{"id":4438,"date":"2025-06-28T19:29:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T20:27:47","slug":"mass-anti-govt-protests-hit-serbian-capital-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/28\/mass-anti-govt-protests-hit-serbian-capital-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass anti-govt protests hit Serbian capital (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has vowed to \u201cdefend the country\u201d and warned protesters against violence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of protestors hit the streets of Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday demanding dissolution of the parliament and snap elections. The new round of protests comes after eight months of intermittent unrest triggered by the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station in the city of Novi Sad last November.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s demonstration coalesced after the Serbian government refused to heed an <em>\u201cultimatum\u201d<\/em> issued by student groups calling for the dissolution of parliament, which would pave the way for snap elections.<\/p>\n<p>They demanded that an announcement to such an effect be made by 9pm on Saturday and threatened <em>\u201ccivil disobedience\u201d<\/em> if one was not forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the scene shows protesters amassing at the central Slavija Square in Belgrade, chanting slogans and unfurling a large Serbian flag.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian authorities snubbed the demand, with President Aleksandar Vucic stating only the government was ready to <em>\u201chear out\u201d<\/em> the protesters and warning them against violence. The country\u2019s leadership has repeatedly suggested the unrest is being stirred up from abroad and described the protests as an attempt at a \u2018color revolution.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/620719-serbia-vucic-protests-violence\/\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Vucic urges protesters to avoid \u2018madness\u2019 of violent unrest<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Vucic reiterated this stance earlier on Saturday, blaming the unrest on unspecified <em>\u201cforeign powers.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u201cThe country will be defended, and thugs will face justice,\u201d<\/em> Vucic told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The canopy collapse in Novi Sad killed 16 people and led to demands for political and criminal accountability. The latest round of protests coincides with Vidovdan, Serbia\u2019s main national and religious holiday, which is celebrated on June 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has vowed to \u201cdefend the country\u201d and warned protesters against violence Thousands of protestors hit the streets of Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday demanding dissolution of the parliament and snap elections. The new round of protests comes after eight months of intermittent unrest triggered by the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4439,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions\/4439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}