The move was aimed at stepping up pressure on the authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November last year that killed 15 people.

Thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.

BELGRADE, Jan 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Thousands of students prepared to spend the night on the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday, as they blocked a major intersection in the latest mass protest over a fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.

Serbia’s striking university students have started a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy colla

Thousands of protesters ended a 24-hour blockade at a major traffic intersection in Belgrade on Tuesday as they seek to pressure the government over a fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.