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Around 140,000 Rally in Belgrade Ratcheting up Calls for Elections
- An estimated 140,000 demonstrators gathered in Belgrade on June 28, 2025, calling for early elections to put an end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year tenure.
- The protest followed nearly eight months of student-led demonstrations sparked by a deadly November 2024 train station roof collapse in Novi Sad.
- The demonstration saw clashes between protesters and police, police used batons after attacks, and dozens were detained amid rising tensions.
- Student leader Stefan Ivakovic said, "We will rally as long as it takes," while university rector Vladan Djokic affirmed their continued support.
- Despite arrests and crackdowns, the protest sustained pressure on Vucic's government, suggesting ongoing political instability and calls for earlier elections.
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On Saturday, some 140,000 people marched in the centre of Belgrade to demand early elections.
Student Protest In Belgrade Leads To Dozens Of Arrests
Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Belgrade on June 28, demanding new elections and building on months of demonstrations against corruption. A large rally of counterdemontrators defended the record of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Since November, a large student mobilization in Serbia denounces the government's inaction and the consequences of the corruption that gangens the country, and calls for change.
Students and protesters from several cities across Serbia flocked to Belgrade, with a total of around 140,000 people gathering.
In the capital of Belgrade, the Serbian police broke up with a large number of anti-government protesters who had asked for early elections and the end of the 12 years of government of President Alexander Vucic, reports BBC. About 150,000 protesters...
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