Balgarianovinite.com Students from Belgrade and Nis protested on Thursday evening following a series of incidents in Belgrade during a memorial service for the 16 people who lost their lives in the Novi Sad tragedy.
Earlier in the day, several cars attempted to drive through groups of students and citizens who had blocked traffic near the Faculty of Law in the Serbian capital while paying tribute to the victims. The 16 people were killed on November 1, 2024, when the concrete canopy of the recently renovated train station in Novi Sad collapsed.
The student protest march began outside the Faculty of Law and proceeded to the headquarters of Serbia’s public broadcaster, RTS. Protesters expressed outrage that the incidents — in which a 90-year-old man and a student were injured — were not mentioned until the 18th minute of the RTS news broadcast.
Among those joining the march was Dijana Hrka, the mother of one of the 16 victims. Last November, she staged a multi-day hunger strike in an unsuccessful attempt to pressure Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic into calling snap parliamentary elections.
Protesters blamed the incidents outside the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Law on Serbia’s Interior Ministry and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.
The demonstration outside RTS ended later in the evening, with students urging supporters to attend another protest under the slogan “Students Win!” scheduled for May 23 at Slavia Square in Belgrade.
In Nis, protesters hung a banner reading “Students Win!” on the facade of the local SPP office building.
Serbia has seen mass student-led protests for the past year and a half, with demonstrators demanding new parliamentary elections and accusing the government of corruption and nepotism. So far, President Vucic has not announced an election date, despite recently holding consultations with both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary political entities. Belgrade and Nis Students Protest after Incidents Disrupt Memorial Service for Novi Sad Tragedy Victims 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-15 07:04:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
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