A new incident in Ćaciland 3.0 - inside one of the white tents, a gas stove caused a fire. It is still not clear what the purpose of those tents in the middle of Bulevar Kralja Aleksandar is
The regime and its media have been trumpeting the "civil war" for months, and the government is the only one that has a patent for peace and stability - of course, with the help of the propaganda machine and the use of force. "It is a propaganda tactic of SNS that says: 'violence is everywhere, terrorists surround us, but we are here to save you,'" explains communication professor Jelena Kleut for "Vreme".
The explanation of the city administration of Novi Sad is that the apparatus was installed in Jevrejska Street "for the purpose of promoting and motivating young people to engage in sports and martial arts."
When one makes even a superficial specification of the scope so far, that is, political and social changes during the winter struggle of citizens for a normal Serbia, things are not bad. It is not an empty optimism. Let's try to sort things out with some logic
The largest gathering in the history of Serbia, according to the announcements of the President of Serbia, was supposed to be held on March 28. But as loudly as it was announced, it was quietly cancelled. A new progressive gathering has been scheduled from April 11 to 13, with "a lot of content", all with the aim of once again presenting the new movement that was unsuccessfully announced years ago. Then the public will probably find out what is wrong with the personnel and program of the Serbian Progressive Party, so the "proud member" wants to distance himself from them. But that will still be a topic
Although "versioning" is not a fully developed concept in social-humanistic contexts, apparently someone's idea was to insert the 2.0 supplement to "modernize" the narrative, which intuitively suggests to the external audience that it is about some more updated and up-to-date practice, i.e. the group, not about the students
While students are marching towards Belgrade to join the protest "15. for 15", the citizens of New Belgrade report the gathering of unknown persons in front of the Customs Administration
"It is very wrong that Serbia's progress in the fight against corruption at a high level is measured only on the basis of statistical data on the number of indictments of the Prosecutor's Office for organized crime and accompanying verdicts. In Serbia, the performance in that field should be measured first of all by whether there were cases where the corrupt participation of high state officials was suspected - and those cases were not investigated"
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, stated that the new mandate will be discussed only after the formal resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, stressing that he will not allow the formation of a transitional government. Vučić warned of plans for violence during the protest and urged young people not to participate in it
In February, as part of the "fight against corruption", 153 people were arrested and charged with a total of slightly more than twenty million euros. In progressive Serbia, these can only be small fish
"The walks are magnificent, the students have done a large part of the work, but it seems to me that only the students and only the walks cannot carry out this struggle," Miloš Jovanović, president of the New Democratic Party of Serbia, told Vreme.
What do the arrests of the middle and bantamweight progressive cadres really represent? How does Vučić militarize the party with this? And why its attraction is being demagnetized
The "combing" of non-governmental organizations is a confrontation with critics of the regime. If not, the prosecutor would first knock on the door of Ana Brnabić, who was the thorn in the side of USAID. Those who "comb" are for Ana the third league
In Serbia, no one knows what its president is talking about anymore, journalists are punished by God's justice, scandal-mongering magnates are declared saints, and public office holders spread public scandal. People - how long will we go like this
How did we get from "Aco Srbina" to "You are not welcome here" and what other options Vučić has on the table this spring
The student protest marches map a new Serbia that self-identifies as a Serbia freed from fear (...) Every place the students passed through, anthropologically speaking, participated in the transition process. That transition was from a state of anxiety and anguish to something that those who participated in the students' receptions, according to their own statements, experienced as a newly acquired freedom. It is difficult to find something similar in the recent political history of Serbia
The strained political relations in Serbia led to an intense propaganda war through the media. While RTS is desperately trying to reconcile the irreconcilable positions of the government and the opposition, commercial channels controlled by the government are conducting an intensive campaign primarily against students, educators, non-governmental organizations and NGO activists. To this list should be added influencers on social networks who are a specific thorn in the side of Vučić's and his activists' attempts to conquer virtual space in cyberspace.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, once again announced a decisive fight against corruption, activating the prosecution and initiating arrests. However, experts point out that this is a temporary move, aimed at reducing political tensions, and not an essential solution to the problem of systemic corruption.
