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Vu/u010di/u0107: US set to sanction Serbia's main oil and gas company due to Russian ownership<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There is speculation that the talks with Putin may focus on Serbia buying Moscow\u2019s stake in the company.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, Serbia has benefited from a competitive edge due to its agreement with Russia. The newly imposed sanctions, however, might deal a significant blow to the country\u2019s economy, according to authorities.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736510608,"updatedAt":1736597976,"publishedAt":1736543688,"firstPublishedAt":1736543688,"lastPublishedAt":1736597976,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/26\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5ff32cb9-35d8-50ef-beb7-913e8c20db06-8962632.jpg","altText":"Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 at a press conference.","caption":"Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 at a press conference.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Web) Serbia student protests testimonies","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"'Standing under a collapsing roof': Serbian students demand justice after fatal awning collapse","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Serbian students demand justice after fatal awning collapse","titleListing2":"Euronews has spoken to five students across Serbia who are part of the country\u2019s protest movement demanding justice after the deadly Novi Sad train station roof collapse.","leadin":"Euronews has spoken to five students across Serbia who are part of the Western Balkan country\u2019s protest movement demanding justice after the deadly Novi Sad train station awning collapse killed 15 and injured two.","summary":"Euronews has spoken to five students across Serbia who are part of the Western Balkan country\u2019s protest movement demanding justice after the deadly Novi Sad train station awning collapse killed 15 and injured two.","keySentence":"","url":"standing-under-a-collapsing-roof-serbian-students-demand-justice-after-fatal-awning-collap","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/10\/standing-under-a-collapsing-roof-serbian-students-demand-justice-after-fatal-awning-collap","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\"I was under that roof about an hour before it collapsed,\" 22-year-old Branislav, a student from Novi Sad said, remembering the day when the concrete awning of a railway station in Serbia\u2019s second-largest city that collapsed on 1 November, killing 15 people and severely injuring two.\n\n\"I attended the first big protest afterwards, some 27,000 people were on the street,\" Branislav said.\n\nMany blame the awning's collapse on corruption, which led to sloppy renovation work on the station. The renovation, being part of a broader deal with Chinese state companies involved in several infrastructure projects in Serbia, raised further eyebrows and raised questions about adherence to standards, too.\n\nAlthough the protests were peaceful and aimed at demanding justice for the victims, \"the police started using tear gas and beating up protesters,\" Branislav recalled. Random arrests, including his own, soon followed the violence, he added. \n\n\"Some activists were detained. Some were sentenced to prison, while others were given 30-day sentences, but they were later released after about 20 days, because no (proof of) criminal activity was found\", Branislav explained.\u00a0\n\n\"They accused me of tearing a Serbian flag, but there was no evidence,\" he claimed. \n\nAfter four hours, he was released without charge, as video footage showed he was not involved in anything illegal. \"The protests continued from that day onward,\" Branislav said.\u00a0\n\nAt the protests in Novi Sad over the following weekends, roads were blocked, and protesters painted red handprints on buildings across the city, symbolising the blood of the victims on the government's hands. \n\nAdditionally, 15 minutes of silence \u2014 one minute for each life \u2014 were held at different locations across Serbia every Friday, starting at 11:52 am, the exact time the canopy collapsed.\n\n'We did nothing wrong'\n\nOn 22 November, almost a month after the canopy collapse, faculty and students from Belgrade\u2019s Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) observed 15 minutes of silence for the victims. \n\n\"Our students and professors were attacked when they walked out onto the streets to pay their respects. Some people, posing as angry drivers, verbally and physically attacked them,\" Vanja, now representative of the FDU students, told Euronews.\n\n\"We did nothing wrong to be attacked. How can you observe 15 minutes of silence other than silently,\" Vanja asked.\n\nIn response, students at the FDU formed a plenum and voted to initiate a blockade, demanding their attackers be identified and prosecuted. Other faculties joined the blockade, introducing their own demands regarding how the authorities should handle the Novi Sad awning collapse.\n\nOn 26 November, the FDU student plenum made its first request: that the Ministry of Internal Affairs file a criminal report against those responsible for the assaults. Two weeks later, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office identified five individuals said to be involved in the attacks and named them in Serbian media.\u00a0\n\nThe suspects include officials and activists of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and an employee of the municipality of New Belgrade.\u00a0\n\nAlongside the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, other universities drafted additional demands, which were widely adopted. Emilija, a student from the Faculty of Philosophy in the southern Serbian city of Ni\u0161, said students demanded the release of all documents about the canopy\u2019s reconstruction.\n\n\"We want confirmation that the reconstruction was done right, and that everything was legally documented. They can claim all day that it was done properly, but we want proof,\" the 20-year-old told Euronews.\n\nDemocracy thriving at Serbia's universities\n\nThe students insist on their movement being run democratically. Every decision is voted on, explained Pavle, a student at both the University of Belgrade and the University of Kragujevac.\n\n\"We have a principle where everyone has the right to vote, everyone can be heard and say what they want and think about every aspect of the situation,\" he added.\u00a0\n\nAccording to Pavle, the students want to oppose the system they live in. \"Instead of anti-democracy, we want to prioritise democracy and prove it works.\" \n\nAdditionally, to vote on every decision, all five students Euronews has spoken to have confirmed that there is not one leader at any university or within the movement. \"There are no leaders \u2014 just all of us,\" Branislav said.\n\n\"Democracy is one of the main reasons we are all here, because democracy in Serbia unfortunately (either) died a long time ago or it's not done properly,\" reckoned Emilija. \"We want to show everyone that democracy can thrive if implemented properly,\" she concluded.\n\nIn addition to their commitment to democracy, students at different faculties and universities are collaborating for their cause. As Vanja explained, after students demanded the renovation documents, the government released only some, which students from Belgrade's Faculty of Architecture then examined and verified.\n\n\"They are the only students who are capable of reading and interpreting these documents,\" Vanja said, adding that the students have found the documents shared by the government to be incomplete and, therefore, mean the authorities failed to meet their demands.\u00a0\n\nEmilija explained that the Faculty of Law at the University of Ni\u0161 also reviews the government\u2019s documents. \"They tell us when something\u2019s not right.\"\n\n'Paid by the West'\n\nAfter the blockades and protests gained significant traction at Serbia's universities, claims have been made that the students are allegedly \"paid by the West\" \u2014 meaning, intentionally funded by foreign governments to stir discontent. All five students Euronews has spoken to strongly deny those claims.\n\n\"None of the ongoing protests in Serbia are connected to any political party,\" confirmed Emilija. \"We are not associated with any political party whatsoever. We are a community of students, citizens and people that want to walk freely in their own country.\"\u00a0\n\n\"Nobody wants to be the next prime minister or parliament member,\" added Branislav. \"Everyone just wants their demands met: an end to corruption, and the rule of law.\"\u00a0\n\nFor An\u0111ela, a student of the Faculty of Music in Ni\u0161, the blockades and protests are simply fighting for their fundamental human rights. \"That's neither special nor complicated\", she said.\n\n'Rationally scared' of intimidation\n\nA recent Amnesty International report revealed that Serbian authorities are using advanced phone spyware and mobile forensic products to target journalists, activists, and other individuals as part of a covert surveillance campaign. \n\nThe report highlights how Cellebrite\u2019s forensic tools and the NoviSpy Android spyware are being used by the Serbian police and the Security Information Agency (BIA) to extract data from devices and secretly infect them during detentions or interviews.\n\nThe news of these methods intimidates many protesters but won't stop them from fighting for their cause. \n\n\"We are rationally scared,\" explained An\u0111ela. She added that her university in Ni\u0161 has a strict policy about who can enter faculty buildings. When it comes to walking the streets, it can be a little scary,\" she admitted. \"But, in the end, it\u2019s not about us as individuals but our country.\"\u00a0\n\nDespite fears of being verbally or physically attacked, all five protesters, Branislav, Emilija, Vanja, Pavle and An\u0111ela, fear for the state of their country more than for the potential repercussions from their government. \n\nThey want basic security, such as standing inside a public building without fearing for their lives due to negligence.