On International Women's Day and the day after the second general strike, there are women, students and workers on the streets of Belgrade. Everyone arrived at Republic Square from four directions. It was decided to go from there to Ušće, where the police blocked the tractor drivers today
21:05
The meeting at Usce has ended.
"People, remember, on the 15th tractors are going to Belgrade!" said one of the speakers at Usce.
"Tractors are not tanks," he added, a farmer from Banatski Novi Selo.
He also said that their gathering today at the Square was registered and it is clear to them why the police forbade them from going to the Square.
The tractors have not left Belgrade, they will remain at the Faculty of Agriculture.
21:00
Smederevo: Clash of citizens and police
In Smederevo today, a large citizen protest was organized, as well as a meeting of the Serbian Progressive Party, which was held in the Sports Center in this city.
Earlier this evening, the police created a cordon not far from the Sports Center in order to prevent the gathered citizens from reaching the place where the SNS meeting was held. The crowd then tore Vučić's poster from a nearby billboard.
Later, near the Green Market, where citizens who were whistling were gathered, there was a clash with the police, who were equipped to break up demonstrations.
The police prevented two people from passing the cordon, and then there was a stampede.
20:30
Connection
People from Republic Square and Ušće merged into a whole. The reception was touching.
Citizens crossed the Branko Bridge in groups of four so as not to burden it.
The bikers also returned to Ušće via the Branko Bridge.
With applause, the tractors left the roundabout to return to the Faculty of Agriculture.
The police withdrew.
"Arrest Vučić" is being chanted.
20:15
UM: The attacker of Selaković is not employed by us
United Media announced this evening that tabloids and government representatives, despite the Shoppster company's denial that the arrested attacker of Nikola Selaković was not employed by that company, do not stop spreading false news linking the companies.
"For this dangerous labeling of journalists, the responsibility lies with the government, which instead of protecting journalists, uses tensions in society to deal with the media." UM will inform all domestic and international organizations dealing with media freedom about the latest attack by tabloids, TV with a national frequency, and ask for protection," the statement added.
20:10
What are they doing here?
Those gathered next to the police are constantly honking and blowing vuvuzelas. One citizen, Ivana Savić, told Vreme that she "doesn't understand this farce at all and what they are doing here".
It's as if they started to get used to each other - who can be noisier.
Louder, louder, ajmoo bree - shouts one.
The tractor drivers also joined the pumping. They started the machines and sat on the horn. They are slowly moving away from the roundabout to make room for those coming.
They also have sirens.
19:50
Smiling people
After the initial tension due to the police, the citizens of New Belgrade are now smiling. They are waiting for the Old Town from the bridge, shouting and joking. A group of young people arrived, they say they ran from Buvljak, to see what was happening.
Some of them add that they had to work so they didn't arrive earlier.
19:40
Pensioner: I'm here for justice
Pensioner Biljana tells Vreme that she is here tonight "for justice, for her children, for a better tomorrow".
"I am convinced that it will happen," she adds, while the guards appeal to make room because people from the Old Town are coming.
19:35
Sarovic released
Nemanja Šarović was released from the police station.
He and his friends and colleagues went to the square of the Republic.
"We're not going to the uncle again, now we're going to the real students," said Šarović and his friends.
Before that, he was taken to the Emergency Center, accompanied by the police, because he fell ill.
After Šarović was arrested, citizens gathered in front of the police station in Majke Jevrosima, chanting and whistling. At one point, citizens threw eggs at the police building.
19:30
Both groups will gather.
Farmers' speeches will be at the "Šapić" roundabout, we are just waiting for the people gathered from the Square to arrive after the speeches are over.
Citizens are taking pictures en masse near the tractors, because of which they didn't even cross the bridge.
In this way, both groups will be merged into a whole at Ušće.
Today, the police detained seven tractors that wanted to cross the Branko Bridge and join the crowd at Republic Square. They kept them for two hours.
19:20
The bikers are leaving.
A group of motorcyclists headed across the Branko Bridge towards Republic Square, and the crowd greeted them en masse with thunderous applause.
19:10
Police in full gear
A student policeman tells Vreme on the Novobeograd side that the police came in full gear half an hour ago.
He adds that everything is calm now and he hopes it will stay that way, although he says it was tense when they didn't want to let the tractors go.
Get pumped up, supported by drums in the same rhythm.
19:05
They gathered around the police.
On the other side of the Branko Bridge, walkers are greeted by a crowd of people. The entire famous roundabout near Usća is filled.
Everyone gathered around the police.
18:55
Heading towards Usce
Part of the citizens from Trg Republike have already headed towards New Belgrade, to hear what the last speaker who was detained by the police had to say.
Speeches continued on the Square.
The street to the Branko Bridge is largely blocked, and a part of the guards went ahead towards the bridge to secure everything.
18:45
Colleagues don't have a salary.
A teacher from a kindergarten in Zemun tells Vreme that she is here today to support the striking teachers who sacrifice themselves for everyone else.
"Those people don't have a salary, and we're talking about labor rights," she adds.
Among those gathered are numerous original messages.
