blockades in smaller places. Where “everyone knows everyone” and where people’s social and material security often depends on local power-holders, it takes courage to go out into the street and protest. Nevertheless, unlike in previous years, (…)
, by KRSTIĆ Jana
Students in Blockade Call Citizens to Organise People’s Assemblies in Their Local Communities
After the general strike, students in blockade report that the blockades and protests are no longer just student-led but have become “people-wide”. Therefore, in their letter to the people, they (…)
, by KRSTIĆ Jana
Rather than isolating themselves within the bubble of youth activism, Serbia’s student protesters are crafting their message to resonate with all segments of society—from Baby Boomers who built Yugoslavia through collective action, to disillusioned Gen-Xers who fought their own battles in the (…)
The ongoing mobilizations against government corruption contain the seeds of a much broader transformation
Serbia is currently in the grips of the largest student rebellion and subsequent civilian mobilization in the country’s history. The movement began with protests in Belgrade and Novi Sad (…)
, by BEŠIREVIĆ Katarina, FILIPOVIĆ Luka
The winter of 1996/1997 on the streets of Belgrade was as bitterly cold as this one. Yet, just like 28 years ago, students in Serbia’s capital have once again taken to the streets demanding justice and the rule of law. Using their university buildings as safe spaces, these students step out each (…)
, by Collective (Abolitionist Activists & Scientists for Serbia)
“As protests in Serbia continue, refugees seeking safe passage are subjected to violent interrogation and pushbacks by Serbian, Croatian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Romanian, North Macedonian, Greek or Turkish police, together with the EU’s Frontex.”
Activists, artists and scholars express (…)
, by DINEV Ivaylo
Serbia has been shaken in recent months by student-led protests. What began as an isolated demonstration to honour the dead and demand accountability after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad has quickly evolved into a mass movement that is presenting Aleksandar Vučić with his most (…)
, by International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles
Many social actors called a general strike on Friday 24 January (called officially by students and secondary school pupils), which was marked by mass rallies that continued on Saturday and Sunday, bringing the number of demonstrations to over 150. At least 22,000 people demonstrated in Novi Sad, (…)
, by DROBNJAK Nemanja
Through symbolically stripping power from the head of state and mass organisation, student protests have already accomplished much for society as a whole. Nemanja Drobnjak examines the further outcomes and possibilities of this movement.
Despite concerns that student protests across Serbia (…)
, by Priama Diia (Direct Action)
The current student protests in Serbia, which can be considered one of the largest in the country in recent decades, began with the blockade of a single faculty in Belgrade and gradually spread to most institutions throughout Serbia. The protests were led by self-organised students and supported (…)
, by I.K. (Mašina)
“We are challenging the political decision at the EU level and will continue through legal channels if Jadar receives strategic status. In Serbia, the deficiencies of the Jadar project proposal provide strong legal arguments against issuing any environmental permits,” activists state.
The (…)
, by KRSTIC Iskra, PETROVIĆ Predrag
According to the mayor’s announcements, one of the items on the agenda of the current Belgrade City Assembly session is the discussion about introducing the Belgrade Security Service, which we discussed with Predrag Petrović from the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP).
City authorities (…)
, by I.K. (Mašina)
“We are challenging the EU-level political decision and will continue legal action if Jadar receives strategic status. In Serbia, the Jadar project proposal’s deficiencies provide strong legal arguments against issuing any environmental permits”, activists state.
The Serbian collective March (…)
, by ANTANASIJEVIĆ Anastazija Govedarica
As we witness the largest student protests this century, the highest representative bodies of students - the Student Parliament of the University of Belgrade (SPUB) and the Student Conference of Serbian Universities (SKONUS), (student unions controlled by the ruling SNS party), are issuing (…)
, by I.K. (Mašina)
Members of representative education unions are currently voting on a set of measures that could end the ongoing teachers’ strike. Most university students are also on strike as well as many secondary schools across Serbia.
On Tuesday, December 24, representatives of major education unions met (…)
, by KRSTIĆ Jana
The youth of Niš have resolved not to remain silent. For weeks, university and high school students have been maintaining blockades of their educational institutions, demonstrating their willingness to directly confront those from whom they demand accountability and answers
Student groups (…)
, by I.P.
The Sloga trade union announced today that “dissatisfied Serbian Post workers will hold a protest gathering for mutual support today, 25 December [at the headquarters of Serbian Post and Radio Television of Serbia, Belgrade]. Workers will be joined by students from 17 different faculties, who (…)
, by A.G.A., JOHNSON Mark
Striking students at the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Pharmacy have proposed an alternative to the privatization of Serbia’s public pharmacies. Their initiative comes amid broader challenges in Serbia’s healthcare system, including chronic underfunding, unequal access to services, and (…)
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