Kovacevic: Serbian students officially nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

“We just received confirmation from the Nobel Committee that the nomination of Serbian students for the Nobel Peace Prize, submitted by Mrs. Dijana Stojkovic, a lawyer, and myself, has been accepted. They deserve it,” he wrote.

For the past two months, students across Serbia have been protesting, with people from nearly all parts of the country joining their actions. They began by blockading their university faculties and then took to the streets, insisting that their demands be addressed by the country’s institutions.

The government has repeatedly attempted to suppress their rebellion, offering various incentives, but the students have remained steadfast in their struggle and demands.

The university blockades began at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where students and professors were attacked on November 22 while peacefully blocking traffic for a 15-minute demonstration of silence to honor the victims of the November 1 collapse of a concrete canopy at the recently renovated Novi Sad main train station. The protests quickly spread to more than 60 public university faculties across Serbia.