One guy is holding the sign "Doctor of Science is made here", while the other is calling "Ćacija to think". Many carried signs supporting the workers and students.
18:35
For everyone who started this company
The GSP worker thanks the people for their support, and says that public transport has been created for decades and that it is now necessary to preserve it.
"Just as the citizens of Belgrade deserve good public transport, all the citizens of Serbia deserve that the institutions do their job. That's why we support the students who started this society and every worker - actors, artists, drivers, lawyers, plumbers, all of us", says the GSP worker.
18:20
Serbia seeks justice
Zorica Cerović, teacher at the school "20. October" is the first speaker.
"Sleeping Serbia has woken up, it is looking for justice. We are led by our students, future students, we are waking up", she says.
"What's one paycheck versus the entire future?"
"There was silence - it's not a syntagm, but an independent sentence," added the teacher.
18:15
After Trg Ušće
In agreement with the stewards and the farmers, it was decided to listen to the speakers on the Square, and then to head towards Usce together.
18:10
Negotiation
The police in front of the City Municipality of Novi Beograd started to retreat.
The stewards on the Square are making arrangements, nothing is known yet whether they will move to New Belgrade.
The gathered are waiting for the decision and everyone agrees, they will do as the students say.
18:00
Tractors failed.i
Farmer tractors remained stopped in New Belgrade, according to the organizers. One of the speakers stayed there, they say.
That's why a plenum was organized with one question - who is in favor of going to Ušće and hearing what he has to say together. The crowd shouted - yes, and they raised their hands.
17:50
The square is almost full.
The square is already almost full. Students waving faculty flags, citizens with their families, and a lot of pensioners came. Everyone whistles.
Lawyers and IT professionals have arrived, and countless columns of people are arriving from all sides to the Square.
The bikers gathered near the Square, they say that they come to every meeting that students invite them to. They say that they are wonderful and that they are always there for them.
In a few minutes, Republic Square became full of potholes. As the columns arrive, everyone gathered welcomes them with shouts and whistles.
17:30
Culture
As part of the large protest scheduled for March 8, cultural workers will join colleagues in other sectors and students in a rally in front of the Ministry of Culture that began at 17:20 p.m.
From there they head towards Republic Square.
17, 20
Together to the Square
Law students gathered at the Constitutional Court. They are waiting for ETF and then they go together to Republic Square.
The gathering of workers and students begins at nine starting points in Belgrade. According to the plan, they will come from four directions at 18.30:XNUMX to Republic Square.
17:10
Walk towards Slavia
The women's protest continues towards Slavia, and then towards Manjež. During that time, a Column of FON students arrived at the SKC, who were headed to the workers' protest that starts at Republic Square at 18 p.m.
FON members patiently wait for the column to pass so that they can continue along Resavska towards the center.
17:00
Stopped citizens
The police blocked tractors and citizens who went from Zemun to the city center for the "Shoulder to shoulder - students and workers" protest near the City Municipality of Novi Belgrade.
Citizens are protesting.
One tractor driver tried to bypass the cordon, so there were disagreements
Students in the blockade call citizens to come to the Municipality and support farmers.
16 minutes of silence
16 minutes of silence begins. The organizers have decided that the 16th minute will be for those who died in Ribnikar, and with that they want to send a message that those victims never forget
16,40
We reached London.
The convoy reached London. I will shout '8. March every day', many children also walk, and the citizens brought their dogs en masse. One dog even walks alongside the musician.
16.30
From morning till night
I came with my friends and we said - we will go to all the protests today from morning till night. Women start everything, we all need to be more aware of that, one student from the march told Vreme.
16.01
For female students, workers and peasants
This March 8 is dedicated to rural women, workers and students, according to the organizers.
Vanja Petrović from the protest organization stated that the workers in our country are Roma women, lesbians, mothers, and those who work for free and for others.
They called, not for a protest, but for a march towards the liberated SKC.
15.47
"We don't give Jadar"
Ljiljana Bralović, an activist who fights against lithium mining, said: "My people, we all know very well what our ancestors did, our great-grandfathers, and none of them mentions the women who saved the Serbian house in all those wars." The entire burden of the fight against Rio Tinto is also carried by some village women."
Bralović added that new Milunka Savićs are walking through Serbia today, washing away all the dirt caused by the government in Serbia.
15.44
Parents and children are also at the protest
At the protest, you can hear the shout: "March 8th every day!".
Many brought their children, and one of them told "Vreme" that she was at the protest with her daughter to show her that she had to fight, that she had to stand up for herself.
15.33
"Dear girl"
The influencer Milica, who is known by the account "Dear Girl", spoke on stage. She read all the professions in the feminine gender.
"To tell our girls that they don't have to explain to the world that they have a right to their body and voice, to their attitude - that's why we're here," she said.
15.23
Riot in the Square
Jelica Ivanović, a student at Mašinski, tells "Vreme" that we, as women and students, hope to get the requirements met, but also greater rights for our gender. "This is the best place to be today - in rebellion," she states.
"The slogan means that children are an extension of us, but also that they inherit our problems." I have two daughters in elementary and high school, and we want to support teachers today and every day," Danijela Stojanović, who came with her younger daughter, told Vreme.
