Aleksandar Vučić
Student protests grow in Serbia

Hundreds of thousands marched in Belgrade on March 15 in a culmination of months-long student mobilization

Serbian students keep up pressure for accountability over Novi Sad tragedy

Serbia’s student movement continues protests and occupations, demanding justice and political accountability for the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse

Serbian prime minister resigns amid nationwide protests

Following months of protests over a fatal construction collapse in Novi Sad, Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has stepped down

Protests continue in Novi Sad following train station collapse

The collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad’s newly renovated train station at the beginning of November, which killed 14 people, has led to widespread protests and public outrage

Berlin activists protest Rio Tinto’s Serbia lithium extraction plans

Protesters in Berlin condemned planned lithium mining in Serbia, accusing the German government and industry of hypocrisy and greenwashing in their support of the controversial Rio Tinto project

Battle for Jadar: tens of thousands rally against Rio Tinto’s mining project in Serbia

Tens of thousands rallied in Belgrade, marking the peak of month-long protests against the resumption of Rio Tinto’s Jadar Project

Serbians protest Rio Tinto’s lithium mining project

Mass protests erupted in over 40 locations in Serbia against planned lithium mining, while the EU appears to back Rio Tinto’s controversial project

Serbian Progressive Party retains the majority in the general elections

The elections have been regarded as a referendum on the popularity of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic who is the leader of the incumbent Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) led coalition.

Serbia rattled by the killing of 17 people in back-to-back mass shootings

Gun ownership in Serbia is among the highest in Europe and a massive proliferation of small arms took place in the country and in around the Balkans during the civil wars in the 1990s which led to the disintegration of the erstwhile Yugoslavia.

Minimum Wages - Serbia Serbian working class protests new minimum wage, terms it inadequate

The Serbian government has set the minimum wage for the year 2023 at 40,020 Serbian Dinars (USD 341.59) per month. Trade unions and leftist political parties say it is insufficient to make ends meet

EuroPride 2022 - Serbia (1) Progressives urge Serbian government to facilitate safe conduct of EuroPride 2022 

Conservatives and other homophobic groups have protested the conduct of EuroPride 2022 in the Serbian capital Belgrade. The events will be held from September 12 to 18

Serbia anti-mining protests Massive protests force Serbian president to halt controversial laws supporting Rio Tinto’s mining project

The Serbian parliament adopted two controversial legislations in November, reportedly to facilitate the quick launch of a lithium mining project of the Rio Tinto group