Arrests out of the blue, banishment from the country, beatings... All this happened to us in the last week alone. The Serbian Progressive Party, born from the foam left behind by their spiritual father Vojislav Šešelj, is returning to its roots. I can't escape from myself
Dead, maimed, beaten, abused... That's how the citizens who, for various reasons, find themselves under the hand and baton of the Serbian police end up. The last case, which few believe really happened like that, is the most bizarre: a man hanged himself in a garage, while his hands were tied
If the rally in Novi Sad was a reflection of sadness for the 15 victims, in Kragujevac it was an expression of great unity, and in Niš of general joy, the protest in Belgrade was the moment when we stood before the corrupt government and looked it in the eye. We didn't back down. Bloodshed was prevented by young people barely of legal age, girls and boys who had never fought in their lives. They didn't give anything away when they took off their police vests. On the contrary, that act is an act of supreme responsibility
We allowed ourselves two dictators in 30 years. That is the core of our problem. There is no quick fix for this. And that's why March 15 could not be the Fifth of October. Because the Fifth of October is not enough now. Must be slower, must be smarter. It needs to be more thorough. Yesterday was not the end, because this is just the beginning
"That March 15 can be a perfect day if on that day there is an opportunity for broad segments of the society that rebelled - students, opposition parties, professors and other social groups - to reach a common agreement about what we should do next. Such an agreement would be an incredible success, something that would move this society in an unstoppable direction - to replace this government and this system quite quickly.
Last week, the President of Serbia managed to send even worse and bigger insults than the initial ones in the form of an apology to the Nis correspondent of Radio-television of Serbia. The industry still rose. About forty journalists from Niš refuse to report on Vučić's performances, and they were joined by the Novi Sad correspondent of RTS
With their demands, the way they articulate their protest, the way they plan marches and large blockades, the students in the blockade have set a framework for all the others who have why to stand up and what to fight against. Now is a unique opportunity for us to reevaluate ourselves, pick our battles, and stop dealing with ourselves.
Now this generation, which has not fenced itself off yet, is rising up, walking, carrying icons and crosses and Ferrari flags, singing and Bilećanka i Who says that, who is lying, Serbia is small, and with them the Bosniaks from Pazar hand in hand, and while they are being baptized after 15 minutes of silence, they recite the prayer and pray standing up, as is the only and mandatory thing for the dead. "For the first time, I feel like a citizen of this country," said one of the students from Novi Pazar
Kragujevac students could not have chosen a better and more beautiful date than February 15 for the big blockade of this city. Everything about this selection is perfect. Both time and place and the multiple symbolism that Sretenje, Statehood Day and Kragujevac bear when they are connected
Since January 27, the authorities have been inviting students and professors to a dialogue. However, several things stand in the way of dialogue: the students' demands are so clear that there is nothing to discuss, and the government continues its violence against citizens at the blockades. In addition, the one who calls for negotiations is not competent
This is not a colored, imported or any other revolution, but an authentic aspiration of students and citizens of Serbia to bring about changes in our country. That's why I don't think we should pay too much attention to the statements of foreign officials, neither from the USA nor from Russia. We have our authentic and national goal, which is to survive and enable a normal life
"It seems to me that it is unclear to them how and in what way to approach solving the crisis, without jeopardizing the support of their loyal voters," Professor Ivanka Popović tells "Vreme"
The people who killed dialogue in this country are now calling for it. You are no longer in charge. The students did. Your hand of reconciliation is bloody up to the elbow, and that's why you won't even touch the students with it
They are killing us and while they are killing, they are yelling that someone wants to kill them. And in fact, for all of the above, they are perpetrators, principals, accomplices and helpers. And it is becoming clearer to more and more people. The propaganda bubble in which they have imprisoned people through their disgusting quasi-media is slowly bursting. And only that middle finger emerges from it, the bloody middle finger with which they will gouge out their own eyes
You, unfinished scumbag, today set out to kill in Vučić's name. What can he be to you? Nothing, a head from the TV, another one from the screen. Today he is on TV, tomorrow God forget him. And you? How are you going to deal with yourself? Will the weight of what you've done ever hit you
How a seventy-two-year-old woman from a small town in the south of France, with a frail body and a head held high, became an icon of the fight for the dignity of women after she imprisoned 51 men who raped her, including her husband
Victims often have to tell their story all over again, to the police, prosecutors and judges. They face pressure from abusers and families to withdraw their charges or their testimony. They often lack the knowledge and support to navigate the court system, and the additional burden is the length of court proceedings
From the criminals, through the hordes of thugs Novak Nedić, we got to the point where activists of the Serbian Progressive Party no longer hide their faces when they attack protesting citizens. It's as if SNS is exerting some kind of cruel psychological pressure on its own: go to be seen and filmed, that way you will better and more vigorously defend these privileges that we have given you
It is impossible to scare high school students, because they do not care about the consequences, although they are aware of them. Any attempt to pressure them will only result in more rebellion. Don't underestimate them
Coercive control is an act or pattern of behavior that involves violence, threats, humiliation and intimidation, as well as other forms of abuse in a partner relationship. The goal of this behavior of the abuser is to hurt, punish or intimidate his victim. Coercion and controlling behavior lie at the very core of partner and family violence, to which women are far more exposed than men.
The President of Serbia did not come to Novi Sad because of the fourteen deaths (in the meantime, that number has increased to fifteen). But he came because the premises of the Serbian Progressive Party were damaged during the protest, showing that windows, not people, are his priority. And then he took a picture at the funeral of two girls and their grandfather, victims of the fall of the canopy at the Railway Station
We do not know and cannot know whether the RTV program was interrupted due to the 14 minutes of silence action or by accident. But that does not change the essence
The regime went into spin and damage control. The President of the Assembly and former Prime Minister Ana Brnabić offers her head because of the accident in Novi Sad, unaware that no one needs her head. All the citizens want is to keep their heads on their shoulders
The fall of the canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad and the death of fourteen people certainly attracts a lot of attention in the region. One Croatian media, however, figured out how to make money from this accident
Government reconstruction and Branko Ružić on the N1 somehow became the same topic. By what logic, by what means, it is unclear. It is only clear that this is one big fight between the two ruling parties, in which the paramedia and megaphones of the authorities are only a means of sending cryptic messages between the SNS and the SPS. No one addresses the citizens there, nor are they important
The hero of our story has been in politics practically since the beginning of the multi-party system, and then again - nothing. Nebojša Bakarec, despite his efforts, remains so inconspicuous that this is what makes him special and requires a deeper analysis
The proposal of the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, to use Cyrillic and English at the Belgrade bus station, as well as on the signs with the names of the streets, raises many questions, and all possible answers are laughable. In the Belgrade municipality of Zvezdara there is a street called Kisela voda. Will it be translated as "Mineral water" or "Sparkling water"