\n\n\"I hope that we will live in a country where we can walk under a roof without being scared of it falling on us. Right now, we are all standing under an awning like the one that collapsed in Novi Sad,\" concluded Emilija.\n\nOn 30 December, 13 people, including former Transport Minister Goran Vesi\u0107, were arrested on suspicion of causing the fatal railway roof collapse in Novi Sad in November. They were arrested and charged with serious offences related to general safety and improper construction work.\n\nThe protesters Euronews has spoken to do not see this as an answer to their demands either, and plan to continue their blockade.\n\nEuronews has reached out to the Serbian government for comment about student demands, but has not received a response by the time of publication.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>\"I was under that roof about an hour before it collapsed,\" 22-year-old Branislav, a student from Novi Sad said, remembering the day when the concrete awning of a railway station in Serbia\u2019s second-largest city that collapsed on 1 November, killing 15 people and severely injuring two.<\/p>\n<p>\"I attended the first big protest afterwards, some 27,000 people were on the street,\" Branislav said.<\/p>\n<p>Many blame the awning's collapse on corruption, which led to sloppy renovation work on the station. The renovation, being part of a broader deal with Chinese state companies involved in several infrastructure projects in Serbia, raised further eyebrows and raised questions about adherence to standards, too.<\/p>\n<p>Although the protests were peaceful and aimed at demanding justice for the victims, \"the police started using tear gas and beating up protesters,\" Branislav recalled. Random arrests, including his own, soon followed the violence, he added. <\/p>\n<p>\"Some activists were detained. Some were sentenced to prison, while others were given 30-day sentences, but they were later released after about 20 days, because no (proof of) criminal activity was found\", Branislav explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//74//54//808x539_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg/" alt=\"Serbian police officers guard a courthouse during an anti-government protest demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Nov. 20, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_c5580ac4-51c7-51ff-b9de-95f9b533ef0a-8957454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Serbian police officers guard a courthouse during an anti-government protest demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Nov. 20, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"They accused me of tearing a Serbian flag, but there was no evidence,\" he claimed. <\/p>\n<p>After four hours, he was released without charge, as video footage showed he was not involved in anything illegal. \"The protests continued from that day onward,\" Branislav said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the protests in Novi Sad over the following weekends, roads were blocked, and protesters painted red handprints on buildings across the city, symbolising the blood of the victims on the government's hands. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//27//15-minutes-for-15-lives-students-in-serbia-demand-accountability-for-novi-sad-tragedy/">15 minutes of silence<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 one minute for each life \u2014 were held at different locations across Serbia every Friday, starting at 11:52 am, the exact time the canopy collapsed.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>'We did nothing wrong'<\/strong><\/h2><p>On 22 November, almost a month after the canopy collapse, faculty and students from Belgrade\u2019s Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU) observed 15 minutes of silence for the victims. <\/p>\n<p>\"Our students and professors were attacked when they walked out onto the streets to pay their respects. Some people, posing as angry drivers, verbally and physically attacked them,\" Vanja, now representative of the FDU students, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"We did nothing wrong to be attacked. How can you observe 15 minutes of silence other than silently,\" Vanja asked.<\/p>\n<p>In response, students at the FDU formed a plenum and voted to initiate a blockade, demanding their attackers be identified and prosecuted. Other faculties joined the blockade, introducing their own demands regarding how the authorities should handle the Novi Sad awning collapse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//74//54//808x539_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg/" alt=\"A protester holds a red-painted hand in the air.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a628fcdc-ad23-52b8-a79c-657efda3c93e-8957454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A protester holds a red-painted hand in the air.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Na\u0111a \u0106eli\u0107<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On 26 November, the FDU student plenum made its first request: that the Ministry of Internal Affairs file a criminal report against those responsible for the assaults. Two weeks later, the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office identified five individuals said to be involved in the attacks and named them in Serbian media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suspects include officials and activists of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and an employee of the municipality of New Belgrade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, other universities drafted additional demands, which were widely adopted. Emilija, a student from the Faculty of Philosophy in the southern Serbian city of Ni\u0161, said students demanded the release of all documents about the canopy\u2019s reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>\"We want confirmation that the reconstruction was done right, and that everything was legally documented. They can claim all day that it was done properly, but we want proof,\" the 20-year-old told Euronews.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Democracy thriving at Serbia's universities<\/strong><\/h2><p>The students insist on their movement being run democratically. Every decision is voted on, explained Pavle, a student at both the University of Belgrade and the University of Kragujevac.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have a principle where everyone has the right to vote, everyone can be heard and say what they want and think about every aspect of the situation,\" he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Pavle, the students want to oppose the system they live in. \"Instead of anti-democracy, we want to prioritise democracy and prove it works.\" <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, to vote on every decision, all five students Euronews has spoken to have confirmed that there is not one leader at any university or within the movement. \"There are no leaders \u2014 just all of us,\" Branislav said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Democracy is one of the main reasons we are all here, because democracy in Serbia unfortunately (either) died a long time ago or it's not done properly,\" reckoned Emilija. \"We want to show everyone that democracy can thrive if implemented properly,\" she concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//74//54//808x539_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg/" alt=\"Protests at a Serbian university.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1920x1280_cmsv2_67869a6d-2659-595b-bf44-8cba9f11d29a-8957454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protests at a Serbian university.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Na\u0111a \u0106eli\u0107<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition to their commitment to democracy, students at different faculties and universities are collaborating for their cause. As Vanja explained, after students demanded the renovation documents, the government released only some, which students from Belgrade's Faculty of Architecture then examined and verified.<\/p>\n<p>\"They are the only students who are capable of reading and interpreting these documents,\" Vanja said, adding that the students have found the documents shared by the government to be incomplete and, therefore, mean the authorities failed to meet their demands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emilija explained that the Faculty of Law at the University of Ni\u0161 also reviews the government\u2019s documents. \"They tell us when something\u2019s not right.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>'Paid by the West'<\/strong><\/h2><p>After the blockades and protests gained significant traction at Serbia's universities, claims have been made that the students are allegedly \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//13//serbian-students-rally-against-government-refute-claims-of-western-funding/">paid by the West<\/strong><\/a><strong>\"<\/strong> \u2014 meaning, intentionally funded by foreign governments to stir discontent. All five students Euronews has spoken to strongly deny those claims.<\/p>\n<p>\"None of the ongoing protests in Serbia are connected to any political party,\" confirmed Emilija. \"We are not associated with any political party whatsoever. We are a community of students, citizens and people that want to walk freely in their own country.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//74//54//808x539_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg/" alt=\"Protest in Belgrade.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/384x255_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/640x426_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/750x499_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/828x551_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1080x718_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1200x798_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1920x1277_cmsv2_8fe1752f-0e60-5241-8c5d-8417919c8f78-8957454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protest in Belgrade.