Tens of thousands of people rally in central Belgrade, Serbia, renewing demands for early elections. The demonstrations are led by a student-led movement that gains momentum after a deadly rail station canopy collapse in Novi Sad in November 2024, which killed 16 people. Protesters call for a transparent investigation into the disaster and accuse authorities of failing to provide sufficient answers. Media reports describe crowds moving through the city to central locations, including Slavija Square, where participants chant a signature slogan associated with the movement. Demonstrators hold banners and wear items linked to the campaign as they press for political changes they say should follow the findings of investigations into the collapse. Several outlets frame the protests as an extension of broader anti-government and anti-corruption concerns that emerged in the aftermath of the tragedy. The rallies are organized to keep pressure on the government and to seek an earlier date for national elections.
Tens of Thousands Rally in Belgrade Calling for Early Elections
Tens of thousands of people rally in central Belgrade, Serbia, renewing demands for early elections. The demonstrations are led by a student-led movement that gains momentum after a deadly rail statio...
- Tens of thousands protest in central Belgrade, Serbia, calling for early elections.
- The demonstrations are student-led and include calls for political change.
- Protest momentum follows the November 2024 Novi Sad rail station canopy collapse.
- The collapse killed 16 people, and protesters demand a transparent investigation.
- Crowds gather in central areas such as Slavija Square and chant the movement’s slogan.
Since a station canopy collapse in 2024 which killed 16 people, calls for a transparent investigation into what happened have snowballed into a push for early polls.
3 months agoBELGRADE, Serbia — Tens of thousands of demonstrators massed in central Belgrade Saturday to renew calls for early elections that grew out of the anti-corruption movement sparked by a deadly rail station disaster. Since the station canopy collapse in November 2024 in Novi Sad, which killed 16 people, calls for a transparent investigation into what happened have snowballed into a push for early polls. Yelling the movement’s signature slogan, “The students are winning,” to the din of drums and whistles, crowds streamed through the city to Slavija Square in the centre. Large banners hanging from trees, T-shirts, badges and stickers […]...Keep on reading: Tens of thousands rally in Serbia demanding elections
3 months agoThe student-led movement, which began after the Novi Sad disaster in November 2024, is pushing for early elections.
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