Students from several Serbian cities who began marching to Kragujevac for a February 15 protest rally continued their journey on Wednesday, marking the second day of their trek.
Just before 9 am, students from Belgrade and Novi Sad who spent the night in Sopot resumed their march, aiming to cover approximately 40 kilometers on Wednesday.
University of Nis students completed a 36-kilometer stretch from Aleksinac to Cicevac in central Serbia’s Rasina District.
In Novi Sad, a group of students embarked on a three-day bicycle journey to Kragujevac to join the February 15 rally.
University and high school students from Cacak, Uzice, Kraljevo, Gornji Milanovac and Novi Pazar plan to depart to Kragujevac on Thursday at 10 am, gathering at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Cacak.
Protests were also held on Wednesday.
In Belgrade, students from technical faculties and members of the IT community organized protest marches through the central city streets. Some 12,000 IT industry professionals expressed their support for the students and announced their assistance for the February 15 protest rally in Kragujevac.
“The key message is that we are offering our unconditional support to the students and their demands, and to everyone fighting for a fairer society. We cannot remain silent about everything that is happening,” IT expert Marko Kovacevic told N1.
They gathered outside the Palace of Serbia in New Belgrade and together observed 15 minutes of silence in memory of those who lost their lives in the November 1 Novi Sad train station disaster.
Healthcare workers at the Zemun Clinical Hospital Center in Belgrade also gathered for a 15-minute silence commemorating the Novi Sad train station victims, and temporarily blocked traffic near their workplace.
In Novi Sad, professors, university and high school students and IT professionals led a protest march through the city.
A group of Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) students on Wednesday evening occupied the Student Cultural Center (SKC) in Belgrade, and announced the holding of a plenary assembly on the premises.
They called on the public to gather outside the SKC building to show their support and help them protect the Center. “Donations would also be greatly appreciated – sleeping bags, blankets, mats, food, heaters, lamps, extension cords… For now, only students can enter the SKC building, but we hope to open the doors to everyone soon,“ the students said.
They added that student cultural centers have become alienated from the university and that there are numerous irregularities in the operations of the Managing Board.
