Thousands rally in Serbia's north to demand early elections
Student-led demonstrators accuse President Aleksandar Vucic of corruption and election rigging as snap vote demands grow after the railway station disaster.
- Thousands protested in Novi Sad, Serbia, on June 20 to mark the deaths of 16 people after a railway station awning collapsed and to demand early general elections.
- The student-led protests criticized government mismanagement, corruption, and targeted Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party, which denies these claims.
- Protesters demand free and fair elections as Serbia seeks EU membership, with officials required to improve the rule of law and fight corruption.
- Aleksandar Vucic announced a pro-government rally on June 27, asking supporters to gather peacefully under the Serbian flag, and hinted at possibly calling early elections before 2027.
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Thousands of citizens took to the streets in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, on Saturday (20/6) to honor the 16 dead after the collapse of a covered train station in 2024 and to…More...
In the Serbian city of Novi Sad, a mass rally was held on 20 June demanding the holding of early general elections, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs estimated the number of meetings to be 7,800.
The rally, led by student activists, also commemorated a tragic accident in 2024, when a section of the roof of a railway station collapsed there, killing 16 people. The opposition and NGOs say the incident was a direct result of deep-rooted corruption and government failure in infrastructure projects.
Tens of thousands marched in Novi Sad demanding early elections - Students are not backing down.
Vojvodina is awash with candidates: after tens of thousands took to the streets in Serbian cities, several thousand university students demonstrated in Novi Sad on Saturday. In addition to the resignation of the president of the republic, they are demanding early elections, a freer media, and more credible state institutions. The head of state says that change could come in the fall.
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