Serbia, police and protests
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Angry protesters have set fire to the offices of Serbia's governing populist party in a western town and clashed with police in the capital Belgrade in another evening of violent protests shaking the Balkan country.
Fresh clashes erupted between protesters and riot police in Serbia’s capital Belgrade and other cities on the fifth consecutive night of unrest. In the central city of Valjevo, where thousands had gathered to show their growing anger against the party of right-wing President Aleksandar Vucic,
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STORY: Supporters of Serbia's ruling party threw flares and firecrackers at anti-government protesters in the city of Novi Sad on Wednesday prompting police to intervene to end the standoff.The violence was an escalation of nine-month-long protests in Serbia.
Protests erupted across Serbia, targeting the ruling Serbian Progressive Party amid allegations of corruption. Offices were destroyed in Novi Sad, and clashes occurred with police and supporters of President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade.
Anti-government protests in Serbia escalated Thursday, with demonstrators targeting the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) offices in Novi Sad and clashing with police and party supporters in Belgrade.
A wave of anti-corruption protests has gripped Serbia since November, when the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station roof killed 16 people, a tragedy widely blamed on entrenched corruption. Anti-graft protesters again gathered in several cities across ...
In Serbia, protests against President Aleksandar Vucic and his SNS party intensified as clashes broke out in Novi Sad. Demonstrators blame government corruption for a tragic railway station collapse.