1 day ago · BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. 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.. The students started from the capital, Belgrade, and plan ...

7 hours ago · Hundreds of striking students are marching through the Serbian countryside, taking their anti-graft protest toward the northern city of Novi Sad, where they plan to blockade three bridges over the River Danube this weekend. ... Along the way to Novi Sad on Friday, the students were greeted by cheering citizens who honked their car horns or came ...

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.. Blockades of educational facilities initially started on 22 November at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts after students were attacked during a silent tribute to the victims of the 1 November incident.

3 days ago · November's deaths in Novi Sad prompted a huge and sustained wave of protests across Serbia Vucevic, who is the leader of the governing Serbian Progressive Party, was in office for less than a year.

1 day ago · Hundreds of students set off on a protest march of some 80 kilometers from Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad on January 30. The demonstrations come amid months of anti-government protests ...

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 ...

3 days ago · Protest marches in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other towns have attracted tens of thousands of people, paralyzing traffic and disrupting business.

Nov 6, 2024 · NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Protesters on Tuesday threw flares and red paint on the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week’s collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 people. Police responded by firing tear gas canisters.

Nov 5, 2024 · Thousands gathered in the centre of Serbia's second-largest city of Novi Sad on Tuesday, fuelled by outrage over last week's collapse of a concrete awning at the rail station that killed 14...

Nov 5, 2024 · Thousands of Serbian opposition backers rallied on Tuesday in the northwestern city of Novi Sad in a violent protest over a deadly accident at a local railway station, for which they blame...