Political infarction of the regime 29.January 2025 Slobodan Georgijev The fall of Miloš Vučević The Prime Minister announced that he was resigning because he heard what happened that night in Novi Sad. We don't know if anyone could believe that, especially since information about the connection between the attackers and the ruling party will emerge later in the day. And what we have seen many times has happened again: whenever Vučić, as he did at the press conference on Monday, guarantees security - someone gets hurt
Interview: Ivanka Popović, professor and member of the "ProGlas" Initiative 29.January 2025 Jovana Gligorijevic We know what we should do. 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
Towards a general strike 29.January 2025 Nedim Sejdinovic Serbia on its feet - government on its knees On Sunday and Monday, January 26 and 27, another spectacular protest (pictured) was organized by students - a twenty-four-hour blockade of Autokomanda, a key Belgrade traffic interchange. Everything seemed like a dream. Impeccable organization, messages on banners that we will remember for a long time. These protests are different from all previous anti-regime protests because of their endless creativity, wit, and branching culture of rebellion, which testifies to its great vitality and ability to intensify. And further - the citizens prepared food for the students, the atmosphere was very good, the students played basketball, tennis, farmers, bikers, taxi drivers also joined the protest.
Diary from the Autokomanda blockade 29.January 2025 Mila Jovanovic A night we will tell the children about A voice hums from the megaphone politely reminding the gathered to pick up after themselves and not leave trash. The cleaning operation will start soon and will last for the last three hours of the blockade. Some of the banners are slowly being packed, while those hung on the overpass above the highway remain as a reminder. And then, the students will split up. Someone goes home to rest, and someone goes to university. Blockades continue
Chronology of Vučić's counter rallies 29.January 2025 Tijana Stanic Government as opposition to citizens Although the meeting in Jagodina was an attempt by SNS to respond to the organic discontent that has been raging throughout the country for months, the image of the Serbian president waving a flag while his supporters were leaving seemed more like a defeat. How has the regime managed to get out of crisis situations so far? And how those mechanisms work in these weeks
Defense and the last days of a government 29.January 2025 Katarina Stevanović And now, free textbooks. Textbooks could become free in all of Serbia, outgoing Prime Minister Miloš Vučević announced. How the authorities finally remembered just now
The fight against corruption in a progressive way 29.January 2025 Mirjana Nikolić Do you remember Saša Dragin? Former official of the Democratic Party and Minister of Agriculture in the government, Mirko Cvetković, has long been forgotten by the public. If, like some of his colleagues, he had switched to the progressives in time, perhaps this trial would not have lasted 12 years and only until the first-instance, acquittal. Now there is an appeal, and maybe years and years of a process that has lost all meaning
Smederevo Palanka 29.January 2025 Katarina Stevanović And after Ken, Ken According to a free estimate, there were between 200 and 300 people at the protest meeting. The day before, 15 buses from Smederevska Palanka went to Jagodina for a rally organized by Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party. The municipality used to be among the few where the Democratic Party was in power. Later the situation changed
TV maniac 29.January 2025 Dragan Ilic Banksy and the guys The red middle finger practically outlines the return to schools and universities as road signs. It took less than a couple of days to stop this campaign, because it is practically political suicide
Personal attitude 29.January 2025 Maja Stojanović Serbia without a government and without REM While Serbian citizens take to the streets en masse and students brutally fight each other, the country is left without two key pillars of government - the government and the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM). At the same time, the process of electing new members of REM, the body that should ensure the independence of the media space, completely fell apart due to irregularities and political manipulations that led to the withdrawal of candidates from most of the nomination areas.
exclusive 15.march 2001 Igor Mekina and Svetlana Vasović-Mekina Confession of Mira Marković "I believe that the members of the SPS and JUL, those who are not mentioned in the newspapers and on television as thieves, rich or that they are suspicious and responsible for some other reason - I believe that they are the ones who made an agreement with the new authorities to that government protects their material and other interests, their rather large wealth, and that in return they contribute to the bribery of their yesterday's comrades and personal friends"
Interview - Sanda Rašković-Ivić, Commissioner for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia 15.march 2001 Jelena Grujić We don't want ghettoization "Refugees have been manipulated like no other population in recent times. Perhaps only the mentally ill were manipulated that way in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign of terror."
The case of the three beaten 15.march 2001 Uroš Komlenović Nothing new in Pozarevac The new authorities shout at the top of their voices that those responsible for the collapse of the state will be tried. Wouldn't it be more logical to rehabilitate the victims first?
Macedonia 15.march 2001 Nenad Lj. Stefanović The collapse of ethnic romanticism In some reflections on the latest events not only in Macedonia but also in the south of Serbia, one hears how the Albanian side is allegedly trying to catch the "last train" for a more comprehensive solution to its own issue and to reach, possibly, a new Dayton by radicalizing the situation on the ground.
Comment How Peter the Hungarian defeated Viktor Orban The Tisza victory of Peter the Hungarian goes beyond the borders of tiny Hungary. It spills over to neighboring Serbia as a nightmare for Aleksandar Vučić and motivation for all those who want to see his back. Andrei Ivanji
Overview of the week Without organization, there is no victory. If Vučić calls elections for the summer, the student movement and choirs must be ready. The experiences gained in Kula, Sevojno or Arandjelovac are valuable, but not enough. Small mistakes today can be fatal tomorrow. The future of Serbia is at stake Philip Schwarm
Comment The strangulation of N1 and others: Everything is going according to plan The signing of Brent Sadler as United Group's media director is the penultimate step in a creeping stranglehold on critical media. The government won't save it, but at least the audience got an important lesson Nemanja Rujevic
