#serbia politics

[banicalite]

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The lack of media coverage on this is heartbreaking 💔

In the world where the information travels in seconds, the media has found a way to filter thousands of brave people fighting for justice and freedom.

Serbian government has been corrupt for a long time now, and is working against their own people. But there is hope. The Serbian youth has shown the importance of invincible courage, energy and stubborness in the best way possible, lighting the way for us to follow.

I know the whole world is a mess right now and feels like a black mirror episode. Please please please take time to read this or even share.

[iamonlyhereforthefood]

TLDR:

Croatia denies accusations that they are behind the anti-government protests in Serbia made by Serbia's pro-russian government.

Czech Republic denies accusations that they are behind the anti-government protests in Slovakia made by Slovakia's pro-russian government.

[slythrnc]

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SERBIA?

THEIR HANDS ARE BLOODY!

not my usual type of post, but as a serb and a student, i want to spread awareness about what is going on in my country.

[head-post]

Mass student protests erupt in Belgrade

Students from universities across Serbia staged a mass protest in front of the state broadcaster, Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS), bne IntelliNews reported.

The protesters blocked movement in the centre of Belgrade and interrupted the evening news broadcast of RTS on Thursday. The student protests are part of a wider wave of dissent sweeping Serbia following the Novi Sad train station collapse on 1 November. The tragedy killed 15 people and seriously injured two others.

The students accused the government of corruption, mismanagement and failure to address systemic challenges revealed by the disaster. By late afternoon, the demonstrators grew louder in an attempt to disrupt the 19:30 news programme. The students claimed that RTS had failed to provide fair coverage of their protests and alleged that the broadcaster was spreading misinformation about their activities.

On 8 December, several farmers’ associations met in Badovinci in the west of the country to announce their intention to join the protests, expressing solidarity with the students and others.

The farmers express their full support to the students and their demands, as well as to all dissatisfied citizens who demand the government’s responsibility.

University blockades spread across Serbia, with more than 40 state faculties halting work. President Aleksandar Vučić tried to quell the unrest by promising to fulfil all student demands and calling for a halt to the protests. He also announced a 20-per-cent increase in funding for higher education institutions by 2025 on Thursday.

Key demands of the protesters included the publication of documents related to the reconstruction of the train station, which Vučić promised to do on 11 December, as well as the release of detained protesters. With farmers and other movement groups joining in, the coming weeks are likely to test the government’s ability to deal with public discontent.

Read more HERE

[definetorule-blog]

Wish me luck, I am organizing a collage boycott tomorrow! (It's against the dictatorship of the ruling party and taking accountability for the deaths of 15 people crushed by the canopy that they reconstructed).

[channelslam]

:’))))

full article: https://www.gq.com/story/novak-djokovic-conquered-tennis-whats-next?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null

[nohopelessromantic]

📢Open letter from students of #serbia to students worldwide. 📢

🚨Anti-goverment sentiment in Serbia has escalated since the tragic event on November 1st, 2024 when the concrete canopy at the recently renovated railway station collapsed, killing 15 and severely injuring 2 people. Ever since, citizens and opposition parties have been protesting, demanding accountability for the victims of a deeply corrupted system, which uses public projects to pump money out of the state and into private investors' pockets. The regime responded with slur campaigns and hired thugs to attack protesters. One such attack occured on December 2nd, when the students of the Dramatic Arts School in Belgrade were set upon by regime thugs while holding a 15 minute silence for the victims. Since then, students of Serbian universities have been blockading their institutions.🚨

🌟We as citizens stand with them and hope their actions will be the light to show us a way to true democracy.✨

🌍Please reblog to reach more students around the world. 🌎

[zyrokrz]

Belgrade, Serbia

December 2024

[yugocar]

we as a society have to stop pretending that milos obrenovic didnt serve cunt

[yugoslavicgirlie]

What languages do u want to learrn other than russian?

Hiii!

Thanks for asking!

I wish to learn greek, german, french, or hebrew!

Maybe even turkish or arabic!

But I've always wanted to learn mongolian too, not gonna lie!

ALL THOSE LANGUAGES SEEM SO COOL I CAN'T CHOOSEEEE

[ohsalome]

[head-post]

Vučić accused of encouraging violence against students

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić faces criminal charges of incitement to violence, filed by a civil society organisation after a driver crashed into a student protest in Belgrade, according to Euractiv.

On Thursday, a car drove into a crowd gathered to commemorate the victims of the Novi Sad incident and hit a female student. She rolled on the bonnet and then the roof before falling to the ground.

