There are students and professors in Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts during the blockade of the intersection attacked by thugs close to the ruling party, which resulted in their retreat to the FDU building, and soon with the start of the faculty blockade. One after the other, the faculties of the University of Belgrade entered the blockades, followed by the universities in Kragujevac, Novi Sad, Niš and Novi Pazar, followed by some private faculties and high schools.
Farmers, groups of citizens, educational and health workers also took to the streets with their demands. The government rushed, repression and pressure did not produce results, and there was no dialogue, as before.
STUDENTI
One thing is certain - the students started the most massive demonstrations in the recent history of Serbia. Although the regime did not fulfill the demands (apart from partial promises) even after five months of rebellion, the students do not give up.
They started from the blockades, continued with walks all over Serbia and reached a protest in Belgrade attended by more than 300 people. The institutions did not react, and Vučić was informed from the beginning that "he was not in charge". Now they are not only addressing institutions in Serbia, but also those in Europe. The bicycle ride of about eighty students to Strasbourg reminded "Europe" that Serbia is also in it. Soon the students will start a relay race to Brussels.
The requirements are still not met.
FARMERS
Since the beginning of the student blockades, farmers have been one of the groups that made the biggest contribution to the wave of discontent throughout Serbia. Side by side with students at every major protest, farmers from all parts of the country supported student demonstrations, provided blockades with tractors and machines, but also protested independently against the regime's destruction of agriculture.
Make no mistake, farmers have been protesting for years. The bad situation in agriculture did not arise overnight, as was pointed out even before the current protests. However, the current social crisis and the support they provide to students has allowed them to make their struggle more visible. During that time, they suffered various types of pressure, threats, and were also visited by members of the BIA.
In the past few months, farmers protested all over Serbia, blocked roads in different cities and towns, entered municipal buildings... The demands concern the review of decisions on subsidizing farms, purchase prices, property taxes, fuel excise and other issues. The essence of all of them is the same - they ask the government to stop the decline of this economic branch and really lead an agricultural policy.
Their protests are still going on.
BOGATIC
On the 7th of February, Mačva, or rather Bogatić, also got up. Farmers, environmental activists, groups of citizens and residents of this place entered the municipal building while the public inspection for the draft of the Spatial Plan was in progress. The topic was lithium, that is, lithium and boron research in Western Serbia. Under the slogan "You will not dig, Mačva is not for sale", part of the citizens gathered on the street, while farmers blocked traffic with tractors.
There was a minor scuffle and verbal conflict with councilors of the ruling coalition, but major incidents were avoided. Part of the citizens who entered the building of the Municipality chased out the head of the councilor group of SNS, who - as can be seen in the videos - clumsily excused himself that he was "against lithium".
Demonstrators in Bogatić supported the students and observed fifteen minutes of silence for the victims of the falling canopy.
RAČA
About ten days after the protest in Bogatić, farmers from Rača near Kragujevac blocked Karađorđeva Street with tractors, and then the Municipality building. They started the protest against the local authorities at the end of January, and they repeatedly blocked traffic in the city. They pointed out that in this way they provide support to students throughout Serbia who are under blockade.
Farmers are dissatisfied with the increase in the municipal property tax, which was increased by sixty percent in 2025 alone. If you look back four years, the total increase is 250 percent, the farmers said. The representatives of the municipal government tried to justify themselves by saying that the value of the land had increased, however, the farmers did not give up. In addition to the demand to reduce the municipal property tax, the farmers also demand the dismissal of the local leadership, whom they accuse of arrogance, corruption and misuse of public resources.
Despite pressure and threats, the protest ended on February 26, when the protesters' demand to return the municipal property tax to last year's level was accepted. Although the farmers won the local and ended the protest, they announced that they would "continue to breathe down the necks of the municipalities" in order to represent the interests of the citizens instead of their own.
CITY TRANSPORT COMPANY BELGRADE
Workers of the Belgrade City Transport Company (GSP), led by the employees of the "Dorćol" plant, joined protests across Serbia on February 5 and submitted their demands to the City administration. A group of students joined them in the protest walk from the depot on Dorćol to the Belgrade City Assembly.
They demanded the waiver of all provisions regarding the planned abolition of trolleybus lines, the guarantee that GSP's depots in Dorćol will remain with this company, the urgent announcement of a tender for the purchase of one hundred new modern trolleybuses, as well as the review of the contract by which certain city lines were ceded to private carriers. The authorities were given two weeks to respond to the requests.
The workers and trade unions of GSP have been warning for years about the systemic destruction of this company. Bus lines are given to private carriers close to the ruling party, such as the latest decision to replace city trolleybuses with private electric buses from the company "Strela" from Obrenovac. Working conditions are getting worse, vehicles are in inadequate condition, and a large number of foreign workers who agree to work for lower compensation are "imported".
As the deadline expired and the demands were not met, the GSP workers staged a new protest on February 20. A group of students joined them with shouts of "We don't give trolls".
In mid-March, as a sign of protest that the city government did not give up its intention to abolish trolleybus transport, several hundred GSP workers blocked a large intersection in the city center for an hour. They were joined again by a group of students, mostly from the Faculty of Traffic.
Larger protests by GSP workers did not continue, and their demands have not been met to date.
HEALTH WORKERS
Health workers also protested on several occasions.
In Kragujevac, they protested because of Vučić's entry into the intensive care room, in order to take photos with seriously injured patients from Macedonia, because of the "use of a sound cannon", but also the attack on a female colleague. Another protest of health workers was held in Užice, when a large number of them took to the streets because of the "rotten system", but also to support the students.
At the beginning of April, the health workers of Zrenjanin, on World Health Day, gathered in front of the Town Hall. They are dissatisfied, as their representatives stated in their address to the public, with bad personnel policies in healthcare, with the overloading of the healthcare system, as well as with the lack of staff. They observed 16 minutes of silence in memory of the victims of the canopy fall. In Novi Sad, on the same day, health workers held a march calling on institutions to react to the collapse of the professional integrity of health workers.
Although the demands differ, they are always directed in the same direction - to draw attention to how the health care system has collapsed and to call on the institutions to react and not be accomplices. There was still no answer.
EDUCATORS
Educators in a large number of primary and secondary schools throughout Serbia have been on strike for months. As with farmers, their struggle has been going on for years, but in the wake of the student blockades, it gained momentum. This time society is no longer deaf to their demands. They are looking for an improvement in working conditions, but above all to stop the destruction of the credibility of their profession.
In some schools, classes are completely suspended, while in others they are held abbreviated or with occasional strikes. From the very beginning, the educators have been a blockade with the students. However, the regime also had a harsh response towards them. A large number of teachers and professors were not paid their salaries, because during the blockades they did not fulfill the lesson funds. That problem was partially solved by collecting donations, mainly through the Alek Kavčić Foundation.
In January, meetings of the Government and representative trade unions were held, but although some agreements were reached in principle, there was no final solution that would satisfy the educators.
The strike on a smaller scale is still going on.