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Foto zur Verf\u00fcgung gestellt von der Faculty of Dramatic Arts.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Nobody wants to be the next prime minister or parliament member,\" added Branislav. \"Everyone just wants their demands met: an end to corruption, and the rule of law.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For An\u0111ela, a student of the Faculty of Music in Ni\u0161, the blockades and protests are simply fighting for their fundamental human rights. \"That's neither special nor complicated\", she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8936314,8913970\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//16//serbia-used-spyware-to-hack-phones-of-journalists-and-activists-amnesty-says/">Serbia used spyware to hack phones of journalists and activists, Amnesty says <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//27//15-minutes-for-15-lives-students-in-serbia-demand-accountability-for-novi-sad-tragedy/">15 minutes for 15 lives: Students in Serbia demand accountability for Novi Sad tragedy<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>'Rationally scared' of intimidation<\/strong><\/h2><p>A recent Amnesty International report revealed that Serbian authorities are using advanced phone spyware and mobile forensic products to target journalists, activists, and other individuals as part of a covert surveillance campaign. <\/p>\n<p>The report highlights how Cellebrite\u2019s forensic tools and the NoviSpy Android spyware are being used by the Serbian police and the Security Information Agency (BIA) to extract data from devices and secretly infect them during detentions or interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The news of these methods intimidates many protesters but won't stop them from fighting for their cause. <\/p>\n<p>\"We are rationally scared,\" explained An\u0111ela. She added that her university in Ni\u0161 has a strict policy about who can enter faculty buildings. When it comes to walking the streets, it can be a little scary,\" she admitted. \"But, in the end, it\u2019s not about us as individuals but our country.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//74//54//808x539_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg/" alt=\"Protesters in Serbia.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6023b672-4804-5bce-9c09-a53289983602-8957454.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters in Serbia.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Na\u0111a \u0106eli\u0107<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite fears of being verbally or physically attacked, all five protesters, Branislav, Emilija, Vanja, Pavle and An\u0111ela, fear for the state of their country more than for the potential repercussions from their government. <\/p>\n<p>They want basic security, such as standing inside a public building without fearing for their lives due to negligence.<\/p>\n<p>\"I hope that we will live in a country where we can walk under a roof without being scared of it falling on us. Right now, we are all standing under an awning like the one that collapsed in Novi Sad,\" concluded Emilija.<\/p>\n<p>On 30 December, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//30//serbian-prosecutors-indict-13-over-deadly-canopy-collapse-that-sparked-mass-protests/">13 people<\/strong><\/a>, including former Transport Minister Goran Vesi\u0107, were arrested on suspicion of causing the fatal railway roof collapse in Novi Sad in November. They were arrested and charged with serious offences related to general safety and improper construction work.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters Euronews has spoken to do not see this as an answer to their demands either, and plan to continue their blockade.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews has reached out to the Serbian government for comment about student demands, but has not received a response by the time of publication.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736337386,"updatedAt":1736513656,"publishedAt":1736513652,"firstPublishedAt":1736513652,"lastPublishedAt":1736513652,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/74\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eebf66e9-df92-58c3-8ba8-d58e0c402729-8957454.jpg","altText":"Emilija.","caption":"Emilija.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Photo provided by 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court sentences parents of teenage school shooter","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Serbian court sentences parents of teenage school shooter ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Serbian court sentences parents of Belgrade school shooter to prison after deadly 2023 attack.\n","leadin":"The boy\u2019s father received 14 years and six months in prison for child neglect and endangering public safety, while his mother was sentenced to three years for neglect.","summary":"The boy\u2019s father received 14 years and six months in prison for child neglect and endangering public safety, while his mother was sentenced to three years for neglect.","keySentence":"","url":"serbian-court-sentences-parents-of-teenage-school-shooter","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/30\/serbian-court-sentences-parents-of-teenage-school-shooter","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A court in Serbia on Monday convicted the parents of a 13-year-old boy who fatally shot nine students and a school guard at a primary school in central Belgrade last year.\n\nThe Higher Court in Belgrade sentenced the boy\u2019s father, Vladimir Kecmanovic, to 14 years and six months in prison for \u201cgrave acts against public safety\u201d and child neglect.\n\nHis mother, Miljana Kecmanovic, received a three-year prison sentence for child neglect but was acquitted of charges related to the illegal possession of weapons.\n\nThe shooter, Kosta Kecmanovic, was too young to face trial under Serbian law.\n\nAuthorities detained his parents shortly after the massacre, accusing them of failing to secure their firearms, which the boy used to carry out the attack.\n\nThe shooting occurred on 3 May 2023 at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in central Belgrade, shocking the nation, which had never experienced a mass school shooting.\n\nThe boy reportedly entered the school armed with his father\u2019s guns, opened fire in the hallway, and then moved to a classroom where he continued shooting.\n\nThe couple\u2019s lawyer, Irina Borovic, said the verdict was unsurprising \u201cbecause public pressure was enormous and the expectations were huge\u201d. However, she stated that she will appeal the verdicts.\u00a0\n\nDespite the outcome, some of the victims\u2019 families remain dissatisfied. Ninela Radicevic, who lost her daughter in the attack, said: \u201cWe are not satisfied because no one was held responsible for the murder of nine children.\u201d\n\nPolice revealed that the teenager himself called them after the incident, calmly explaining his actions. He has been held in a specialised institution since the shooting and testified during his parents' trial, which was closed to the public except for the reading of the verdict.\n\nA shooting instructor who worked at a range where the boy practised shooting was also convicted of giving false testimony and sentenced to 15 months in prison.\n\nThe tragedy was followed by another mass shooting the next day near Belgrade, in which 21-year-old Uro\u0161 Bla\u017ei\u0107 used an automatic rifle to kill nine people and injure 12 others. Earlier this month, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.\n\nThese back-to-back shootings prompted widespread street protests and a national crackdown on illegal gun ownership in Serbia.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A court in Serbia on Monday convicted the parents of a 13-year-old boy who fatally shot nine students and a school guard at a primary school in central Belgrade last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Higher Court in Belgrade sentenced the boy\u2019s father, Vladimir Kecmanovic, to 14 years and six months in prison for \u201cgrave acts against public safety\u201d and child neglect.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Miljana Kecmanovic, received a three-year prison sentence for child neglect but was acquitted of charges related to the illegal possession of weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, Kosta Kecmanovic, was too young to face trial under Serbian law.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities detained his parents shortly after the massacre, accusing them of failing to secure their firearms, which the boy used to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting occurred on 3 May 2023 at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in central Belgrade, shocking the nation, which had never experienced a mass school shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The boy reportedly entered the school armed with his father\u2019s guns, opened fire in the hallway, and then moved to a classroom where he continued shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s lawyer, Irina Borovic, said the verdict was unsurprising \u201cbecause public pressure was enormous and the expectations were huge\u201d. However, she stated that she will appeal the verdicts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7581860\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//05//8-fatally-shot-in-serbian-town-day-after-9-killed-at-school/">Serbian president announces harsh anti-gun measures after second shooting spree <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the outcome, some of the victims\u2019 families remain dissatisfied. Ninela Radicevic, who lost her daughter in the attack, said: \u201cWe are not satisfied because no one was held responsible for the murder of nine children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police revealed that the teenager himself called them after the incident, calmly explaining his actions. He has been held in a specialised institution since the shooting and testified during his parents' trial, which was closed to the public except for the reading of the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>A shooting instructor who worked at a range where the boy practised shooting was also convicted of giving false testimony and sentenced to 15 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy was followed by another mass shooting the next day near Belgrade, in which 21-year-old Uro\u0161 Bla\u017ei\u0107 used an automatic rifle to kill nine people and injure 12 others. Earlier this month, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>These back-to-back shootings prompted widespread street protests and a national crackdown on illegal gun ownership in Serbia.