Zaječar and Kosjerić will be the first places where the government and the opposition will measure their strength after several months of protests in Serbia. In Kosjerić, the opposition is united, while in Zaječar, it participates in two columns in the elections, and as the progressives prepare for the upcoming elections
Former handball player and now prominent member of the Serbian Progressive Party, Vladimir Mandić, was part of a group that clashed with students and veterans on May 1, Mila Popović from the Freedom and Justice Party announced. Many affairs are connected to Mandić
Part of the citizens of Serbia gathered in front of the Parliament, where tents have been set up for days. When asked by the "Vremena" reporter why they gathered today, they did not want to answer
While the students have been protesting and blocking the faculties for more than five months, along with the citizens who support them, and the government is leading a campaign against them, the machinery of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, apart from the daily action of opposing the blockades, is as if in the election campaign, headed by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić
While on the surface it is "pumped" and "stewed", on Dedinje it is dug and drilled. For people from the "club" of the powerful and close to the government, in search of additional square meters, there are no obstacles - they are now conquering underground spaces, writes BIRN
The rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, has been the target of top state officials and regime tabloids for months, who label him as an insidious instigator of student protests, an opportunist, "the face of evil" and "the leader of the criminal octopus." How and why a rector became "state enemy number one"
In a country where the truth is selectively used, the lines between propaganda and reality are getting thinner. Thus, the name of Novak Djokovic in the child's letter to Vučić is lost somewhere, the Serbian "lj" is inserted into the Russian report, and the people who protest become the culprits for economic stagnation. In the past weeks, the intensity of falsehoods and replacement of theses has reached a new level
The sharp reaction of SNS deputy Vladimir Đukanović came after claims appeared in the media that the students of the Faculty of Law in the blockade are demanding the holding of extraordinary elections in June. Đukanović assessed that, if that request is truly authentic, "the Faculty of Law has lost its purpose of existence."
The Kreni-promeni movement claims that they have so far received applications for as many as 410 institutions that allegedly pressured employees to attend SNS rallies. Among them, the most common are schools, kindergartens, centers for social work and health centers
The new government was to be presented by Baja Mali Kninja. He takes the microphone and starts with a guitar riff and drums - let's applaud for Prime Minister Djura Matsut, the man exists, listen, people, his voice! Greetings to brother Boris Bratina - he will fight for the highest ultra-right standards of journalism with the burning flag of the European Union! A standing ovation for Dejan Vuk Stanković, who will be remembered by pupils, students and professors - there is no grace with him, only force
Burgers, kebabs, cheese and cream, folk melos blaring, a crowd of Serbian tricolors wafting in the smoke of the barbecue. The three-day fair patriotism in Belgrade directed by Aleksandar Vučić under the title "We will not give Serbia" should show who is still the great, beloved leader and announce the end of the "several months of terror"
Future members of Vučić's movement will have a unique opportunity: they will be able to choose the name of the movement themselves. Except that they will also have to disclose information about their workplace and the company where they are employed
The state has become a paradise and protection for criminals, mobsters and instigators, robbers, thugs, and even murderers, provided that they are part of a "permanent alliance of sufficiently strong interests". Therefore, the struggle with the legacy of this government will be more like a struggle against feudal or post-colonial structures that wanted to change clothes, adapt and preserve political influence through control of resources than the processes of disqualification of guardians of the ideology of totalitarian regimes who did not care about human rights in their service. Investigations and court processes will play a much more important role in that process than administrative measures prohibiting the performance of functions
While the three-day meeting of the new political movement in Serbia is being prepared, information is arriving about quotas and the obligation of employees in public enterprises to attend it. Already seen progressive scenario
"Zvijan's death has become a warning symbol that even the most closely guarded secrets will eventually come to light, and that if you no longer respond to the regime, it will do everything to ensure that you do not shake its power," stated the students of the Faculty of Law in the blockade
Two people who were detained by the police, during a gathering of citizens in front of the SNS premises in New Belgrade on Wednesday, were released.
A group of citizens gathered on Wednesday (April 2) evening spontaneously in front of the headquarters of the Serbian Progressive Party in New Belgrade. Three of those gathered were detained, two were detained by the police
How can a party that supposedly has 700.000 members and acted like a machine today barely hold a rally in the village center of culture
Where did the members of the ruling party and Vučić's Trabants meet? How is it possible that out of those huge hundreds of thousands of supporters, almost an entire area remains? What is the real possibility of the ruling party to attract (some new) public figures and experts for the future government? What does all this agree about the social and political climate, except that fear has changed sides
The Agency for Business Registers has registered two newly founded associations whose names resemble the name of the future movement of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić - Movement for the People and Movement for the People and the State, with the same headquarters and the same legal representative
For SNS leader and retired minister Darko Glišić, Belgrade University rector Vlada Đokić is "a person who was happy that 16 people died in Novi Sad, who hopes that someone else will die, because he wants to build his career on blood, on death, on tragedies." The rest of the progressives were similarly isolated under Vučić's command
Twelve days have passed since the largest protest in the history of Serbia, and the most common question is: what next? The government and the citizens are on opposite sides, repression is getting stronger, the opposition is looking for a solution, and the students are thinking of their next move. Everything suggests that this is just the calm before the storm
Although the gathering of the Serbian Progressive Party - the largest in the history of Serbia - was supposed to be held on March 28, nothing came of it. "Informer" announces a new gathering from April 11 to 13
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, finally started forming some kind of movement with some professors. Great, nobody knows them so they can't throw eggs at them
SNS activists set up promotional stands on Zvezdara on Sunday morning. They were surrounded by citizens, who chanted: "Zvezdara won't want you" and "Pack up". Five hours later, the eggs flew - from both sides
Two young men, aged 19 and 16, were arrested for throwing eggs at the mayor of Niš on Friday evening. The action followed after Vučić threatened to fire the police and prosecutor's office
Representatives of the authorities condemn the attack on the mayor of Niš, Dragoslav Pavlović, and see it as a colored revolution, the oppositionists point out that the SNS meeting had to be canceled and that the Niš progressives were deliberately exposed as "clay pigeons".
