Political violence

03.April 2025. Ana Adamovic

"Cutting a cucumber" in the Niš way

The dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, Natalija Jovanović, tells Vreme that she was stabbed by the president of the state, Vučić, since he has been conducting an orchestrated hunt for her since the beginning of the blockade in this city. "I can't believe what happened, but when I think about it, I subconsciously expected this, because this repressive and totalitarian regime in its final phase is certainly ready for this."

Student protests

11.December 2024 MJ

Blockades in Nis: One by one the faculty is waking up

When the blockades in Novi Sad and Belgrade started, everyone wondered what happened to the students in Nis. In the largest city in the south of Serbia, three faculties have been officially blocked, and new blockades have been announced

The dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš supported the students

Student protests

06.December 2024 Ana Adamovic

Professors of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš supported their students

"All this means that students have their own attitude, that they think carefully about things, especially those that are happening right around them. As we can see, things are happening around them that are not good and they have found a way to react to it", said the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, Natalija Jovanović for "Vreme".

The number of blocked faculties is increasing

Protests and blockades

05.December 2024 MJ

Niš pauses: Both citizens and students organize blockades

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

Interview: Zoran Dimić, philosopher

16.November 2022 Ivan Milenkovic

Getting out of Paleolithic stress

"Turning your head away from negative processes - look, in our country it's as if nothing happens on the public stage, except court and tabloid intrigues - will certainly not lead to the problems disappearing. On the contrary, the problems will rapidly metastasize. There is no doubt that for the last ten years we have been witnessing a systematic neglect of philosophy and the humanities. For decades, they have been unreservedly calling for the forcing of natural sciences, technology, the IT sector, dual education, etc. Now we are amazed at how extreme attitudes in all spheres of life "suddenly" multiplied and swelled in our societies. However, even the philosophers, focused on their 'private academic problems', did not put up a worthy resistance and are still basking in their 'white-haired tower'."