15.12
Protest at Republic Square
A protest began on Republic Square. The "Vremena" reporter reports that female students gathered en masse. Mostly women wear whistles and flowers, red lipsticks, but also inscriptions - revolution.
14.11
Eggs to the Novi Sad Assembly
Female students and professors from the University of Novi Sad pelted the Assembly of the City of Novi Sad with eggs today, reports N1.
As part of the campaign "What women know about eggs", as part of the celebration of International Women's Day, they organized a fifteen-minute silence on the University campus for the victims of the tragedy in Novi Sad, and then organized a walk to the city parliament.
After the speeches, they told the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Serbia Aleksandar Vulin and "his ilk" that they would demonstrate what women know with eggs, after which they blocked the entrance doors of the Assembly.
14.02
Walking towards the Prosecutor's Office
Those gathered from Student Square started a protest march towards the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office.
Since two different pieces of information were announced, it was not clear whether it was going to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office or the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office. The decision was made to go before the Supreme Prosecutor's Office.
13.15
19 minutes of silence campaign
An action of 19 minutes of silence was held on Studentski trg for the elderly in Novi Sad and four victims of femicide since the beginning of the year.
Students and citizens carry slogans with the inscription: "Women change the world"; "Without women there is no revolution"; "I don't want a flower, I want a revolution"; "Colleagues with female colleagues".
13.03
"Women on the Front Lines"
The gathering began on Student Square. Women are in the front lines.
Student Ružica Simović told N1 that she will hold an action of silence for the victims of the railway station in Novi Sad and the victims of femicide since the beginning of the year.
She stated that the fourth femicide took place on Saturday (March 8) near Tutin. "We want the reporting of violence to be taken seriously," said Simović.
12.45
Culture on lockdown
At the plenum held in the Hall of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, in the space they occupied on February 18 and called "The Liberated KCB", a decision was made to enter the blockade of Culture.
About this action, only as much was known as Culture in Blockade was willing to reveal in two announcements and a dozen posts on social networks and the website.
Read the first address to the media of Culture in Blockade on the link.
Protest plan
It will be held on Saturday, March 8 in Belgrade several protests. The plan is for workers from different sectors to gather at Student Square at 13 p.m. Women will be in the front rows.
Afterwards, workers from different professions announced a protest at the Republic Square from 15 pm, but the workers will gather at several locations in the city, from where they will walk towards the central city square.
And, at 18:XNUMX, a rally "Side by side with students" was supposed to take place on Republic Square.
The students in the blockade posted on their Instagram account the timetables and protest plans for March 8.
Protest in Nis
An informal group of students from the University of Niš will organize a protest called the Rose of Justice today. The students have invited citizens to gather in front of the Basic Court building at 11.52:1 a.m., and then organize a protest walk to Crveni Pevac, the roundabout near the "Delta Planet" Shopping Center and St. Sava Park, writes NXNUMX.
It was announced that during the protest walk, women will be in the front rows, while men will walk behind them, symbolically guarding their backs.
They invited the citizens of Niš to take part in a protest called the Unfortunate 9 in front of the City Hall on Sunday, March 13.
Student hike to Belgrade
On Saturday morning, students from Subotica set off on foot towards Belgrade, in order to reach the protest that will be held on March 15. The first place where they will spend the night is Bačka Topola, in the gymnasium for physical education and economic school "Dositej Obradović".
The plan is to head for Srbobran on the second day.
Students and other citizens of Niš will leave for Belgrade on Tuesday, March 11, at 9 a.m., from the technical faculties, in order to participate in the large protest scheduled for March 15, writes Juzhne vesti.
The departure is on Tuesday at 9 a.m., and the route is Niš - Vukašinovac - Kruševac - Mrčajevci - Čačak - Gornji Milanovac - Ljig - Lazarevac - Obrenovac - Belgrade.
Part of the students will first go to the Manasija monastery, and from there walk to Belgrade.
They will go from Despotovac first to Svilajnec, then to Smederevska Palanka, then to Požarevac, Smederevo, Bavanište, Pancevo and to Belgrade.
The resignations of all editors and journalists who "allowed Dnevnik 2 and other news programs to present untruths and insults against students and other citizens" are demanded.
The students in the blockade and the citizens who support them continued to block the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) buildings in Takovska Street and Košutnjak in Belgrade.
"Behind the obvious legal confusion that two prosecutor's offices are acting completely separately on the same event, there is a much bigger problem," public prosecutor Goran Ilić says.
The citizens of Kosjerić are threatened by a waste incinerator for which an environmental impact assessment has not been carried out, claims the Democratic Party
"True and real fear and all the problems and frustrations that we have inside and outside of us are nothing but precisely the fear of that enemy called death," emphasized Patriarch Porphyry
Anyone who condemns the regime's targeting of people from the media, the non-governmental sector, the opposition and universities, must not agree to this targeting of RTS editors and journalists either.
The government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime
Depriving Dejan Ilić, an intellectual with an impeccable life and work biography, of his freedom, without the slightest meaningful reason, is just one of the brutal indicators that the regime has turned against its own citizens and is entering a phase of terror
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