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Protests in Serbia: On the Brink of Implosion?
While much of Europe was preparing to celebrate the arrival of 2025, one country took to the streets to make its voice heard, targeting its leaders—foremost among them, President Aleksandar Vučić. Serbia finds itself recalling January 31, 1996, when Slobodan Milošević annulled municipal election results widely won by the opposition. Nearly 30 years later, it is a tragic accident, on November 1, that has driven the population, particularly students, to revolt.
At precisely 11:52 a.m. that day, the canopy of Novi Sad’s train station, freshly renovated, collapsed, killing 15 people. Inaugurated in July 2024 after renovations carried out by a Chinese conglomerate, the station was meant to symbolize Vučić’s development agenda. Instead, the accident has exposed serious negligence. On social media, a Serbian engineer shared photos showing that the collapse was caused by a miscalculated structural overload, blaming the incompetence of the firms involved.
