News from Serbia / novosti iz Srbije :

Trump-tower to replace the building bombed by NATO , a.k.a. a “national monument” - army headquarters of a country that fell apart in series of violent conflicts …

symbolism upon symbolism of globalized capitalism, local corruption, greed, rampant but fake nationalism, disregard for laws or regulations, failure of urbanism & “democracy” within (patriarchal) oligarchy…

https://pescanik.net/vapaj-za-odbranu-kulturnog-nasledja-beograda/

&

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/jared-kushner-protest-belgrade-building-serbia

#generalstab #srbija #serbia

@EUCommission

»Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Türkiye and Georgia continue their respective paths towards the EU.«

Autocrats and enemies of democracy, like the rulers of #Turkey and #Serbia? Seriously?

#Serbia - Huge crowds gather on first anniversary of train station disaster

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/huge-crowds-gather-to-commemorate-victims-of-serbian-train-station-disaster

> Student-led movement continues to demand political change as embattled president issues rare apology

#Serbia - Huge crowds gather on first anniversary of train station disaster

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/huge-crowds-gather-to-commemorate-victims-of-serbian-train-station-disaster

> Student-led movement continues to demand political change as embattled president issues rare apology

A year ago on Nov 1 was the #NoviSad train station collapse that ignited #protests in #Serbia that continued for a long time

How long?

To today

Thousands of Serbian students are marching 100 km on foot to commemorate 16 people who died in the collapse due to #corruption

They demand #accountability. Those in power responsible escape accountability when people get distracted. The protesters aren't allowing anyone to forget

There is a lesson for us, world

Perseverance

Tenacity

#србија

"Like thousands of other Serbian students, Inas Hodžić was making his way to the city which, last autumn, become the scene of national tragedy.
[...]
On Saturday, exactly a year on from the disaster, he will join tens of thousands of others in Novi Sad for a demonstration aimed at telling Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia’s authoritarian president, that they aren’t going anywhere."

➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/serbia-street-protests-students-split-elections

#Serbia

A year ago on Nov 1 was the #NoviSad train station collapse that ignited #protests in #Serbia that continued for a long time

How long?

To today

Thousands of Serbian students are marching 100 km on foot to commemorate 16 people who died in the collapse due to #corruption

They demand #accountability. Those in power responsible escape accountability when people get distracted. The protesters aren't allowing anyone to forget

There is a lesson for us, world

Perseverance

Tenacity

#србија

"Like thousands of other Serbian students, Inas Hodžić was making his way to the city which, last autumn, become the scene of national tragedy.
[...]
On Saturday, exactly a year on from the disaster, he will join tens of thousands of others in Novi Sad for a demonstration aimed at telling Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia’s authoritarian president, that they aren’t going anywhere."

➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/serbia-street-protests-students-split-elections

#Serbia

Wishing everyone a great time at BalCCon2k25 by LUGoNS starting today in Congress Center in #Novi Sad, #Serbia

Find out more on https://foss.events/2025/09-19-balccon2k25.html

Official hashtag(s): #BalCCon

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Wishing everyone a great time at BalCCon2k25 by LUGoNS starting today in Congress Center in #Novi Sad, #Serbia

Find out more on https://foss.events/2025/09-19-balccon2k25.html

Official hashtag(s): #BalCCon

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Anarchist Communist Group: The unrest in Serbia

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2025/09/16/the-unrest-in-serbia/

On November 1st 2024, a train station canopy collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in north Serbia. It killed 16 people, including

#Uncategorized#Serbia

Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he’s ended at least six wars. Critics of the president’s record say the truth is a lot more complicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-wars-settled-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #nobels #us #india #pakistan #democraticrepublicofcongo #rwanda #armenia #azerbaijan #cambodia #thailand #israel #iran #serbia #kosovo #egypt #ethiopia

Revolt in #Serbia with students at its forefront is continuing. So is the state violence. Some hard days/nights and battles are behind the people.

Always with the people: solidarity!

h/t @ainfoshop

Revolt in #Serbia with students at its forefront is continuing. So is the state violence. Some hard days/nights and battles are behind the people.

Always with the people: solidarity!

h/t @ainfoshop

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance says America’s strikes on Iran show military power succeeding where diplomacy failed — but history since the Cold War shows most such attempts flop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/18/world/trump-doctrine-is-wishful-thinking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #defense #diplomacy #iran #iraq #serbia

Advocates of liberal democracy tend to veer between triumphalism and fatalism nowadays. But neither perspective really captures the politics of countries like Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Italy and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/is-democracy-stalemated/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hungary #poland #serbia #viktororban #karolnawrocki #democracy