The frequent warning "Shame on you" is not a verbal refrain of A. V's public appearances, but a framework for moralizing one's own integrity over other people's immorality. Embarrassing the opposition is not banal, but an active planned shaming and pretension for dominance. It is easy to understand that it is easier to rule when moral supremacy is ensured. However, it is risky to create an explosive climate in which the good are allowed to hate the bad with a clear conscience.
"I would like us to remember this feeling. This will never be a functioning democracy without active citizens, people who are willing to sacrifice their time and show the people in power what they think. However this ends, we need to remember what it looks like to be an active citizen. The government then reacts. It will not be good to let the political elites finish this. Power without control turns into absolute power, we have seen that in this country many times in a couple of decades. The institutions are weak, the civil sector is not really capable of such a thing, we all know what the media are like - there is no one to be that controller except the citizens themselves."
In the lobby of the heart of darkness, we would probably not find much more than a small, insecure and not very interesting boy, without any special gifts, but too hungry for attention, appreciation and recognition to miss the opportunity to abuse poorly controlled political power and shape reality to fulfill his needs
Almost 30 civil society organizations have withdrawn from membership in the working groups of the Government and ministries because they daily deviate from basic democratic standards and principles of the rule of law.
The Serbian opposition is well on its way to miss an opportunity by not engaging in politics, not knowing how to come to an agreement and repeating the disastrous formula "first to fulfill student demands"
While Serbian citizens take to the streets en masse and students brutally fight each other, the country is left without two key pillars of government - the government and the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM). At the same time, the process of electing new members of REM, the body that should ensure the independence of the media space, completely fell apart due to irregularities and political manipulations that led to the withdrawal of candidates from most of the nomination areas.
After Inspira Group publicly supported the general strike, it came under fire from a pro-government tabloid. Serbian telegraph accused them of hypocrisy, while the company points out that their support is motivated by social responsibility
The rebellion of young people, students and high school students, introduced a whole series of new elements into social and political life. In the first place, the student revolt renewed hope in Serbia. The students turned on the light and that light cannot be extinguished. That cheerfulness, that liveliness, that triumph of life and new ideas, that freedom from old forms, old and outmoded thinking, old fears and malignant propaganda - that's the breath of freedom that the country longed for, but had neither the luck nor the strength to take. get home
When you have the mechanisms of illegitimate power at your disposal, at some point you will cross the line and do terrible things just to prove - if only to yourself - that you are not ridiculous
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— Brod Ludaka (@sergioni007) April 17, 2025
The street was closed, traffic stopped, and passers-by were confused - all because of a group of people whose identity was unknown to anyone. Some of them did introduce themselves to the public, so Andreja Jovanović, a student at the Faculty of Law and Business in Belgrade, who is one of the students who call themselves students who want to learn, told "Vreme" that the tents were set up to expand their camp. "At one point, we started to expand the camp, and since we didn't want to put tents where there are flowers, it was decided to expand beyond Pionirski Park. There will be not only students, but also farmers who have been with us since the beginning, and veterans of the police and army are also with us," Jovanović told Vreme. https://vreme.com/vreme/hronika-jednog-fiaska/ After the tents were erected, there was a fight among those inside them, so the police had to react. As reported by the media, a man who was in tents with students near the Assembly attacked another man who shouted "wake up". After that it is an Istinomer journalist who was filming the white tents and those present in them was also attacked. It turns out that there is no end to the incidents in this improvised settlement called Ćaciland 3.0. Namely, this morning there was a fire in one of the tents. As can be seen in the announcement shared on social networks, the attendees brought a gas stove inside the tent, which caused a small fire, so the police on duty had to respond again. Several dozen police officers were around those tents after 6 o'clock this morning, and traffic on Nikola Pašić Square is still blocked, reported the reporter of the Beta agency. In the publication, the author ironically stated "that the boys forgot to turn off the stove."View this post on Instagram
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— Brod Ludaka (@sergioni007) April 17, 2025
