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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...

Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests sparked by deadly collapse swell

Jan. 28, 2025 15:12 PM EST

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

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...

A driver rams an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital and injures one protester

Jan. 24, 2025 17:23 PM EST

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...