Security tried to stop the driver from leaving the scene, but he escaped. The civil movement Go-Change said it had filed a criminal complaint against Vučić for repeatedly downplaying the responsibility of drivers ramming their cars into crowds of demonstrators. The lack of action directly encouraged violence against students peacefully expressing their opinion, Go-Change emphasised.

Students across Serbia have been staging protests and blocking traffic for weeks, demanding responsibility for the collapse of a canopy at the newly renovated railway station in Novi Sad, where 15 people perished and two others were severely wounded.

On 1 December, Vučić issued a statement after a similar hit-and-run, questioning the need to prosecute and arrest drivers. He stated that the driver was just “going his way.”

Those who claim that such drivers should be arrested should splash their faces with cold water.

Go-Change declared that such statements “must not go unpunished.” The EU Delegation in Serbia also reacted to the incident, calling for a swift investigation.

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said the suspected driver was found within 15 minutes of the incident. He had previously been convicted seven times for previous offences.

Read more HERE

[bopinion]

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Aperçu of the Week:

"I would like to ask you what language the Palestinians speak? Was there a Palestinian coin at some point in history? Is there a Palestinian history or a Palestinian culture? There isn't. There is no such thing as a Palestinian people."

(Bezalel Joel Smotrich, Finance Minister of Israel and Chairman of the right-wing "Religious Zionism" party)

Bad News of the Week:

Serbia and Kosovo. Sadly, proof that the tensions that led to the Yugoslav Wars in the Balkans from 1991 to 2001 are far from over. The conflict over Kosovo is centuries old. The area has special significance for Serbia because it is home to numerous medieval Serbian Orthodox monasteries. Serbian nationalists also see a symbol of their independence in a battle against Ottoman Turks in 1389 in Kosovo. However, the majority - then and now - are ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo. They are mostly Muslims. They regard the area as their country and accuse the Serbs of having oppressed them for decades. Formerly granted special rights have been revoked, for example. In February 2008, Kosovo declared itself independent, and since then the region has been up in the air, with NATO stationing KFOR protection troops there.

Now the situation is escalating again. Already last April, there were clashes when Serbs boycotted local elections in the region. In the process, 30 NATO peacekeepers and more than 50 Serb protesters were injured. The fuse has been smoldering ever since. Last weekend, a conflict broke out between armed Serbs and Kosovar police, ending in deaths. Allegedly, however, this was not an official Serbian military unit, but the private militia of a Serbian businessman. What nobody believes.

Now for days Serbia has been pulling together an unprecedented amount of infantry, tanks and artillery - at 48 points directly on the border. Of course Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, speaking to the Financial Times, denied that his country was planning military action. But John Kirby, the usually well-informed spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, confirmed it. "We are seeing a large Serbian military presence along the border with Kosovo," he said. This includes "an unprecedented deployment of Serbian artillery, tanks, and mechanized infantry units."

It is with some trepidation that I currently pay attention when a "news alert" goes ping. For once again, a cold war may become a hot one. In the middle of Europe. Because of the imperialistic claim to power of one nation against another. Geostrategy and testosterone. Frustrating.

Good News of the Week:

"Judge's ruling on Trump financial empire poses existential threat." was a headline on CNN last Wednesday. Donald Trump and his Trump organization had committed "financial fraud for years." Is that a surprise? No. At least not to Europeans. Who never understood that a windbag like Donald Jessica Trump could get away with such obvious lies for so long in a state of law. And then also leads the forecasts for the upcoming US presidential elections. Excuse me?

Finally, on Friday, Trumpist Scott Hall pleaded guilty to multiple counts of attempted election fraud in the Georgia trial. Trump is among the other 18 co-accused. I can't believe anyone could be so naive as to believe a bail bondsman would have completely independently committed the exact acts that were in Trump's playbook - "I want you to find the votes!"

The GOP seems to be unable to break with the 45th president in U.S. history. Various potential opponents, but especially the powerful super PACs in the background, are increasingly disillusioned that the candidacy is unlikely to be taken away from him. His approval ratings seem rock solid. But slowly I'm getting the sense (or the hope) - from across the ocean - that the legal manifestation of his constant misbehavior is having an effect on the American (voting) people. I've lost track of how many cases Trump is currently charged with in which court anyway. And it's all there: Fraud, Porn Star, bribery, Rudy Giuliani, rape, defamation, fixer, tax evasion - you name it. Seriously, a guy like that couldn't even get himself nominated for the Recording Secretary of a flower growers club anywhere in the world. And yet could become president for the second time in the Land of unlimited opportunities? The supposedly most powerful man in the world?

