2 days ago · BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist prime minister, Milos Vucevic, resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions stoked by weeks of massive anti-corruption protests that started after the deadly collapse of a concrete overhang at a recently renovated train station.. The November collapse at the central station in Novi Sad, one of Serbia’s largest cities, killed 15 ...

19 hours ago · BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. 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.. The students started from the capital, Belgrade, and plan ...

1 day ago · BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — If Serbian President Aleksander Vucic hoped the resignation of his hand-picked prime minister would get students to end nearly three months of anti-corruption protests, he didn’t have to wait long for an answer.. Hours after Milos Vucevic stepped away Tuesday from his role leading the country’s government, thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Serbia ...

2 days ago · Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned, following nationwide protests over the deadly collapse of a railway station canopy. He said he had acted "to avoid further complicating things ...

2 days ago · Outgoing Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic leaves after a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Vucevic steps down as anti-corruption protests persist over a deadly ...

2 days ago · Serbia last week deported five activists from neighboring Croatia, whom it accused of helping Serbian groups involved in the protests. Serbia applied to join the European Union in 2009, but its ...

Dec 25, 2023 · Police in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, have used tear gas to disperse crowds protesting over alleged fraud in last week's general election.

Dec 25, 2023 · Protesters attempted to gain access to the City Assembly in Belgrade, using flagpoles and rocks to break the windows of the building, but were repelled by police using riot shields and tear gas,...

In addition to other demonstrations, protesters held the weekly "Stop, Serbia" (Serbian: Застани, Србијо, Zastani, Srbijo) traffic blockades, conducted from 11:52 AM, the time when the canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, to 12:07 PM, in order to symbolically mark the 15 lives lost in the disaster.

In May 2023, a series of mass protests began in Belgrade and other locations in Serbia, following a school shooting in Belgrade and a spree shooting near Mladenovac and Smederevo.