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1735574704,"updatedAt":1735589010,"publishedAt":1735575591,"firstPublishedAt":1735575591,"lastPublishedAt":1735575591,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/05\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_67b95f34-f7bd-5126-985a-c0e9f76e8294-8940534.jpg","altText":"Relatives and friends of victims arrive in the court building prior to a verdict in trial of parents of a boy who killed 9 students and security guard, 30 Dec 2024. ","caption":"Relatives and friends of victims arrive in the court building prior to a verdict in trial of parents of a boy who killed 9 students and security guard, 30 Dec 2024. 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Prosecutors in Novi Sad have also requested that the accused be detained during the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Among those indicted is former Construction Minister Goran Vesi\u0107, as well as officials and contractors involved in the station\u2019s renovation.<\/p>\n<p>Vesi\u0107 was previously detained but later released, prompting scepticism about the integrity of the investigation and the independence of Serbia\u2019s judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when the trial might begin.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing street protests and a university student strike have posed a challenge to Vu\u010di\u0107's grip on power. Although the Serbian leader outwardly advocates for European Union membership, he faces mounting accusations of undermining democratic freedoms rather than advancing them.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1735555776,"updatedAt":1735585024,"publishedAt":1735557413,"firstPublishedAt":1735557413,"lastPublishedAt":1735576792,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/93\/97\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3eb9327d-f7f7-5c55-8b4d-0e7184c657f8-8939716.jpg","altText":"Flowers placed in front of a train station where an outdoor roof collapsed one month ago in Novi Sad, Serbia, Sunday, 1 December 2024","caption":"Flowers placed in front of a train station where an outdoor roof collapsed one month ago in Novi Sad, Serbia, Sunday, 1 December 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Darko 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in the region of Vojvodina's capital of Novi Sad when a massive concrete awning at the railway station crashed onto the people below.\n\nMany in Serbia blame the collapse on widespread corruption and sloppy work on the building renovation, one of several infrastructure megaprojects involving Chinese state companies that are now under question.\n\nProsecutors have arrested 13 people over the Novi Sad tragedy, including a government minister whose release later fueled public scepticism about the sincerity of the investigation.\n\nStriking students in Serbia have received wide support from their professors, farmers, actors, and others. Tens of thousands joined a student-led protest in Belgrade on Sunday, which also reflected wider discontent with populist President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107's rule.\n\nProtesting students on Wednesday carried banners featuring red handprints \u2014 a protest symbol telling the authorities they have \"blood on their hands\".\n\nIn an apparent attempt to defuse the student strikes, Vu\u010di\u0107 has been advertising what he describes as \"favourable\" loans for young people to purchase apartments.\n\nThe Serbian leader has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms despite formally pursuing European Union membership for the Western Balkan nation, while maintaining close ties to Russia and China.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Serbia's striking university students on Wednesday rallied outside the chief prosecutor's office to demand justice over a train station awning collapse that killed 15 people last month in the country's northern province.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 students symbolically left letters on the doorstep of the public prosecutor's office, telling chief prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac that \"students expect you to fight for law and justice, without political abuse or corruption.\"<\/p>\n<p>Dolovac's office later responded with a statement inviting a student delegation to a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's universities have been blockaded for weeks as part of a broader movement demanding accountability over the 1 November tragedy in the region of Vojvodina's capital of Novi Sad when a massive concrete awning at the railway station crashed onto the people below.<\/p>\n<p>Many in Serbia blame the collapse on widespread corruption and sloppy work on the building renovation, one of several infrastructure megaprojects involving Chinese state companies that are now under question.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have arrested 13 people over the Novi Sad tragedy, including a government minister whose release later fueled public scepticism about the sincerity of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Striking students in Serbia have received wide support from their professors, farmers, actors, and others. Tens of thousands joined a student-led protest in Belgrade on Sunday, which also reflected wider discontent with populist President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107's rule.<\/p>\n<p>Protesting students on Wednesday carried banners featuring red handprints \u2014 a protest symbol telling the authorities they have \"blood on their hands\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8927032,8913970\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//16//serbia-used-spyware-to-hack-phones-of-journalists-and-activists-amnesty-says/">Serbia used spyware to hack phones of journalists and activists, Amnesty says <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a 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China.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1735133621,"updatedAt":1735146011,"publishedAt":1735134591,"firstPublishedAt":1735134591,"lastPublishedAt":1735134591,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/93\/22\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ef469cf9-b595-59c8-b8a3-be4560bea73f-8932218.jpg","altText":"Students in Belgrade carry banner reading: \"Belgrade is the world again\" during a protest after a concrete awning fell and killed 15 people in Novi Sad, 25 December 2024","caption":"Students in Belgrade carry banner reading: \"Belgrade is the world again\" during a protest after a concrete awning fell and killed 15 people in Novi Sad, 25 December 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Darko 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ANTI VUCIC PROTEST","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Tens of thousands of Serbs protest against President Aleksandar Vucic","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Tens of thousands of Serbs protest against President Aleksandar Vucic","titleListing2":"Tens of thousands of Serbs protest against President Aleksandar Vucic","leadin":"Students and farmer unions organised the rally against President Aleksandar Vucic at a central square in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Sunday.","summary":"Students and farmer unions organised the rally against President Aleksandar Vucic at a central square in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Sunday.","keySentence":"","url":"tens-of-thousands-of-serbs-protest-against-president-aleksandar-vucic","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/22\/tens-of-thousands-of-serbs-protest-against-president-aleksandar-vucic","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"His tight grip on power has been challenged by weeks of street protests led by university students and the rally at Belgrade's Slavija Square was one of the largest in recent years. It was part of a wider movement demanding accountability over the Nov. 1 collapse of a canopy at a railway station in the country's north that killed 15 people. \n\nSmaller rallies were also held in the cities of Nis and Kragujevac. The rally in Belgrade started with a 15-minute silence for the victims, and later chants of \u201cYou have blood on your hands!\u201d were heard. \n\nMany in Serbia blame the collapse on widespread corruption and sloppy work on the railway station building in the city of Novi Sad that was twice renovated in recent years as part of questionable mega projects involving Chinese state companies. Protesters demand that Vucic and those responsible face justice.\n\nSerbia's popular theatre and movie actors joined the protest, with actor Bane Trifunovic describing Sunday\u2019s rally as \u201ca festival of freedom.\u201d\n\nIn a show of confidence, the Serbian president on Sunday inaugurated a section of a newly built highway in central Serbia. Vucic said he wouldn't budge on opposition demands for a transitional government and accused his opponents of using students to try to seize power.\n\n\u201cWe will beat them again,\u201d said Vucic.\u201cThey (the opposition) don't know what to do but to use someone's children.