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Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens

Jan. 30, 2025 12:24 PM EST

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...

Daily anti-corruption protests are rattling Serbia's leader. What might come next?

Jan. 29, 2025 13:41 PM EST

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — If Serbian President Aleksander Vucic hoped the resignation of his hand-picked prime minister would get students to end nearly three months of anti-corruption protests, he didn’t have to wait long for an answer. Hours after Milos Vucevic stepped away...

Serbian farmers join striking university students' 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade

Jan. 28, 2025 02:16 AM EST

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...