The morning dawned in the corner of Belgrade. "Ćacadhas largely withdrawn from the camp, and police officers are still securing the area.
On the edge of the tent base of loyalists and criminals in front of the Assembly, Diana Hrka he sleeps on a makeshift bed made of wooden pallets and mattresses, covered with several blankets. There are about twenty people around her. It is guarded by war veterans.
A group of Asian tourists takes a selfie in front of the improvised tent settlement that has been occupying the center of Belgrade for months, while a city cleaning worker hangs around with a green bucket and cleans.
Photo: Vreme/Andrej IvanjiDiana Hrka started a hunger strike on November 2 at 11:52
Traffic in Takovska Street moves as if nothing is happening.
Cars pass five meters from the mother of the dead young man under the canopy.
Photo: Vreme/Andrej IvanjiCars pass right by the awning under which Hrka sleeps, as if nothing is happening
Tents in front of the entrance to the Assembly
Directly in front of the steps of the National Assembly, tents have also been erected, in front of which people with red berets are sitting.
The purpose of the tent settlement in front of the National Assembly and in Pionirski Park is completely exposed: it serves as a military base for the gathering of Vučić's loyalists and criminals. They guard the space between the Presidency, the National Assembly and the Assembly of Belgrade, and on command, in cooperation with the police, deal with people who protest against the government when they get too close to them.
"Ćaciland" is nothing more than the illegal camp of Aleksandar Vučić's beating brigades.
Photo: Vreme/Andrej IvanjiNew tents directly in front of the steps of the National Assembly
In the past few days, it was possible for pedestrians to pass in front of the National Assembly. It's not anymore. It is not even possible to pass by on foot: SNS in cooperation with the police occupied that space.
Diana Hrka's hunger strike: Ćaciland is full of men ready to fight
Patriotic songs for a mother who is demanding responsibility for her son's death
It was a turbulent time. the first night of Diana Hrka's hunger strike, the mother of the young man Stefan, who died on November 1, 2024, when the canopy of the Railway Station in Novi Sad collapsed.
Citizens gathered throughout the day to support her.
Those who have been occupying Pionirski Park for months also gathered on the other side of the fence that separates "Ćaciland" from Takovska Street.
While the citizens came to support the mother who is seeking justice and responsibility for the death of her child, and 15 other people, gathered in "Ćaciland", surrounded by a huge number of police officers, sang patriotic songs for hours.
A parallel reality happened last night in the center of Belgrade, at the place where the mother of the victimized young man is seeking justice.
The confrontation of two Serbias in miniature - the one that mourns and demands responsibility and the one that celebrates something on the other side of the fence, behind the police cordon. Even probably not knowing what.
The music blared until two past midnight on the night between Sunday and Monday. People tried to report the disturbance of public order and peace to the authorities. They were told that there were 300 police officers and to report to them. To those who stood in the low start all evening ready to disperse the citizens who came out to support Diana Hrka.
There were also incidents, when, according to the testimony of the gathered citizens, a torch flew from the direction of "Ćaciland".
37 people were later detained., announced the MUP.
On November 2, 2025, at 11:52 a.m., Diana Hrka began a hunger strike in order to get an answer as to who is to blame for the death of her son and 15 other people. She announced the strike the previous day, addressing those gathered at the commemorative gathering at the accident site in Novi Sad on the anniversary of the collapse of the reinforced concrete structure.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called the citizens who support Diana Hrka "cowards".
