Overview
- Grieving mother Dijana Hrka began a hunger strike in central Belgrade, saying she will continue until those responsible are held to account.
- The Novi Sad commemoration proceeded largely peacefully with a 16-minute silence at 11:52 and a government-declared day of mourning.
- The Interior Ministry reported about 39,000 people at the peak of the gathering, with students and supporters arriving from across Serbia after long marches.
- Serbia’s rail operator suspended passenger trains nationwide the day before the event citing anonymous bomb threats, and a Hungarian outlet reported some foreign students were denied entry at the border.
- One year on, the December 2024 indictment of 13 people remains unconfirmed by a court, no suspects are in custody, and domestic and EU-level investigations into the reconstruction continue as President Aleksandar Vučić issued a rare apology and appealed for calm.