\u201d\n\nProsecutors have arrested 13 people over the Novi Sad tragedy, including a government minister whose release later fuelled public scepticism about the honesty of the investigation. \n\nThe weeks long protests reflect wider discontent with Vucic's rule. Vucic formally says he wants to take Serbia into the European Union but has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms rather than advancing them. \n\nOpposition parties have said a transitional government that would prepare a free and fair election could be a way out of the political tensions as ruling party also have been accused of rigging past votes.\n\nSerbia\u2019s government has extended school winter holidays by starting them nearly a week earlier to grapple with widening student protests. \n\nClasses at universities throughout the Balkan country have been suspended for weeks with students camping inside their faculty buildings. In recent days, more high school students have joined the movement. Occasional violence has erupted when pro-government thugs tried to disrupt the protests.\n\nA group of farmers said on Sunday that police took away the tractor which they drove into central Belgrade ahead of the protest. In addition to the farmers, Serbia\u2019s students also have received nationwide support from all walks of life including their professors, media personalities, lawyers and prominent individuals. \n\nVucic initially accused the students of launching protests for money but later said he has fulfilled their demands, including publishing documentation relating to the renovation work at the Novi Sad station. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>His tight grip on power has been challenged by weeks of street protests led by university students and the rally at Belgrade's Slavija Square was one of the largest in recent years. It was part of a wider movement demanding accountability over the Nov. 1 collapse of a canopy at a railway station in the country's north that killed 15 people. <\/p>\n<p>Smaller rallies were also held in the cities of Nis and Kragujevac. The rally in Belgrade started with a 15-minute silence for the victims, and later chants of \u201cYou have blood on your hands!\u201d were heard. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//92//70//32//808x539_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg/" alt=\"People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Darko Vojinovic)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/384x256_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/640x427_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/750x500_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/828x552_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/1080x720_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/1200x800_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a8450ec4-c221-5ded-beb8-1168074daf45-8927032.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Darko Vojinovic)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many in Serbia blame the collapse on widespread corruption and sloppy work on the railway station building in the city of Novi Sad that was twice renovated in recent years as part of questionable mega projects involving Chinese state companies. Protesters demand that Vucic and those responsible face justice.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's popular theatre and movie actors joined the protest, with actor Bane Trifunovic describing Sunday\u2019s rally as \u201ca festival of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a show of confidence, the Serbian president on Sunday inaugurated a section of a newly built highway in central Serbia. Vucic said he wouldn't budge on opposition demands for a transitional government and accused his opponents of using students to try to seize power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will beat them again,\u201d said Vucic.\u201cThey (the opposition) don't know what to do but to use someone's children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have arrested 13 people over the Novi Sad tragedy, including a government minister whose release later fuelled public scepticism about the honesty of the investigation. <\/p>\n<p>The weeks long protests reflect wider discontent with Vucic's rule. Vucic formally says he wants to take Serbia into the European Union but has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms rather than advancing them. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//92//70//32//808x539_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg/" alt=\"People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Darko Vojinovic)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/384x256_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/640x427_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/750x500_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/828x552_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/1080x720_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/1200x800_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/1920x1281_cmsv2_3b9b52b8-7c4b-5a39-a802-84af18a2fbf9-8927032.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Darko Vojinovic)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Opposition parties have said a transitional government that would prepare a free and fair election could be a way out of the political tensions as ruling party also have been accused of rigging past votes.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia\u2019s government has extended school winter holidays by starting them nearly a week earlier to grapple with widening student protests. <\/p>\n<p>Classes at universities throughout the Balkan country have been suspended for weeks with students camping inside their faculty buildings. In recent days, more high school students have joined the movement. Occasional violence has erupted when pro-government thugs tried to disrupt the protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8908962,8907256,8887942\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//12//serbian-president-agrees-to-protesters-demands-after-weeks-of-unrest/">Serbian president agrees to protesters\u2019 demands after weeks of unrest<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//13//serbian-students-rally-against-government-refute-claims-of-western-funding/">Serbian students rally against government, refute claims of Western funding<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//novi-sad-protesters-mark-15-lives-lost-with-15-minutes-of-noise/">Novi Sad protesters mark 15 lives lost with 15 minutes of noise<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A group of farmers said on Sunday that police took away the tractor which they drove into central Belgrade ahead of the protest. In addition to the farmers, Serbia\u2019s students also have received nationwide support from all walks of life including their professors, media personalities, lawyers and prominent individuals. <\/p>\n<p>Vucic initially accused the students of launching protests for money but later said he has fulfilled their demands, including publishing documentation relating to the renovation work at the Novi Sad station. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734885515,"updatedAt":1734901026,"publishedAt":1734886712,"firstPublishedAt":1734886712,"lastPublishedAt":1734898488,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/92\/70\/32\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6bfa800c-39db-5133-adfd-f15141cba1ed-8927032.jpg","altText":"People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo\/Darko Vojinovic)","caption":"People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. 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\"nonsensical\".","keySentence":"","url":"serbia-used-spyware-to-hack-phones-of-journalists-and-activists-amnesty-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/16\/serbia-used-spyware-to-hack-phones-of-journalists-and-activists-amnesty-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Serbian police and intelligence services have used advanced spyware alongside other digital tools to hack the phones of activists and journalists and illegally surveil them, Amnesty International said in a report published on Monday.\n\nMobile forensic products made by Israeli firm Cellebrite are being used by authorities in Serbia to extract data from individuals' phones, while new Serbian spyware \u2014 dubbed \"NoviSpy\" by Amnesty \u2014 has been developed to covertly infect devices and capture information, according to the report. \n\nThe report, based on more than a dozen testimonies of activists and journalists who told Amnesty their phones were hacked in recent months during detention or 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Serbia's police have not publicly commented on the report's findings.\n\nAmnesty also said that Cellebrite's mobile forensic products \u2014 which are widely used by police and intelligence services globally to unlock devices and search them for evidence \u2014 can pose a risk to activists when \"used outside of strict legal control and oversight\".\n\nSerbia received Cellebrite technology in 2019 as part of a wider package of aid designed to help the country meet the requirements for integration into the EU, Amnesty said. \n\nOne of the individuals named in the report \u2014 investigative journalist Slavi\u0161a Milanov \u2014 told Amnesty he was detained in February after a seemingly routine traffic stop. \n\nAfter being released, Milanov noticed his phone had been tampered with and contacted Amnesty to ask for help. The NGO discovered that a Cellebrite product had been used to unlock the phone, and NoviSpy had been installed on his phone. Amnesty said forensic evidence indicates that the spyware was installed while Serbian police had the device.\n\n\"Two forms of highly invasive technologies were used in combination to target the device of an independent journalist, leaving almost his entire digital life open to the Serbian authorities,\" Amnesty's report said.\n\nCellebrite said in a statement that it was investigating the claims made in Amnesty's report.\n\n\"We take all allegations seriously of a customer\u2019s potential misuse of our technology,\" the statement said. \"We are prepared to take measures in line with our ethical values and contracts, including termination of Cellebrite\u2019s relationship with any relevant agencies.