Belgrade Mayor wants signs in Latin script removed

Serbian is one of the few languages that uses both Cyrillic and Latin script. Under the constitution, Cyrillic is the main script in use with the us of the Latin script regulated by law. Children learn both scripts in school. Nationalists advocate the use of Cyrillic as the only script, claiming it is one of the most important elements of Serbian national identity.

Beoinfo added that Sapic also wants Latin script removed from all street signs. He is quoted as saying that the official script in use in Serbia is Cyrillic, adding that all the signs on the new bus station were put up by the management. He wants them replaced with signs in Cyrillic and English. “I asked the management to replace the signs and they promised to do so soon. We will also start replacing street and all other signs,” he said.