Faculty blockades

Higher education

04.November 2025. Katarina Stevanović

The academic year has begun: Will the faculties be blocked again?

As students once again fill the amphitheatres, the shadow of last year's faculty blockades still hangs in the air. The Ministry of Education warns of "blockades" and threats, and the deans say that only the provocation of the authorities could ignite the academic community again

DIF in Novi Sad

08.September 2025. KS

Patrick Dryd: A solution was found - there is no blockade of the faculty, and no police in the building

The dean of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education (DIF) in Novi Sad, Patrick Drid, said that a solution has been found for the further work of the faculty and that the exam period will continue, stating that there is no blockade of the faculty building and that there are no more police in the building

Higher education

28.August 2025. KS

When will university professors get paid?

Professors of several universities in Serbia did not receive their salaries in the usual term again. A little delay or something cooking?

State University of Novi Pazar

01.August 2025. Katarina Stevanović

Gard Security System 036: DUNP hired us to expel students

Several days have passed since the students of the State University in Novi Pazar were kicked out of the building. There are many unknowns, and from the private security company in Kraljevo that was hired, they tell "Vreme" that they were called by the managers of the university

Đuro Macut: Certain quotas for admission to faculties

Higher education

26.July 2025 KS

Mazut: The biggest educational crisis in the history of Serbia

All state universities are working, said Serbian Prime Minister Đuro Macut, adding that this is the biggest educational crisis in the country's history

Protests in Serbia

25.July 2025 KS

Who leaves the garbage behind?

While the tabloids accuse the students in the blockade of the devastation of cultural and educational institutions, they fight back with claims and photos that show a very different picture.

Faculty blockades

07.July 2025 KS

Phantom students delayed the unblocking of FON, FPN and the Faculty of Traffic

The "Students for Serbia" group announced a gathering at the Autokomanda park on Monday at 12.30:XNUMX p.m., followed by the unblocking of the Faculty of Political Sciences, the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, and the Faculty of Communications. None of that happened

Student protests

29.June 2025 KS

Students of the Faculty of Agriculture blocked Zemun, gathering at Filozofski

Due to the arrest of two colleagues, students of the Faculty of Agriculture blocked the center of Zemun. Students of the Faculty of Philosophy called for an emergency meeting

Student blockades

29.June 2025 KS

Vidovdan passed, arrests continue

A day after the big protest in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced the arrests, and VJT announced that six people had been arrested and that the action was continuing.

The rebel university is organizing an event on Student Square

University and Government

24.June 2025 KS

A new meeting of rectors of state universities and the prime minister

The meeting of the rectors of seven of the nine state universities that are in the blockade with Prime Minister Đuro Macuta is planned for Tuesday (June 24) at 13 pm in the Government of Serbia

President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ana Brnabić

Student protests

15.June 2025 TS

The academic plenum demands the immediate resignation of Ana Brnabić

"It is unworthy of her office to declare that they are applying Nazi ideology for the best that this country has - youth and intelligence, the future of this country," stated the statement of the Academic Plenum, along with a request for the immediate resignation of Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić

Student protests and faculty blockades

27.May 2025. Katarina Stevanović

Students on online classes: "If I wanted to study like this, I would enroll in a course, not a university"

In an attempt to break the student blockades, the authorities pressured the faculties to start distance learning. How it looks in practice

Faculty blockades

26.May 2025. AI

Niš: Eight faculties switched to online teaching

Two more faculties in Niš are introducing online classes on Monday. Now there are eight in total. Students in the blockade call for a boycott

Protests

22.May 2025. MS

Student revolt: What does online teaching mean in colleges?

Has online teaching really started in colleges and what does it mean? Professor of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences in Belgrade, Vladimir Obradović, told "Vreme" that "so far, there are no exams or colloquiums, nor has any decision been made on the subject" and he hopes that it will not be made without an agreement with the students.

Online classes are starting at the Faculty of Physical Chemistry

Faculty blockades

22.May 2025. KS

"Vreme" finds out: Online teaching at the Faculty of Physical Chemistry in Belgrade

The Faculty of Physical Chemistry in Belgrade voted to start online classes, "Vreme" learns.

Faculty blockades

21.May 2025. MLJ

Students blocked the Rectorate in Niš: Release the imprisoned citizens of Novi Sad

Students blocked the Rectorate in Niš. They demand that the Novi Sad "political prisoners" who are still in custody be released

Students demand extraordinary elections

17.May 2025. NR

Students hide the list until the elections are announced?

The students in the blockade are allegedly working on the election list, but who knows when the elections will be. That's why they decided not to go public with the names

University riot

17.May 2025. AI

Appeal of the students of the Faculty of Philosophy: Show solidarity with the professors

The government of Aleksandar Vučić is trying to suppress the rebellion at the universities by means of existential mortification, by canceling the salaries of faculty professors in the blockade. Without solidarity in society, she will be able to do that

Student blockades

09.May 2025. KS

Will online classes start at the faculties in Kragujevac?

Student blockades of faculties last longer than five months, and online classes are being decided at some higher education institutions these days. In Kragujevac, the teaching-scientific councils are divided on this issue

Students in the blockade

30.April 2025 KS

The Faculty of Medicine in Nis threatens students with criminal proceedings

If they do not end the blockade of the Faculty of Medicine in Niš by May 4, the students will be threatened with criminal and disciplinary proceedings, the administration of that higher education institution announced.

Student protests

28.April 2025 KS

Patrick Dryd: Who is the dean of DIF in Novi Sad

The name of Patrick Dryd may be familiar to fans of martial arts, but in recent days it has become known to the wider public in Serbia. Who is the dean of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad?

Strike at universities

25.April 2025 KS

The Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade goes on strike on May 5

After several strikes that started and stopped, the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade announces another work stoppage from May 5

Total blockade of the faculty

25.April 2025 KS

Blockade of DIF in Novi Sad: Friction between the dean and students

The dean of the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Novi Sad "accidentally" broke into the faculty building blocked by students on Friday. On Monday, they want to discuss holding online classes. DIF students will vote on it again at the plenum

Protests in Serbia

23.April 2025 Filip Mirilović

Flame of discontent

In the months after the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, the flames of rebellion spread throughout Serbia. The first protests started in Novi Sad right after the tragedy. The authorities responded with arrests, police cordons and intimidation, but instead of calming down the protesters, new protests followed.

University of Belgrade

23.April 2025 B. B.

Repeal the regulation reducing scientific work to 12 percent

"The Decree devastates higher education for all future generations, by destroying science. We see the Decree as a new canopy that hangs over higher education," said Oliver Tošković, a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy.

Students in the blockade

21.April 2025 KS

To fail or not: Another deadline to save the academic year

Mid-March, early April, mid-April, and now a new deadline to save the academic year. What do students think about all these deadlines and trying to break the blockades

Faculty blockades

20.April 2025 IN THE

Medical students in Niš: Only five percent of colleagues attended online classes

Out of a total of 3.000 medical students in Niš, only 153 of them reported attending online classes during the blockade, according to the protesting students. They say that the data is discouraging for the faculty administration and that they are determined to persevere in the fight to replace the leadership.