\"\n\nThe Amnesty report comes as Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 is facing one of the biggest challenges to more than a decade of his increasingly autocratic rule, with widening anti-government protests led by university students and opposition activists that so far have been largely peaceful.\n\nVu\u010di\u0107 has accused Western intelligence services, NGOs and foreign media of conducting \"hybrid warfare\" against him and the country by illegally financing the protests, which started following the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station in the country\u2019s north that killed 15 people on 1 November.\n\nSerbia, which is formally seeking EU membership, has been building closer ties with Russia and China, including their spy agencies, in what officials said was a joint action against the so-called \"coloured revolutions\" \u2014 street protests against repressive regimes.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Serbian police and intelligence services have used advanced spyware alongside other digital tools to hack the phones of activists and journalists and illegally surveil them, Amnesty International said in a report published on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile forensic products made by Israeli firm Cellebrite are being used by authorities in Serbia to extract data from individuals' phones, while new Serbian spyware \u2014 dubbed \"NoviSpy\" by Amnesty \u2014 has been developed to covertly infect devices and capture information, according to the report. <\/p>\n<p>The report, based on more than a dozen testimonies of activists and journalists who told Amnesty their phones were hacked in recent months during detention or questioning by police, said NoviSpy was used to unlock phones to capture covert screenshots and copy contact lists, which were then uploaded to a government-controlled server.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our investigation reveals how Serbian authorities have deployed surveillance technology and digital repression tactics as instruments of wider state control and repression directed against civil society,\" said Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International\u2019s deputy regional director for Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement responding to Amnesty's report on Monday, Serbia's intelligence agency BIA said that it \"works exclusively in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Serbia\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Therefore, we are not even able to comment on nonsensical allegations from their (Amnesty) text, just as we do not normally comment on similar content,\" BIA said. Serbia's police have not publicly commented on the report's findings.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty also said that Cellebrite's mobile forensic products \u2014 which are widely used by police and intelligence services globally to unlock devices and search them for evidence \u2014 can pose a risk to activists when \"used outside of strict legal control and oversight\".<\/p>\n<p>Serbia received Cellebrite technology in 2019 as part of a wider package of aid designed to help the country meet the requirements for integration into the EU, Amnesty said. <\/p>\n<p>One of the individuals named in the report \u2014 investigative journalist Slavi\u0161a Milanov \u2014 told Amnesty he was detained in February after a seemingly routine traffic stop. <\/p>\n<p>After being released, Milanov noticed his phone had been tampered with and contacted Amnesty to ask for help. The NGO discovered that a Cellebrite product had been used to unlock the phone, and NoviSpy had been installed on his phone. Amnesty said forensic evidence indicates that the spyware was installed while Serbian police had the device.<\/p>\n<p>\"Two forms of highly invasive technologies were used in combination to target the device of an independent journalist, leaving almost his entire digital life open to the Serbian authorities,\" Amnesty's report said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8699464,8397258,7590296\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//25//shocking-and-depressing-polish-minister-says-government-used-spyware-against-hundreds-of-p/">'Shocking and depressing': Polish minister says government used spyware against hundreds of people<\/a><\/li><li 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From politics to everything else,\" Vu\u010di\u0107 said in separate comments made to the Serbian service of Doha-based broadcaster, Al Jazeera.\n\nSerbia\u00a0has repeatedly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine in international forums like the United Nations but has so far resisted pressure to impose sanctions on Moscow.\n\nGazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom\u00a0Neft\u00a0own 6.15% and 50% of NIS respectively, with the remainder of the shares belonging to the government and other smaller shareholders.\n\n\"We will have to look if there is a possibility to reduce Russian ownership below 50% and to talk with Russian partners about it,\" Vu\u010di\u0107 said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Serbia's President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has said the United States is set to slap sanctions on the country\u2019s oil and gas company due to its Russian ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's NIS is majority-owned by the Russian energy corporation, Gazprom.<\/p>\n<p>\"We got confirmation that in the next few days, the US will introduce sanctions against NIS because of Russian ownership,\" Vu\u010di\u0107 said in an interview with Informer TV.<\/p>\n<p>He said he expected the UK and the European Union to fall in line with Washington and introduce their own sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The US Treasury Department hasn't commented on the sanctions package and Vu\u010di\u0107\u00a0 said Belgrade still hadn't received an \"official paper with details\" from America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668330421761917\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//02//13//82//808x539_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg/" alt=\"A man walks past the Gazprom logo at an exhibition at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, 14 September, 2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/384x256_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/640x427_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/750x500_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/828x552_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/1080x720_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/1200x800_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/02\/13\/82\/1920x1280_cmsv2_0f0b5ddb-49d1-5aa6-af42-fecc1549078e-7021382.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man walks past the Gazprom logo at an exhibition at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, 14 September, 2022<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dmitri Lovetsky\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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serbia football punishment","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"UEFA fines Serbian football association for fans' racist behaviour at matches","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"UEFA fines Serbian football association for fans' racist behaviour","titleListing2":"UEFA fines Serbian Football Association for fans' racist behaviour at matches","leadin":"Sanctions include thousands of euros in fines and the partial closure of its stadium for an upcoming home game.","summary":"Sanctions include thousands of euros in fines and the partial closure of its stadium for an upcoming home game.","keySentence":"","url":"uefa-fines-serbian-football-association-for-fans-racist-behaviour-at-matches","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/12\/13\/uefa-fines-serbian-football-association-for-fans-racist-behaviour-at-matches","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Serbia's football federation has been formally penalised for racist acts by fans at two Nations League games, including one incident in Switzerland where supporters tried to burn an Albanian flag, UEFA announced on Friday.\n\nAt a Switzerland-Serbia game last month, visiting fans were filmed trying to set an Albanian flag alight. The Swiss team, including captain Granit Xhaka, typically fields players with family ties to both Albania and Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Belgrade does not recognise it as an independent state.\n\nUEFA said its disciplinary committee had charged the Serbian federation for \"racist and\/or discriminatory behaviour\" over the incident in Switzerland and another at a home game against Denmark three days later, along with other incidents such as fans displaying an \"illicit banner\".\n\nAlso included in the list of unacceptable behaviours are using fireworks, throwing of objects, \"acts of damage caused to the stadium and\/or its installations\", and late kick-offs.\n\nSerbia's federation has now been banned from selling tickets for the team's next two away games in UEFA competitions and must close parts of its stadium at two home games.\n\nThe first parts of the sanctions will apply in March when Serbia faces Austria in a two-leg Nations League promotion playoff.\n\nUEFA also imposed fines totalling \u20ac173,000, \u20ac90,000 of which specifically relates to the acts of \"racist and discriminatory behaviour\" of its supporters.\n\nUEFA and FIFA have previously charged the Serbian football association for repeated fan misconduct, including at Euro 2024 in Germany and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.\n\nThe European football body's executive committee is expected to soon confirm Serbia and Albania as co-hosts of the Under-21 European Championship in 2027.