I fundamentally believe in the good in people. But there are exceptions. Trump is one of them. When I think about which personality would put the greater good above personal ego, I certainly can't think of him. So when there are again and again brave prosecutors and special investigators who stand up to Mar-A-Lago, the Proud Boys and Matt Gaetz, I pay them my respect. And in the end this guy is simply unelectable. Now all we need is for enough hockey moms in the suburbs and used car salesmen in the rust belt to realize that. He's not one of you. He's not anti-establishment. He's a notorious egomaniac. He doesn't have your best interests at heart. But only his own.

Personal happy moment of the week:

Hello again! The coronavirus is back: as soon as it gets cooler, the variant BA.2.86, called "Pirola", starts to spread. With new symptoms, an extensive resistance to the previous vaccines and practically without monitoring - because a test regime or even a data collection does not take place (anymore). The shock was correspondingly great when a colleague first called in sick at the beginning of the week and then submitted the information "COVID infection". I am one of the three colleagues who had the most intensive contact with him in the preceding days. Immediately, a colleague got rapid tests, all of which were negative. A follow-up test two days later also confirms that I got away with it once again. Lucky me.

I couldn't care less...

...about the political future of Rishi Sunak. The British prime minister, in office for less than a year, looks pale and erratic. There is no sign of leadership or vision. There are plenty of headwinds at the current Tory party conference: the Conservatives are 20% behind the Social Democrats in polls. The economy is not recovering, there is no normalization after the Brexit chaos. The migration issue is inflated and not solved. Climate targets are being softened, climate measures put on hold. Rail infrastructure measures are being cut, mobility with automobiles is being supported. His party's populism is becoming more and more right-wing, and increasing radicalism is dividing the country. Soon, Labour may adopt the old Brexiteer slogan "taking back control."

As I write this...

...I am glad that a deal was brokered between the Writers' Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Lasting 148 days, the strike was one of the longest in the history of writers for television and cinema in the USA. So my much liked late night show hosts will soon be able to entertain me with their monologues again.

Post Scriptum

For 40 years there should have been a worldwide holiday on September 26. Because the Russian Stanislav Petrov prevented the third world war in 1983. The computer in a Soviet control center reported an American nuclear attack. However, the responsible officer Petrov believed in a false alarm (in the end, a spy satellite was irritated by reflections of the sun), refused to trigger the nuclear counterattack and thus saved mankind.

[limetameta]

I posted a crime and punishment meme on instagram stories and this girl legit commented in my dm like kamala/trump?? like broo the usamerican brainrot is strong with this one shes balkan what are u doingg its not 2016 anymore we arent beholden to their politics focus on our own shitstarters in our own country like damnn.

[jrueships]

WHAT IN THE I WANT TO KILL YOU BUT I CANT BECAUSE WE'RE IN A PUBLIC SETTING BUT OOOOH WOULDN'T IT BE FUN ENEMIES TO LOVERS NECESSARY UNNECESSARY MASQUERADE BALLROOM DANCE TO THE STRINGS OF OUR TENSION IS THIS ?!?!?!?

[workersolidarity]

🇷🇸🇽🇰 FOUR DEAD IN KOSOVO AFTER MONASTERY SIEGE ENDS IN GUN BATTLES

At least 30 armed Kosovo Serbs ambushed police officers in Banjska village in northern Kosovo on Sunday, resulting in the death of a police officer.

The ambush began when Kosovo authorities received reports of a truck blocking a road. When police arrived on the scene around 2:30am, they were ambushed by around 30 men carrying firearms, lobbing grenades, and launching shoulder-fired rockets.

Though officers were eventually able to repel the initial attack, three officers were wounded and transported to the Mitrovica regional hospital where one of the officers died from his injuries.

After the ambush failed to take out the police unit, the attackers fell back to the Banjska village Monastery where several gun battles were fought, eventually returning control over the village to the Kosovo authorities while the attackers were blockaded inside.

Finally, at 5:27pm, Kosovo Security Forces entered and captured the Serbian Orthodox Monastery, bringing an end to the siege.

Kosovo authorities say they have arrested multiple Serbs in relation to the event and at least three of the attackers were killed. The identity of the attackers, dead or alive have not been released as of yet.

But despite the end to the violence, tensions remained high on Monday. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti claimed the attackers were "professionals" with Military and Police backgrounds and claimed they were financed and motivated by the Serbian government, calling the attackers "Serbia-sponsored criminals."

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic responded to the accusations by calling the event "absolutely reprehensible" before blaming the Kosovo Prime Minister for months of provocations.

Vucic told reporters of Mr. Kurti's government, "[Mr. Kurti is] the only one to blame, the only one who wants conflicts and war."

"His only wish is to drag us into a war with NATO and that's the only thing he does all day."