Overview
- One year after the station canopy collapse that killed 16 people, a large memorial in Novi Sad has triggered renewed nationwide mobilization.
- Students organized multi-day star marches and unveiled a prominent banner at Petrovaradin Fortress, pledging to continue until justice is delivered.
- President Aleksandar Vučić expressed regret for earlier remarks about demonstrators and said he was ready for dialogue, a move protest leaders rejected as too late.
- Dijana Hrka, the mother of a victim, launched a hunger strike outside parliament in Belgrade, with supporters announcing a star-walk to the capital.
- Pressure on the government is mounting with an October European Parliament resolution criticizing repression, a possible negative European Commission progress report this week, and economic strains from US sanctions on NIS, falling foreign investment and high inflation.