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September 1, 2025 - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched again in Serbia on Monday with shielded riot police guarding the Belgrade headquarters of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic, who has threatened a major crackdown ...

2 weeks ago - In response to police brutality and alleged paid hooligans who attacked civilians and protesters, opposition leaders, students, farmers and independent demonstrators organized a large-scale protest on 22 December, at Slavija Square in Belgrade.

The teenager is now the 16th fatality in the tragic collapse of a concrete awning at a train station in northern Serbia. ... At least 100,000 people swarmed the streets of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, for a major anti-corruption rally on Saturday.

July 1, 2024 - Protests have now spread to over 300 cities across Serbia, with major demonstrations in key urban centers. Some student groups have taken to marching between towns, enduring harsh conditions while being greeted with food and support from locals along the way.

November 22, 2025 - BELGRADE, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government protesters, led by students, marched peacefully through the Serbian capital Belgrade on Saturday, demanding accountability for those responsible for the deaths of 16 people when a railway ...

April 13, 2025 - Tens of thousands of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's supporters have held a rally in Belgrade following months of unrest across the country. A monitoring organisation said around 55,000 people had gathered in front of the National Assembly.

November 2, 2025 - Thousands throw bottles and flares as tensions soar after huge rally to mark anniversary of train station disaster

November 5, 2025 - Event: Government supporters will hold a gathering in front of Serbian Parliament at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. Serbian Police expected that demonstrators will arrive to Belgrade this afternoon in buses, possibly causing traffic ...

The title in bright green letters placed over Belgrade’s city skyline at dusk announced: “Ready, Set, Play: Belgrade Gears Up to Show the World Its Creative Spirit.” · What a coincidence, I thought, and how cynical! That morning, I had been looking in vain on the same app for any updates from my country that has now been in turmoil for a year. The day before, on November 1, Novi Sad saw the largest protest gathering in its history as more than a hundred thousand people congregated in the city, sixty miles north of Belgrade, to commemorate the anniversary of a disaster.

July 4, 2025 - A number of students were treated ... on Wednesday. Officers also arrested high school students, triggering a protest by parents in front of a central Belgrade police station until their children were released....

March 15, 2025 - Police said the crowd reached 107,000 people at the peak of the protest. Serbian independent media described the rally as the biggest ever in the country, saying the numbers were much higher.

June 28, 2025 - Around 140,000 protesters rallied in Belgrade, the largest turnout in recent months, as student-led demonstrations mount pressure on the populist government to call early elections.

June 29, 2025 - Serbia's president announced Sunday more arrests of anti-government protesters following clashes with police at a massive rally demanding an early parliamentary election. Dozens have already been detained.