Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly overhang collapse in November that killed 15 people.
Hundreds of students set off on a protest march of some 90 kilometers from Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad on January 30. The demonstrations come amid months of anti-government protests following a deadly infrastructure collapse in Novi Sad in November 2024.
The march from the capital Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad is part of the demonstrations launched by university students across Serbia to demand accountability for the deaths of 15 people in a train station awning collapse last November.
Amidst public discontent with President Vucic's administration, Serbian university students are marching from Belgrade to Novi Sad to protest government corruption and demand justice for victims of a deadly construction collapse.
Hundreds of Serbian students march from Belgrade to Novi Sad in an anti-government protest:: January 30, 2025:: Belgrade, Serbia:: The protests were triggered by a railway station roof collapse that killed 15 people:: Tanasije Milanovic,
Thousands of students blocked traffic at Autokomanda, one of Belgrade's busiest intersections, for 24 hours to protest the Serbian government's failure to prosecute those responsible for the collapse of a concrete canopy at the main railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad in November.
The protests were spawned by the deadly collapse of a train station roof in Novi Sad that became a flashpoint for wider discontent.
One of Belgrade's key traffic arteries turned into a campsite on January 27. Thousands of students and citizens gathered for an all-day road blockade, demanding political and criminal accountability for the deaths of 15 people at Novi Sad's railway station on November 1.
The move was aimed at stepping up pressure on the authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November last year that killed 15 people.
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Protests marches were held Friday in Belgrade, Novi Sad, the southern city of Nis and other smaller cities — even in Jagodina, a ruling coalition stronghold, ahead of Mr Vucic’s arrival.
Serbia’s striking university students have started a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy colla