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Serbian Students Lead Historic Protests Against Corruption and Government Failures

Hundreds of students protested corruption they blame for 15 deaths in a building collapse, marching to Novi Sad to block three Danube River bridges this weekend.
The protests began over suspected corruption in construction contracts and challenge President Aleksandar Vucic's leadership.
Many believe the building collapse was caused by government corruption in an infrastructure project with Chinese state companies.
Thousands welcomed the students from Belgrade, highlighting wider discontent over the rule of law in Serbia.

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DNyuz

Serbian State Media Shift Tune in Coverage of Huge Protests, Testing Leader

When tens of thousands of protesters blocked three key bridges across the Danube River, paralyzing Serbia’s second-biggest city this weekend, the Balkan country’s beleaguered governing party issued a stern warning — not to the protesters but to the state-controlled broadcasting service for reporting on them. After mostly ignoring three months of student-led street demonstrations across the country, Radio Television Serbia, long a propaganda bull…

20 days ago

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Newser

Serbian Farmers Protect Protesters With Tractors

Serbian students on Sunday blocked a bridge over the River Danube in the northern city of Novi Sad for over 24 hours as part of their growing anti-graft movement demanding major changes in the Balkan country. Dozens of farmers parked their tractors by the Most Slobode, or Freedom Bridge, saying...

20 days ago·Miami, United States

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Frankfurter Allgemeine

Mass protests in Serbia: Can they change the situation?

Since the canopy of a train station collapsed, Serbia has been rocked by mass protests. But can they change the situation? A visit to the man who got everything rolling.

20 days ago·Frankfurt, Germany

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intellinews.com

Tens of thousands join protests in Serbia's Novi Sad

Serbia is in the throes of a political crisis, sparked by a deadly infrastructure collapse in Novi Sad late last year, with ongoing student-led protests putting immense pressure on the government.

20 days ago

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Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty

Tens Of Thousands Of Serbian Student Protesters Block 3 Bridges In Novi Sad

Tens of thousands of student protesters blocked three bridges in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on February 1. The students are demanding that the authorities take criminal and political responsibility for the collapse of a railway station roof in the city in November which killed 15 people.

20 days ago·Czechia

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Serbian students hold overnight bridge blockade 3 months since deadly canopy collapse

Students in Serbia have blocked a Danube bridge after spending the night in tents and sleeping bags as part of their growing anti-graft movement demanding major changes in the Balkan country.

20 days ago·United States

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