Neven Grujic

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The Protest

Kikinda, Serbia 2024-2025

Protests began in November 2024 in Novi Sad, after the fall of the canopy at the recently renovated railway station, when 15 people died and two were seriously injured. The demonstrations have since spread to 300 Serbian cities and towns, gathering hundreds of thousands of people, making them the largest student movement in Europe since 1968.
Four months of student-led demonstrations have drawn teachers, farmers and others to become the biggest threat to President Aleksandar Vučić's decade-long rule, with many Serbs denouncing government corruption and incompetence.
It is obvious that the collapse of the canopy was just a spark that ignited the fuse of accumulated discontent.
The protestors' revolt encompasses many issues, from rampant corruption and environmental damage (the government plans to mine lithium) to the general contempt with which Serbian president treats citizens.

Civil protests in Serbia seek to return sovereign power to the legal and legitimate holder of the highest authority: the people.

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