Surdulica

Local politics

08.march 2026 Dejana Cvetković

Surdulica: Boycott "Albanian" bakery, money for "our" bakery

The consequences of the terrible traffic accident are still shaking Surdulica. The protest against reckless driving has partly turned into a demand for the expulsion of an Albanian family, and the opposition councilor suspects that the desire for profit is behind it.

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

Attacks on journalists

20.February 2026. KS

Surdulica: "Vremena" correspondent Dejana Cvetković invited to an informative interview

"Vremena" correspondent Dejana Cvetković was invited to give a statement to the prosecution because of the threats and insults she experienced while reporting from the protest in Surdulica. There she was exposed to open attacks, sexist remarks and threats

Protests

18.February 2026. Dejana Cvetković

Outbreaks in Surdulica: No one was suspected or detained

Surdulica does not calm down for days after a death on the road. Some criticize the police, others want to expel the entire Albanian family from which the culprit of the accident is. Police believe the situation is "calm"

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

Attacks on journalists

16.February 2026. Katarina Stevanović

Attack on "Vremena" correspondent in Surdulica: "The environment was absolutely hostile towards me"

Instead of interlocutors - threats, instead of answers - insults. Journalist Dejana Cvetković says that while reporting from the protest in Surdulica for Vreme, she was exposed to open attacks from the crowd and comments with sexual connotations.

Insults and threats addressed to journalist Dejana Cvetković during reporting from the protest in Surdulica

Unauthorized interference

15.February 2026. IN THE

Attacks and threats to Vremen employee Dejana Cvetković during the protest in Surdulica

While reporting from the protest regarding the traffic accident in Surdulica, journalist Dejana Cvetković was the target of insults and threats to confiscate her mobile phone

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