A student-led strike in Serbia on Friday closed down numerous businesses and many people didn’t go to work as populist President Aleksandar Vucic planned a big rally to counter growing anti-government protests that have challenged his grip on power.

"We have to talk to those children and they have to go to school. As for the students, despite everything, I invite them to a dialogue and to tell us what is not fulfilled. Come and tell us. Tell us publicly what exact request is not fulfilled", called the president.

Protesters have blocked traffic daily across Serbia to protest the deaths of 15 people killed when a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station in November. View on euronews

In Belgrade, schools, theatres, and more shut down amid protests after a railway station roof collapse in November killed 15 people. Demonstrators accuse corruption and demand justice, while the government denies responsibility.

Thousands of young people took to streets across Serbia on Friday, after student protest organisers called for a general strike over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.

Many schools, bookstores, theatres and bars in Serbia's capital Belgrade and some other parts stayed shut on Friday in the latest anti-government protest triggered by a railway

A woman injured a protester by ramming her car into an anti-government crowd during student-led protests in Serbia. Demonstrators are protesting government corruption, specifically related to a deadly train station canopy collapse.

Milos Vucevic resigns following mass anti-corruption protests triggered by bridge collapse that killed 15 people

A woman has rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia's capital and injured one of them as a student-led strike shut down businesses and drew thousands of people to demonstrations around the country.

Thousands of young people took to the streets across Serbia on Friday, after student protest organisers called for a general strike over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.Friday's strike call was the latest in a series of moves aiming to increase pressure on the government,

A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia's capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, as a student-led strike shut down businesses and drew tens of thousands of people to demonstrations around the country.

A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital and injured one of them, police said.It happened on Friday during