Đukanović was also a guest on the local Zaječar television, and the occasion was the local elections. The progressives have started to visit the locals, say the interlocutors of "Vremen" from these two places. "Preparations are underway. They brought in people from the side. It's a shame to be a progressive here, and they had to bring in a lot of people. They brag about having a big party, so they care about winning in any local community, and that's why they bring in people from the side - from Subotica, Somor, Zrenjanin, Novi Sad. Here, above all, there are people from Vojvodina who go from house to house, harassing people. People drive them out of yards, from buildings," he told "Vreme". Uglješa Đuričković, one of the holders of the opposition list Change in which we believe in Zaječar. As he explains, SNS promoters give people gifts, distribute lambs and piglets to the socially disadvantaged for glory. "They visit their voters, because they can't get to these others," says Đuričković. As he adds, there is also a telephone survey where someone from the party calls people asking whether they will vote for Aleksandar Vučić, even though it is about local elections, in which Vučić is not participating. Surprise guests Elections in Zaječar and Kosjerić she announced President of the National Assembly Ana Brnabić on April 13, 2025. On May 1, Brnabić stayed in Zaječar, and she was thanked for her visit by Vladimir Videnović, the candidate for mayor of the city of Zaječar in front of the "We will not give Serbia - Aleksandar Vučić" list. Her visit to this city in the east of Serbia was also marked by a lunch, to which, as Glas Zaječara writes, pensioners from that city and the surrounding villages were invited. As surprise guests at the lunch at the hotel were some city officials, SNS officials, but also Ana Brnabić. On that occasion, among other things, Ana Brnabić said that every vote is important, not because she doubts the victory, Glas Zaječara writes. "I have no doubts about the victory, but they will envy you. That victory must be convincing in order to stop this terror and to show in Zaječar and Kosjerić that there is nothing to do with terror, that Serbia was not afraid and will not retreat in the face of the worst," said Ana Brnabić, among other things. Celebration for women Two days later, on May 3, the president of the Serbian Progressive Party and the recent Prime Minister of the Government of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, visited Zaječar. Vucevic visited the activists of the City Committee of the Serbian Progressive Party Zaječar, writes Zaječar online, and a celebration was also organized for women from that city. "Today, this is not a fight for the Serbian Progressive Party. It is a fight for Zaječar and for our homeland," said Vučević, thanking him for the warm welcome. "Thank you for everything you do for Zaječar and for the whole of Serbia. I believe that we will win together," emphasized Vućević and added: "We are going to win on June 8. Long live Zaječar, long live Timočka krajina." Bring your relatives. Vladimir Videnović, candidate for mayor, holder of the "We will not give Serbia - Aleksandar Vučić" list in Zaječar addressed the attendees. "I will use the opportunity to invite you all to go to the polls on June 8. Bring your families, relatives, friends. To support the list number one 'We will not give Serbia - Aleksandar Vučić', which I am the holder of. And let us all win together, even stronger and more united. And let us continue everything we started, even stronger and stronger," Videnović emphasized. Kosjerić: Positive campaign Since they waited word of the students about whether they agree with the unification, the opposition politicians in Kosjerić continue to respect the principles set by the students, and do not want to comment on the campaign of the progressives at the bar. "People have accepted that kind of rhetoric and behavior, so we are trying to continue it. Since they gave us support, we tried to stick to that terminology. We are running a positive campaign, we are not looking back at what SNS is doing, but we are focusing on what we are doing," Dejan Restak told "Vreme" in front of the Kosjerica united opposition. Several actions are expected in the coming days. "We will talk about environmental issues, how to make this region progress, how to eliminate corruption, how to prevent school ceilings from falling, how to solve corruption, to oppose general violence," says Dejan Restak. Unlike Zaječar, senior SNS officials have not yet started visiting Kosjerić. They have exactly one month for that, since that's how much time is left until the beginning of the pre-election silence.', 'pageDate': '2025-05-06 12:21:28', 'pageAuthor': authors, 'visitorType': visitor_type, }); console.log(post_id); console.log('Pushed'); });When someone objects to you that it makes no sense to fight to win everywhere, you immediately see that they are a born loser and a fool. A person who does not strive for victory and the best result will never achieve anything in life. Of course, it is very important for us to win in every local…
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