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Serbia's football federation has been formally penalised for racist acts by fans at two Nations League games, including one incident in Switzerland where supporters tried to burn an Albanian flag, UEFA announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At a Switzerland-Serbia game last month, visiting fans were filmed trying to set an Albanian flag alight. The Swiss team, including captain Granit Xhaka, typically fields players with family ties to both Albania and Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008. Belgrade does not recognise it as an independent state.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA said its disciplinary committee had charged the Serbian federation for \"racist and\/or discriminatory behaviour\" over the incident in Switzerland and another at a home game against Denmark three days later, along with other incidents such as fans displaying an \"illicit banner\".<\/p>\n<p>Also included in the list of unacceptable behaviours are using fireworks, throwing of objects, \"acts of damage caused to the stadium and\/or its installations\", and late kick-offs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8524078,8011120\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//11//02//serbia-and-montenegro-to-play-behind-closed-doors-following-fans-misconduct/">Serbia and Montenegro to play behind closed doors following fans' misconduct <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//06//23//uefa-fines-serbia-albania-and-investigates-croatia-as-euro-2024-reignites-balkan-feuds/">UEFA fines Serbia and Albania and investigates Croatia as Euro 2024 reignites Balkan feuds<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Serbia's federation has now been banned from selling tickets for the team's next two away games in UEFA competitions and must close parts of its stadium at two home games.<\/p>\n<p>The first parts of the sanctions will apply in March when Serbia faces Austria in a two-leg Nations League promotion playoff.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA also imposed fines totalling \u20ac173,000, \u20ac90,000 of which specifically relates to the acts of \"racist and discriminatory behaviour\" of its supporters.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA and FIFA have previously charged the Serbian football association for repeated fan misconduct, including at Euro 2024 in Germany and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The European football body's executive committee is expected to soon confirm Serbia and Albania as co-hosts of the Under-21 European Championship in 2027.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734079661,"updatedAt":1734081435,"publishedAt":1734081432,"firstPublishedAt":1734081432,"lastPublishedAt":1734081432,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/95\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4f9e7a7e-b65d-5233-88bb-77dd0b7bc344-8909552.jpg","altText":"Switzerland's Eray Comert, left, and Serbia's Dusan Vlahovic in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Switzerland and Serbia in Zurich.","caption":"Switzerland's Eray Comert, left, and Serbia's Dusan Vlahovic in 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protesters led by university students have staged a rally outside Serbia's state television headquarters in Belgrade as the wave of demonstrations against the populist government headed by President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 continues to grow.\n\nThe protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad killing 15 people.\n\nBlowing whistles and jeering, the protesters said they are angry that RTS television is carrying Vu\u010di\u0107's allegations that the students were paid by the West to hold protests in a bid to overthrow his government.\n\nClasses at more than 40 university faculties throughout Serbia have been suspended for days.\n\nMany in Serbia blame\u00a0the canopy collapse on rampant corruption in the country that led to sloppy renovation work on the station building in Novi Sad, part of a wider deal with Chinese state companies involved in a number of infrastructure projects in the Balkan 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Tanaskovi\u0107 has not commented. \n\nThe arrests follow a wave of protests demanding that those responsible be brought to justice and punished. Many in Serbia believe that the collapse of the awning above the train station's entrance resulted from corruption and a lack of transparency, which led to substandard work in renovating the station building, undertaken as part of a Serbian-Chinese partnership.\n\nOpposition lawmakers and other protesters on Wednesday scuffled with police outside the court building in Novi Sad for a third consecutive day, demanding indictments over the tragedy and the release from detention of activists jailed during earlier rallies.\n\n\"Pressure and persistence have succeeded,\" Marinika Tepi\u0107, one of the leaders of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), wrote on X on Thursday. She said the arrests would not have happened without the efforts of the protesters in recent days.\n\nThe protesters are also demanding the publication of the contracts signed with the four companies involved in the station's renovation: China Railway International, China Communications Construction, France's Egis and Hungary's Utiber. \n\nTwo engineers from Egis were reportedly among the 11 individuals arrested, according to local media. Egis could not immediately be reached for comment on the reports.\n\nSerbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has not commented on the arrests, but said that authorities had faced days of pressure to \"supposedly speed up the work of the prosecutor's office.\"\n\n\"Our prosecutor's office has made decisions 100 times faster than in developed EU countries when similar incidents occurred,\" Vu\u010di\u0107 said in a video message on Thursday.\n\nThe train station was built in 1964 and renovated twice in recent years as part of a wider deal between China, Serbia and Hungary to establish a fast rail connection between Belgrade and Budapest. Serbian officials have offered conflicting information about whether the awning was part of the renovation, with its maintenance now under scrutiny.\n\nThe awning suddenly collapsed on 1 November, falling on people sitting or strolling below. 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Tanaskovi\u0107 has not commented. <\/p>\n<p>The arrests follow a wave of protests demanding that those responsible be brought to justice and punished. Many in Serbia believe that the collapse of the awning above the train station's entrance resulted from corruption and a lack of transparency, which led to substandard work in renovating the station building, undertaken as part of a Serbian-Chinese partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition lawmakers and other protesters on Wednesday scuffled with police outside the court building in Novi Sad for a third consecutive day, demanding indictments over the tragedy and the release from detention of activists jailed during earlier rallies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//86//61//56//808x539_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg/" alt=\"Skirmishes between Serbian police and opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/384x256_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/640x427_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/750x500_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/828x552_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/1080x720_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/1200x800_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Skirmishes between Serbian police and opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Pressure and persistence have succeeded,\" Marinika Tepi\u0107, one of the leaders of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), wrote on X on Thursday. She said the arrests would not have happened without the efforts of the protesters in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters are also demanding the publication of the contracts signed with the four companies involved in the station's renovation: China Railway International, China Communications Construction, France's Egis and Hungary's Utiber. <\/p>\n<p>Two engineers from Egis were reportedly among the 11 individuals arrested, according to local media. Egis could not immediately be reached for comment on the reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8827772,8828238\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//01//roof-collapse-at-railway-station-in-serbia-kills-at-least-eight/">Roof collapse at railway station in Serbia kills at least 13<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//02//vigil-takes-place-in-serbia-for-14-victims-of-novi-sad-train-station-roof-collapse/">Vigil takes place in Serbia for 14 victims of Novi Sad train station roof collapse<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has not commented on the arrests, but said that authorities had faced days of pressure to \"supposedly speed up the work of the prosecutor's office.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Our prosecutor's office has made decisions 100 times faster than in developed EU countries when similar incidents occurred,\" Vu\u010di\u0107 said in a video message on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The train station was built in 1964 and renovated twice in recent years as part of a wider deal between China, Serbia and Hungary to establish a fast rail connection between Belgrade and Budapest. Serbian officials have offered conflicting information about whether the awning was part of the renovation, with its maintenance now under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The awning suddenly collapsed on 1 November, falling on people sitting or strolling below. Initially, 14 people died and three were severely injured, but one of the injured people died\u00a0on Sunday. 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President Vučić rejected a transitional government after Prime Minister Vučević's resignation to calm tensions following anti-corruption protests sparked by a deadly awning collapse.

