Fresh protests across Serbia

Demonstrations were scheduled in more than 30 cities and municipalities, including three separate locations in Belgrade.

In Novi Sad, citizens gathered in front of the Security Intelligence Agency building. A portion of the demonstrators then moved to the offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which they demolished. They first broke the windows and then pelted the offices with eggs, red and white paint, and stones. A reporter for TV Nova said that neither SNS members nor police were present in front of the building. SNS offices at a second location were also demolished.

Police responded for the first time after citizens in Novi Sad headed toward the SNS office on Kosovska Street, deploying tear gas against the crowd.

In line with the list of locations student protesters posted on Instagram, Belgraders gathered at three different sites.

On Kneza Milosa Street in downtown Belgrade, citizens assembled near the offices of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, where SNS activists were standing guard. The Green-Left Front posted a video on its X profile showing a group of men dressed in black and holding wooden bats in front of the SNS offices. A cordon of gendarmerie officers was positioned between them and the group of protesting citizens.

N1’s reporters said that Serbian Progressive Party supporters fired pyrotechnics over the gendarmerie cordon toward the citizens, with flares, plastic bottles, and firecrackers also being thrown. The gendarmerie pushed the demonstrators back, while the SNS activists remained positioned in front of their party offices.

SNS activists also used a laser to disrupt the N1 news crew.

In New Belgrade, police pushed back demonstrators. An N1 reporter said that police repeatedly used tear gas to disperse citizens gathered in front of the SNS municipal offices.

The Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) said in a post on the social network X that its MP, Pedja Mitrovic, was beaten at the protest in Belgrade.

“Party of Freedom and Justice MP Pedja Mitrovic was hit in the head by Serbian Progressive Party thugs. He was hit in the head with a bar and several times on the body. He is on his way to the hospital,” the SSP posted.

In Leskovac, police blocked access to the SNS offices, where demonstrators had gathered. Protesting against the government, they chanted slogans such as “Your hands are bloody,” “Call elections,” “Who are you protecting?” and “Arrest Vucic.”

A police cordon was present, along with several police vans. Inside the offices were SNS members and directors of public institutions. The protest ended without incident.

In the city of Nis, citizens gathered in front of the City Assembly building, where they threw eggs at the gendarmerie cordon positioned before them. The crowd chanted at the officers, “Arrest Vucic,” “Lower your shields,” and “Is this what you were trained for?”

Several hundred people also protested in Gornji Milanovac, where a police cordon prevented them from approaching the SNS offices. Party and city officials and activists stood in front of the offices holding Serbian flags while the national anthem was broadcast from speakers. The demonstrators chanted at the police and SNS activists to the sound of whistles, horns, and drums.

Protests were also held in Kragujevac, Smederevo, Vrbas, Sabac, Arandjelovac, Kraljevo, Krusevac, Cacak, and many other places.