It is comfortable to be guided. You hold out the handle and go where they lead you. You don't think so. You don't ask. You let yourself go. You listen to the leader. You don't get out of self-inflicted immaturity. Serbian students refuse it
Student protests and blockades continue throughout Serbia 39 days after the tragedy at the Novi Sad railway station, in which 15 people died
While the regime's media talk about "chaos" and "anarchists", the students prove the opposite - the blocking faculties are not anarchy, but an example of togetherness, solidarity and perseverance
The University of Kragujevac has categorically rejected claims of support for student blockades. They appealed to the respect of legal norms and academic standards in the expression of views and opinions
While students across Serbia are blocking faculties in protest, the Rectorate and deans of the University of Novi Sad have spoken out against disrupting the work of educational institutions. At the same time, ETF students say they are "resisting system change"
FON students joined the blockades. Professor Vladimir Obradović assesses that mass blockades show that society is ready for changes that "this country has needed for a long time", but mentions that not too many FON teachers supported the students
Students stood in silence for 15 minutes and held banners with the inscriptions: "Energy class", "ETF has risen", "Dangerous to life"...
Media close to the authorities launched a smear campaign against the student leaders, accusing them of receiving money to subvert the state. It was initiated by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić
Since the death under the canopy in Serbia, protests have been daily. A number of faculties are blocked. No one knows how long this may last, but critics and oppositionists claim to be noticing the government's nervousness
One after another, students block state faculties in four university cities in Serbia - Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and Kragujevac. Vučić called them greedy foreign mercenaries. FPN student Pavle Cicvarić tells him that it's time to "move on"
In Niš, on Friday, December 6, citizens will block the intersection near the Basic and High Court buildings, and during that time students will "occupy" the Faculty of Philosophy. The wave of student blockades is spreading to the south of Serbia
