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Serbia: Clashes Erupt for a Second Day at Anti-Government Protests
Nearly 50 protesters were detained amid clashes during demonstrations demanding early elections and protesting corruption and autocratic governance, police and officials said.
- On Wednesday, protests in a dozen cities across Serbia demanded President Aleksandar Vucic call an early election, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said.
- Protests late Wednesday in Novi Sad and other cities are linked to allegations that President Aleksandar Vucic has been accused of stifling democratic freedoms and allowing corruption.
- Clashes involved smoke, with protesters and supporters throwing objects, and police deploying tear gas in Belgrade, as supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party reportedly threw flares in Novi Sad.
- Following the clashes, authorities detained nearly 50 protesters, and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic accused them of attacking loyalists.
- Prospective EU accession talks may hinge on how authorities respond to these student-led protests, which challenge Vucic’s autocratic rule and Serbia’s EU ambitions.
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Serbian police say nearly 50 protesters have been detained and dozens of people injured during clashes at anti-government protests in Serbia against the populist rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. Wednesday’s unrest started in the northern city of Novi Sad when…
High tension in Belgrade and other cities of Serbia, where the agitated student movement has staged at the same time new, massive anti-government protests, with violence...
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