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Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens
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...
Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests sparked by deadly collapse swell
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist prime minister, Milos Vucevic, resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions stoked by weeks of massive anti-corruption protests that started after the deadly collapse of a concrete overhang at a recently renovated train station. ...
Serbian farmers join striking university students' 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade
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...
A driver rams an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital and injures one protester
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia's capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, as a student-led strike shut down businesses and drew tens of thousands of people to demonstrations around the country. The...
Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites prepare for another Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Oxfam International, in its...
Students lead massive protests in Serbia against state broadcaster and president
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally Friday outside Serbia’s state television headquarters in Belgrade to protest what they called the broadcaster's pro-government bias. The rally came a day after one student was...
Kosovo's authorities close parallel institutions run by the country's ethnic Serb minority
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's authorities on Wednesday said they had closed all so-called parallel institutions used by the country's ethnic Serb minority and financially supported by neighboring Serbia, in a move condemned by the European Union. The offices include the local...
Thousands of students protest in Serbia against violation of civil rights, spy agency crackdown
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's striking university students protested outside the Balkan country's top court on Sunday to draw their attention to what they say have been violations of their civil rights under the populist authorities, including pressure from the secret service. ...
Key motorway in Serbian capital blocked during student-led protest over train station crash
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people blocked traffic on Friday at a key motorway intersection in Serbia's capital during ongoing student-led street protests over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people last November. Chanting “we want justice," the crowd...
Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Instead of the traditional boisterous street partying on New Year's Eve, tens of thousands of protesters led by university students gathered overnight in Belgrade and other Serbian cities to demand political reforms and justice in the Balkan country. The...
