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08march 2025 Ivan Milenkovic

Heroes of our time

If heroism is the result of fighting fear and overcoming fear, if heroism occurs as a conscious and deliberate act, then the true heroes of this fight against dictatorship are teachers and high school teachers.

Protests and blockades

07march 2025 Nemanja Rujevic

"General strike": Rebellion, so what does it cost?

The March 7 "general strike" called by the students is not a true general general strike, but it is a powerful message as part of the rule of law protests that have been going on for over four months. It is actually an intermediate step to the announced large protest in Belgrade on March 15, which could be the largest in the history of Serbia.

Winter of popular discontent

13February 2025. Tijana Stanic

Collective disobedience

Teachers, lawyers, actors and other workers stop work, students are constantly blocking colleges and streets, and there are demonstrations in the strongest strongholds of the Serbian Progressive Party. As Vučić's caravan moves from city to city, protests follow in its footsteps. What has stopped so far and where it all leads

Strike of educators

10February 2025. IN THE

Protest in schools across Serbia: Classes suspended or shortened for 30 minutes

Educators in Serbia continue their protests, which leads to the partial or complete suspension of classes in many schools. The strike, which has been going on since the beginning of the second semester, has spread to numerous cities, and in some areas, such as Užice and Čačak, schools are not open at all.

Overview of the week

24January 2025 Philip Schwarm    

Let's be strikers, if only for one day

The general strike on Friday does not correspond to the true meaning of this term. It is exclusively another, new form of expressing citizens' dissatisfaction and a way to spread protests. After him, others will follow

Wave of discontent

20January 2025 IN THE

Plenum in front of Filozofskogo: General strike voted

The protest of educators continues in the center of Belgrade, while a one-day work stoppage is underway across Serbia at the beginning of the second semester, dissatisfied with the union's agreement with the government on salary increases. Lawyers also went on a seven-day strike. Open SOS line for students in Novi Sad. The director of the Šabac grammar school resigned

Education

22December 2024 S.Ć.

Educators: Are you in favor of a complete suspension of work?

Teachers are not responsible for the fact that students will not receive final grades, say the representative education unions, they demand the immediate replacement of the Minister of Education, and ask their colleagues if they are in favor of starting a strike on January 20 instead of the second semester

Preschool institutions

21November 2023 Z.S.

Private kindergartens postpone the suspension of work

A decision was made to postpone the work stoppage announced for December 1st by 60 days. The Assembly of the Association of Associations of Private Preschool Institutions announced that there is still the possibility of suspending work if what was agreed upon is not respected

Suspension of the work of "Post of Serbia"

20November 2023 Z.S.

Postmen on strike categorically refuse 20.000 dinars in aid from the Government 

In the agreement that the unions of postal workers signed with Prime Minister Ana Brnabić last week, it was agreed that all postal workers will be paid 20.000 dinars, except for the management. "The people who started the strike are categorically against it and are asking for a salary increase. So the suspension of work is still going on," says the president of the "Sloga" trade union Željko Veselinović for the "Vremena" portal.

Preschool institutions

14November 2023 Z.S.

Private kindergartens: We are forced to suspend work from December 1

The decision to suspend work was made by private kindergartens after the City announced a change in the method of transferring subsidies for children whose stay in private kindergartens is reimbursed by the City from the budget. This would mean that parents no longer receive money, but preschool institutions directly