Hundreds of thousands flocked to protest against Vucic in Belgrade

Hundreds of thousands followed the demonstration call of the student protest movement under the motto “on 15th for the 15”, reported the news channel N1. Drone shots, which made several Serbian media, showed long streets of Belgrade city center full of people.

Observers described the rally on Saturday, March 15, as the greatest demonstration in the history of the Balkans. Her motto alludes to the accident in the North Serbian city of Novi Sad on November 1st, in which a station vordach collapsed and 15 people died. The disaster triggered a large wave of protest, which is borne by the country’s students.

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The participants of the protests blame the corruption of the governing under the partly authoritarian president Aleksandar Vucic for the accident in Novi Sad. The train station had been rebuilt. However, they do not demand the resignation of politicians, but the consistent enforcement of the rule of law and the punishment of corrupt actors.

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