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Serbia’s Students Mobilize for Novi Sad Anniversary, Accountability Still Elusive

Students plan to honor the victims to press for accountability.

Diana Hrka, the mother of Stefan Hrka, a young man who died when the canopy of the railway station in Novi Sad fell reacts during an interview with The Associated Press, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Locals welcome students from Novi Pazar as they arrive in Belgrade during their journey to Novi Sad during a protest march over the fatal November 2024 Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, which killed 16 people, triggering nationwide accusations of widespread corruption and negligence in Belgrade, Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
FILE - People march during a protest following collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad, in Belgrade, Serbia, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
Diana Hrka, the mother of Stefan Hrka, a young man who died when the canopy of the railway station in Novi Sad fell reacts during an interview with The Associated Press, in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Overview

  • Organizers expect tens of thousands in Novi Sad on November 1, with roughly 10,000 walkers and 5,000 cyclists arriving the night before.
  • Prosecutors have charged 13 people in the station collapse, mostly engineers and some officials, but no trial date has been set.
  • Police have previously used tear gas and force at rallies, and reporting points to nearly a thousand arrests since the uprising began.
  • A shooting at a pro-government tent camp in Belgrade last week wounded one person; President Aleksandar Vučić called it terrorism and police arrested a suspect.
  • The student network is building election infrastructure as Vučić resists early elections, with added strain from recent U.S. sanctions on the NIS oil company.