What’s behind the internet workers’ protest in Serbia?
Miran Pogačar, president of the Association of Workers on the Internet in Serbia, talks about the mobilization by online workers against the harsh tax rules imposed by the government recently
Serbian online workers protest against taxation
Online workers in Serbia are protesting a new taxation scheme which could see them paying up to 6 years of back tax
Online workers in Serbia continue protest against unscrupulous taxation
The Serbian tax administration has asked online workers who earn income from abroad to pay taxes and interest contributions for the past five years. A majority of these online workers are freelancers, including students and youth distressed by the COVID-19 crisis
Serbian progressive groups condemn vandalizing of Tomb of National Heroes
The Tomb of National Heroes in Kalemegdan, which honors the sacrifices of World War II martyrs, was vandalized, reportedly by vigilantes of the far-right Leviathan Movement on December 21
Left-wing in Belgrade counters anti-immigrant vigilantism by Serbian far-right
Right-wing aggression has been surging in Serbia and anti-immigrant vigilante groups have been holding events where campaigns are conducted against migrants.
Indian construction workers in Serbia protest demanding salary, food and repatriation
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) has expressed solidarity with the Indian workers and demanded proper action from authorities against Nikolić LLC, the company which brought the workers to Serbia
Serbian communists file lawsuit against election commission
The New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) and the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) have accused the election commission of discrimination after it rejected their registration for the parliamentary elections scheduled on June 21
Serbian housing rights collective organizes relief work for COVID-19
Serbian housing rights collective Združena Akcija Krov nad Glavom (Joint Action Roof Over Your Head) has initiated a relief campaign for the distribution of food and other essentials to people in distress
Serbian postal workers’ strike ends as unions strike deal with government
The proposal for wage increase made by the government on December 10 was rejected by postal workers earlier, who find the proposed hikes insufficient
Ultra-nationalists vandalize Tomb of People’s Heroes in Belgrade
Members of the ultra-nationalist group, Serbian Action, sprayed red paint on the busts of the heroes and wrote a notorious fascist slogan over the marble plaque in the tomb
“NATO get out from the Balkans, the Balkans belong to the people!”
Interview with Aleksandar Ðenić, first secretary of the League of Yugoslav Communist Youth (SKOJ), the youth wing of the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ).
Serbian housing rights groups express outrage over forceful evictions, attacks on activists
Increased participation of university students in anti-eviction protests has irked the pro-government right-wing factions. This is believed to have led to the attack on housing activists inside the Novi Sad university campus.
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