Tens of thousands rally in Serbia for antigovernment demonstrations
Key takeaways
- The student-led movement, which began after the Novi Sad rail station disaster in November 2024, is pushing for early elections.
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- The Novi Sad rail station disaster in November 2024, which killed 16 people, sparked anticorruption protests, calling for a transparent investigation, forcing then-Prime Minister Milos Vucevic to resign.
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The student-led movement, which began after the Novi Sad rail station disaster in November 2024, is pushing for early elections.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A drone view of demonstrators attending a student-led protest demanding snap parliamentary elections in Belgrade, Serbia on May 23 [Djordje Kojadinovic/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and APPublished On 23 May 202623 May 2026Tens of thousands of people, led by university students, have rallied in the Serbian capital to protest against the government and call for early elections.
The Novi Sad rail station disaster in November 2024, which killed 16 people, sparked anticorruption protests, calling for a transparent investigation, forcing then-Prime Minister Milos Vucevic to resign.