{"id":4512,"date":"2025-06-29T22:52:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2025-06-29T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T23:29:48","slug":"anti-government-protesters-erect-barricades-in-belgrade-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/anti-government-protesters-erect-barricades-in-belgrade-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-government protesters erect barricades in Belgrade (VIDEOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authorities warn against the repeat of previous night\u2019s riots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"387\">Anti-government protesters erected barricades in Belgrade and Novi Sad on Sunday evening, following a large rally demanding new elections in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"677\">Police warned organizers that they would not tolerate further unrest, after demonstrators clashed with officers in the capital the previous night.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"1075\">The student-led protest movement began after a concrete canopy collapsed at a newly renovated railway station in Novi Sad last November, killing 16 people. Activists have demanded accountability, blaming the tragedy on mismanagement and corruption.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1227\">On Sunday, the student group Blokada FON published a map of roadblocks in Belgrade and urged opposition lawmakers to boycott parliamentary sessions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Citizens are blocking entire Belgrade in response to police brutality and mass arrests of students. Even the smallest intersections are barricaded. <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the students declared the Vu\u010di\u0107 regime illegitimate and called everyone to commence civil disobedience. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5a6on0U9tD\">pic.twitter.com\/5a6on0U9tD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Srdjan Cvijic (@srdjancvijic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srdjancvijic\/status\/1939402688183337396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1451\">President Aleksandar Vucic, who has labeled the demonstrators <em>\u201chooligans paid from abroad,\u201d<\/em> has refused to resign or call new elections. <em>\u201cSerbia has won. You can\u2019t defeat Serbia with violence,\u201d<\/em> he told reporters on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SERBIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SERBIA<\/a> \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 More than 300,000 protesters gathered in Belgrade to call for new elections and protest the EU. Students and citizens have brought the city to a standstill, occupying key bridges, roads, and public squares. President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 urged protesters to remain peaceful <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/heCkpXMikM\">pic.twitter.com\/heCkpXMikM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Straw (@JackStr42679640) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackStr42679640\/status\/1939448974735261929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1811\">Interior Minister Ivica Dacic urged protesters to <em>\u201cpreserve peace and not provoke conflicts with police.\u201d<\/em> Also on Sunday, authorities announced the arrest of eight people suspected of planning attacks on state institutions from university grounds. In a separate statement, Da\u010di\u0107 said 77 individuals had been detained following the riots in downtown Belgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities warn against the repeat of previous night\u2019s riots Anti-government protesters erected barricades in Belgrade and Novi Sad on Sunday evening, following a large rally demanding new elections in Serbia. Police warned organizers that they would not tolerate further unrest, after demonstrators clashed with officers in the capital the previous night. 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