Several hundred students have blocked Serbia’s public television station building in Belgrade as tensions soar in the Balkan country days ahead of a planned large rally billed as an endgame in months
Young people lead the protests after the tragedy in Novi Sad with the fall of the railway station roof that caused 15 deaths
Anti-government protesters barred access to the offices of state broadcasters in Serbia's capital Belgrade and the second-largest city on Tuesday, keeping employees out and forcing some live programming off the air.
The anti-government protesters have said the blockade will continue for at least 22 hours. They accuse Serbia's public broadcaster of being biased towards President Aleksandar Vucic.
Serbia’s protests began in November after a train station canopy collapsed in the northern city of Novi Sad, killing 15. University students and opposition activists have accused Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party of corruption and mismanagement that led to the tragedy.
Female students are marking International Women’s Day in Serbia by leading the daily street protests against corruption, and thousands later joined a separate student-led rally against the populist go
Several hundred university students blocked the entrance to Serbia’s public television station (RTS) in central Belgrade late Monday, returning the following day in an ongoing protest against what they allege is pro-government bias.
Serbia’s parliament descended into chaos on Tuesday as opposition lawmakers threw smoke grenades and tear gas inside the chamber to protest against the government and support demonstrating students.
Tens of thousands of people marched through Belgrade on Friday to mark the deaths of 15 victims in a railway station disaster and to support a student-led call for a general strike aimed at challenging Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's hold on power.
Tens of thousands of people have joined protesting students in Serbia for a rally proclaiming that “we deserve better” and will no longer accept injustice and corruption in the Balkan country that has
University students have staged almost daily rallies since a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station collapsed in November, killing 15 people.