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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Jovana Gec |Jovana Gec -
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Press freedom in Serbia has reached a “critical” situation, with attacks and threats against journalists on the rise amid massive anti-government protests, an international media monitoring group said on Wednesday. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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2 weeks ago | 
goshennews.com | Jovana Gec |Jovana Gec -
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Press freedom in Serbia has reached a “critical” situation, with attacks and threats against journalists on the rise amid massive anti-government protests, an international media monitoring group said on Wednesday. “We came here because we observed an unprecedented crisis for media in Serbia,” Jasmijn de Zeeuw, from the Free Press Unlimited group, said.
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3 weeks ago | 
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NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Serbian university students who say their fight for justice and the rule of law is being overlooked are cycling 1,300 kilometers (780 miles) toward the heart of the European Union to seek support. Around 80 students set off on bicycles Thursday on a days-long journey to Strasbourg, France aiming to draw EU attention to their months-long protests against corruption in the Balkan nation, which is seeking membership in the 27-nation bloc. kAm&?:G6CD:EJ DEF56?ED 92G6 366?
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1 month ago | 
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Women hold a banner reads: "Women in the front rows" during a march in support to the women on International Women's Day in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 8, 2025. People march in support of women on the International Women's Day in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 8, 2025. A street vendor sells flowers during the International Women's Day in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 8, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Female students have marked International Women's Day in Serbia by leading protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the country. University students in Serbia are leading almost daily street rallies that started after a concrete canopy collapsed in November at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad, killing 15 people.
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2 months ago | 
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A taxi driver arrives to bring students back to Belgrade after a protest over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people more than two months ago, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Darko Vojinovic - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS A taxi driver arrives to bring students back to Belgrade after a protest over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people more than two months ago, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.
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2 months ago | 
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They walked for two days and spent a night out in the open. But protesting Belgrade university students in Serbia got a taxi ride home — free of charge. Hundreds of cabbies Sunday organized to pick up students from the northern city of Novi Sad after a daylong blockade of bridges that is part of a widening anti-corruption movement gripping the Balkan nation.
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2 months ago | 
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A woman raises a red glove symbolizing blood during a student-led 24 hour block on an intersection to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November collapse of a train station canopy, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. Darko Vojinovic - staff, ASSOCIATED PRESS Students march during a student-led 24 hour block on an intersection to protest the deaths of 15 people killed in the November collapse of a train station canopy, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Jan.
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2 months ago | 
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said Tuesday he is stepping down following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November. The canopy collapse, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
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2 months ago | 
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy. The canopy collapse in November, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic.
