5 days ago · Serbia’s students are leading mass protests and blockades of three bridges over the Danube river in the northern city of Novi Sad, drawing tens of thousands into the streets to express their anger with the country’s populist leadership and to call for change.

In November 2024, a series of mass protests began in Novi Sad following the railway station canopy collapse in the city, which left 15 people dead and two severely injured. As of 2 February 2025, the protests have spread to 200 cities and towns in Serbia [43] and are ongoing. The protest are being led by university students who demand accountability for the canopy collapse.

5 days ago · Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Serbia to mark three months since the deadly collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad prompted an anticorruption movement.. Tens ...

5 days ago · On the first day of November, Aleksandar Matkovic was running late for a train. He was traveling from Novi Sad, in the north of Serbia, to its capital Belgrade, where he works as an economic ...

6 days ago · Hundreds of striking students are marching through the Serbian countryside, taking their anti-graft protest toward the northern city of Novi Sad, where they plan to blockade three bridges over the River Danube this weekend.

Jan 29, 2025 · The daily protests began after the massive concrete canopy hanging over the entrance to Novi Sad’s newly renovated central railway station collapsed on Nov. 1, killing 15 people. They have become increasingly raucous, serving as way for people to vent their unhappiness with Vucic’s authoritarian rule and reflecting their growing demands for transparency while the country increasingly ...

Dec 22, 2024 · It began with 15 minutes of silence as a tribute to as many people killed after the concrete canopy of the recently renovated roof of Novi Sad station caved in on November 1. Fourteen people,...

5 days ago · Protesters shut down bridges over the Danube River in Serbia’s Novi Sad on Saturday to mark three months since a deadly railway station accident and register a protest against President ...

5 days ago · As noted by Novi Sad activist and scholar Aleksandar Matković on X/Twitter, a map of Serbia showing protests happening across almost all municipalities nationwide shows that the situation is likely to escalate into either a government crisis or more conflict. The events have also sparked deep cultural anxieties tied to national identity.

Jan 24, 2025 · Friday's mass action coincided with weekly protests, where demonstrators blocked roads across Serbia at 11:52 a.m. local time (1052 GMT) — the exact time the roof collapsed in Novi Sad — and ...