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Student Protesters Block Roads Across Serbia to Demand New Elections

The action intensifies a week-long standoff over demands for new elections

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Overview

  • Roadblocks have been set up across major intersections in Belgrade and other Serbian cities on Monday morning.
  • Demonstrators are pressing for snap elections and the release of more than a dozen protesters detained during weekend clashes.
  • Security forces arrested dozens of participants after violent confrontations on Sunday that left six officers and two civilians injured.
  • Pro-government activists, including former premier Milos Vucevic, held counter-rallies in Belgrade’s Pionirski Park in support of the existing administration.
  • The protests build on a student encampment established outside Parliament in March as part of a broader movement against alleged government corruption and democratic backsliding.