Calls grow in #Serbia for investigation into claims ‘sound cannon’ targeted protesters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/21/calls-serbia-investigation-claims-sound-cannon-targeted-protesters
More than 500,000 people sign petition after ‘powerful sonic impact’ allegedly directed towards rally in #Belgrade
On Saturday, a mysterious weapon caused panic and the end of the big demonstration in #Belgrade. The Serbian government now admits to possessing LRAD sound weapons. There are indications of a coordinated attack on the demonstration and another weapon system. A search for clues. (in German) #Serbia
Over 100,000 protest in Belgrade at an anti-government rally.
More than 100,000 protesters converged in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Saturday in what was likely the largest in a series of anti-corruption demonstrations that have upended the Balkan country in recent months.
@Free_Press@mstdn.socialLarge demonstrations in Belgrade today.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Belgrade
Probably the most authoritative crowd counting association in Serbia estimates between 275k and 325k people today. They emphasise that this is likely an undercount due to uncertainties in other parts of the city at that exact point in time.
To put those undercounted numbers into perspective:
- That is between 15% and 19.5% of Belgrade's total metro area population.
- That is between 4.2% and 4.9% of Serbia's total population.
Unbelievable!!! 
New drone footage shows the massive scale of Serbia’s protests, with an estimated million demonstrators flooding Belgrade’s streets to demand government accountability.
The movement erupted following last year’s Novi Sad train station collapse, which killed 15 people and exposed deep-rooted issues of negligence. Protesters, stretching for kilometers, are calling for President Aleksandar Vučić’s resignation.
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Massive protests have erupted in Belgrade demanding the resignation of President Alexander Vucic.
At least 100,000 people are taking part in the protests, with many claiming the protests are the largest in the country’s history. - Popular Front
#Belgrade is now trending across Mastodon
- Large-scale anti-government protests in Belgrade, Serbia. All public transport has been cancelled.
- A car crashed into the crowd of protestors, injuring several
On this day of protest, #Belgrade is a powder keg, but just as important is how the president reacts – now and tomorrow - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/serbia-belgrade-day-of-protest-aleksandar-vucic "Amid anger over dysfunctional politics and alleged #corruption, Aleksandar #Vučić faces a harsh spotlight, inside and outside #Serbia"
The protests against #corruption in #Serbia, having crippled #Belgrade, are moving north to shut down the city of Novi Sad. https://apnews.com/article/serbia-march-students-protest-novi-sad-blockade-5e58d14b8459367db9efc0590cfffc5d
#Serbian farmers join #striking university #students’ 24-hour traffic #blockade in #Belgrade
January 28, 2025
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — "Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital, Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November that killed 15 people.
"Serbian farmers on tractors and thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.
"A campaign of street demonstrations has posed the biggest challenge in years to the populist government’s firm grip on power in Serbia.
"Serbia’s President #AleksandarVucic, at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic, later on Monday urged dialogue with the students, saying that “we need to lower the tensions and start talking to each other.”
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"Students in the past have refused to meet with #Vucic, saying the president is not entitled by the constitution to hold talks with them.
"'Any kind of a crisis poses a serious problem for our economy,' said Vucic. 'Such a situation in society is not good for anyone.'"
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protest-blockade-roof-collapse-cbb0998288519e0e64b5c2306e11ff0d
#PeopleHaveThePower #ResistTyranny #Resistance #Resist
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A car in #Belgrade #Serbia rams #NoviSad #protestors a few days ago, injuring a woman
Novi Sad was the site of a canopy collapse, 15 dead, in November due to shoddy construction and #corruption
Protestors trashed the driver's car, and the driver was arrested for attempted murder
A number of such ramming events have been reported
#Protests continue to grow in strength and block major roads and the Prime Minister resigned a few hours ago
It's interesting to me the scant #media attention this is getting (at least in the #USA)
Huge #protests in #Belgrade #Serbia
Reason: a train station collapse in November, 15 dead: #NoviSad, shoddy construction
The country is seething with disgust at long standing #corruption
#PrimeMinister #Vucecic just resigned
But the #protestors are aiming for #President #Vucic
Now #farmers are joining #students in their 24 hour #traffic #blockade
Keep your eyes on Serbia
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protest-blockade-roof-collapse-cbb0998288519e0e64b5c2306e11ff0d
THE GOVERNMENT OF #SERBIA
HAS FALLEN!
Unfortunately,gov.did not fall because awareness of their mistakes,but to protect the dictator #Vučić, to gain time.
During the magnificent 24hour student blockade in #Belgrade, in #NoviSad, students were beaten with baseball bats, beaters came out of the premises of the ruling party #SNS
One student,girl,was seriously injured.
The resignation of the prime minister is a repair of damage,not a moral act.
THE MAFIA HAS NO MORALS.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-protests-vucevic-resigns-b71e3a0aacf5d0368b2bd1f4500170f5
Today at 10 am, a 24-hour #blockade of a very important and busy intersection in #Belgrade began.
The demands of the students have not been met, the Universities in #Serbia are blocked until the demands are fulfilled,
the citizens are protecting the students and pupils from the attacks of the phalanx of the ruling party.
#Beograd
#Srbija
#anticorruption
#generalstrike
#anti_government
#NoviSad
