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Serbian protesters mark Vidovdan with calls to end president's 12-year rule
BNE Intellinews
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Tens of thousands of protesters, led by students and anti-corruption activists, flooded the streets of Belgrade on June 28, calling for snap parliamentary elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year rule. Gathering on Slavija...
Serbia: thousands of anti-government protesters block roads
Deutsche Welle
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June 30, 2025
Thousands of protesters set up street blockades on major roads in Belgrade and other Serbian cities on Sunday night. The action comes one night after demonstrators held a huge rally in the capital calling for snap elections and for right-wing...
Council of Europe: Serbian Authorities to Refrain from Excessive Use of Force
Beta Briefing
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July 6, 2025
Source: Beta News / Politics | 06.07.25 | access_time 20:40 Strasbourg(Photo:PrintScreen YouTube) Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty expressed concern on July 4 about the state of human rights in Serbia, where,...
Watchdog condemns use of force in Serbia protests
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 6, 2025
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Europe's human rights watchdog Friday expressed concern that Serbian authorities were using excessive force and arbitrary detentions to break up street protests against the populist government of President Aleksandar Vucic....
Serbia: Police clash with anti-government protesters
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 29, 2025
By Associated Press (CNN) — Belgrade (Associated Press) — Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, was...
Serbian police clash with protesters demanding snap polls
The Express Tribune
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June 29, 2025
Listen to article Serbian police on Saturday evening clashed with anti-government protesters demanding snap elections and an end to the 12-year rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. Police deployed scores of officers in riot gear around government...
Serbian police detain dozens amid clashes with anti-government demonstrators -VIDEO
News.Az
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“We show once again that we will not stop,” law student Stefan Ivakovic told the AFP news agency. “We will rally as long as it takes until the demands are met.” Sladjana Lojanovic, 37, a farmer from the town of Sid in the north, said she came to...
Europe human rights chief sounds alarm over Serbia government protest response
JURIST
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July 6, 2025
Europe’s top human rights body on Friday raised concerns that Serbian authorities were using violence and capricious arrests to disperse protests against President Aleksandar Vučić’s populist government. The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for...
Serbian Students, Opposition Protest In Belgrade Demanding Snap Elections
StratNews Global
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June 29, 2025
Home Europe Serbia Serbian Students, Opposition Protest In Belgrade Demanding Snap Elections Months of nationwide protests, including university closures, have shaken Serbia's populist leader Vucic, whose second term and the next parliamentary...
Serbia's police clashes with anti-government protesters
The Malaysian Star
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June 28, 2025
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian police on Saturday evening clashed with anti-government protesters demanding snap elections and an end to the 12-year rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. Police deployed scores of officers in riot gear around government...
Serbia's police clashes with anti-government protesters
Yahoo News
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BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian police on Saturday evening clashed with anti-government protesters demanding snap elections and an end to the 12-year rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. Police deployed scores of officers in riot gear around government...
Serbian police crack down on protestors at mass anti-government rally in Belgrade
The Kyiv Independent
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June 29, 2025
Police aggressively dispersed protestors at an anti-government rally in Belgrade, whereover 100,000 demonstrators gathered on June 28 to demand snap elections. The rally marks the latest mass action in a protest movement that started last fall,...
Serbian police clash with anti-government protesters in Belgrade
United Press International (UPI)
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Protestors throw flares at riot police after a student-led anti-government demonstration in Belgrade, Serbia, on Saturday evening. Photo by Andrej Cukic/EPA June 28 (UPI) -- Serbian police clashed with some protesters who marched in Belgrade on...
Serbia's Police Clash with Anti-Government Protesters
Tasnim News Agency
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June 29, 2025
Police deployed scores of officers in riot gear around government buildings, parliament and nearby Pionirski Park, where throngs of Vucic's backers from across the country gathered in a counter-protest. After the protest ended at around 10 p.m....
Serbian president announces more arrests of anti-government protesters demanding early election
The Globe and Mail
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June 28, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Tens of thousands gather in central Belgrade to issue an "ultimatum" to the populist government to call early elections after months of student-led strikes across the country.Goran Tomasevic/The Globe and Mail Serbia’s...
Serbian riot police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters
Jersey Evening Post
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June 28, 2025
Riot police fired tear gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital on Saturday. The major rally in Belgrade against Serbia’s populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, was called to back the demand for an early parliamentary...
Serbian police arrest dozens in clashes with antigovernment protesters
Al Jazeera
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June 28, 2025
Police in Serbia have fired tear gas and arrested dozens of people in the capital, Belgrade, during clashes with protesters demanding snap elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vucic’s 12-year government. The protest on Saturday was held...
Serbian riot police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters demanding an early vote
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Several protesters were handcuffed by police, and an officer was seen injured on the ground during the ongoing street battles. It was unclear whether others were injured. As the protest formally ended, the demonstrators threw eggs, plastic bottles...
Iconic DJ to perform in Belgrade in September
Serbian Monitor
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July 4, 2025
One of the world’s most influential DJs and producers, a global icon of electronic music, and a Grammy Award winner – Black Coffee – will perform in Belgrade on 18 September at the unique open-air venue of Luka Beograd. Audiences in Serbia will...
"Cultural Alternative Tsaribrod" motivates Bulgarians in Serbia to write in their native language
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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June 28, 2025
Earlier this week the parliamentary Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad examined the case of the association "Cultural Alternative Tsaribrod" - a Bulgarian organization in the Serbian town of Tsaribrod (or Dimitrovgrad), which publishes a...