national minorities

On the spot: Surdulica

26.February 2026. Dejana Cvetković

Lynching mob

Lawyer Milan Tasić demanded at the meeting on February 14 that "the closest family of the murderer Rastko Jović permanently move out of the municipality of Surdulica, because he doubts that any court will ever be able to provide them with safety after a serious premeditated murder." Therefore, to evict an Albanian family that has nothing to do with the death in a traffic accident for which a relative of the owner of the bakery is suspected. A new protest - probably with the same demand - has been announced for February 26

Surdulica

17.February 2026. B. B.

Civic initiatives: The Prosecutor's Office to respond to the incitement of national hatred in Surdulica

Civic initiatives demand the initiation of proceedings against people who publicly called for the permanent eviction of an Albanian family from Surdulica and caused national hatred

Surdulica

14.February 2026. Dejana Cvetković

New protest in Surdulica: Lawyer demands permanent eviction of suspect's family

Citizens protested again in Surdulica due to the death of their fellow citizen Rastko Jović (40), who was hit by a man (20) of Albanian nationality during a reckless driving. Lawyer Milan Tasić stated that he is requesting that "for security reasons, the family and the closest family of the murderer Rastko Jović permanently move out of the municipality of Surdulica, because I doubt that after a serious premeditated murder, any court will ever be able to provide them with security."

Protest in front of the bakery in Surdulica

Ethnic relations

13.February 2026. Dejana Cvetković

Persecution of Albanians from Surdulica: When the lynching moved from Viber to the street

The owner of a bakery in Surdulica tells "Vreme" about the agony he is going through with his family since his cousin caused a traffic accident in which a Surdulica resident died

Surdulica, protest in front of the bakery

Chronicle

12.February 2026. Dejana Cvetković

Lynching in Surdulica: Albanians targeted after deadly traffic accident

The protest due to the traffic accident in which one Surdulica man died turned into a chauvinist persecution of an Albanian family. "Vreme" learns, the minister without portfolio Novica Tončev also contributes to this

Comment

15.October 2024 Davor Lukacs

Military service: Vučić's "splitting of sweaters"

The self-proclaimed "commander-in-chief" Aleksandar Vučić promised the Hungarians, who rebelled against military service, that he would find a solution for them. And what about other national minorities - Bosniaks, Roma, Slovaks, Montenegrins, Romanians, Albanians. Will only Serbs join the Serbian Army?

Hate speech

29.April 2024. CSR

Women are the first targets of hate speech in the media and on social networks in Serbia

According to the monitoring of the Diversity Reporting Network, more than a quarter of hate speech in Serbia refers to women. Members of the LGBT community and national minorities are no less attacked in the media and on social networks

Minorities

19.July 2023 Robert Shepherd

Romanovs from Leninova

In half a century, the number of Roma in Vojvodina has increased fivefold, and their share in the population has increased sixfold. Our society, however, does very little for their inclusion and this threatens to become a huge problem

News

24.September 2022 S.Ć.

Census of Serbia: Respond, it's safe

While the majority population is indifferent to the census or does not know about it, national minority organizations are campaigning for their members to respond in as large a number as possible. It will be the first population census with electronic questionnaires, which raises doubts among some citizens. The penalty for refusing to participate in the census is up to 50.000 dinars

From the archive

24.August 2022 Sonja Ciric

Census: Cincari, statistical error

Cincari, one of the peoples who founded modern Serbia, are not a national minority because in the last population census only 263 of them declared that they were of Cincar origin, although there are incomparably more of them. That is why they are classified as a statistical error in the result of the census. In the hope that this will not happen again this October, when the population census will be held in Serbia, we remind you of the text "Chameleons of the Balkans" published in 2015 in issue 1300

News

20.August 2022 S.Ć.

What the census will say: Are minorities disappearing?

Minorities are disappearing faster than the majority population mainly due to age and emigration, so it is expected that this year's population census will show that the multicultural character of Vojvodina has decreased