Belgrade University Senate forms working groups to assess fulfillment of student demands

The working groups comprise University of Belgrade professors, experts in different fields.

“The expert working groups are tasked with producing a report, on the basis of available documentation and expert analyses, which will be presented to the extended rector’s board and student assemblies. Their role is to provide an expert opinion so the student assemblies can make informed decisions about their next steps, on the basis of verified facts,” the statement said.

The four protesting students’ demands:

- Publication of all documentation related to the Novi Sad railway station reconstruction.

- Dropping of charges against students and young people arrested or detained during protests over the Novi Sad train station disaster

- Bringing of criminal charges against individuals responsible for attacks on students and professors, initiation of criminal proceedings against them

- A 20 percent increase in the budget share allocated to material costs for state-owned higher education institutions.