29/01/2025

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Serbia's students protest deadly Novi Sad awning collapse

Serbia's university students began a 24-hour blockade in Belgrade on Monday to demand accountability for the November canopy collapse in Novi Sad, which killed 15 people.

28/01/2025

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Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigns after months of protests

Vučević resigned just one day after President Aleksandar Vučić announced plans for urgent government reconstruction.

28/01/2025

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Serbian university students stage 24-hour blockade in Belgrade

Thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.

27/01/2025

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Student hit by car at anti-government protest in Belgrade

The uprising of tens of thousands of young Serbs outraged at corruption and civil liberties violations is a growing challenge to Aleksandar Vučić's government.

16/01/2025

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Serbia's student strikes demand accountability from government

University classes have been suspended for weeks with students demanding accountability for the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station in November that killed 15 people.

13/01/2025

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US imposes sanctions on Serbia's Russian-owned petrol industry

Serbia's Vučić plans talks with Putin after US sanctions on NIS, demanding Gazprom's exit. The sanctions could impact Serbia's economy and its deal with Moscow.

10/01/2025

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Serbian students demand justice after fatal awning collapse

Euronews has spoken to five students across Serbia who are part of the Western Balkan country’s protest movement demanding justice after the deadly Novi Sad train station awning collapse killed 15 and injured two.

10/01/2025

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In Belgrade, hundreds of Santas on motorbikes in honour of children

The Santa motorbikers gathered outside the Municipal Assembly in Serbia's capital on Saturday, before heading to a home for disabled children.

30/12/2024

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Serbian court sentences parents of teenage school shooter

The boy’s father received 14 years and six months in prison for child neglect and endangering public safety, while his mother was sentenced to three years for neglect.

30/12/2024

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Serbian prosecutors indict 13 over deadly canopy collapse

The suspects face charges of endangering public safety and improper construction practices, with potential prison sentences of up to 12 years.

30/12/2024

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Student movement in Serbia demands accountability for Novi Sad tragedy

Daily street protests demand accountability for the collapse of a concrete awning at a train station in Novi Sad nearly two months ago, which killed 15 people.

27/12/2024

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Serbian students rally again over deadly train station awning collapse

Serbian students protested outside the prosecutor's office in Belgrade, demanding justice for a train station awning collapse in Novi Sad that killed 15, blaming corruption and sloppy work.

25/12/2024

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Tens of thousands of Serbs protest against President Aleksandar Vucic

Students and farmer unions organised the rally against President Aleksandar Vucic at a central square in Serbia's capital Belgrade on Sunday.

22/12/2024

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Serbia accused of using spyware to surveil journalists and activists

Serbian authorities have rejected the claims they used forensic tools from Israeli company Cellebrite and bespoke spyware for illegal surveillance, calling them "nonsensical".

16/12/2024

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Vučić: US to sanction Serbia's oil company due to Russian ownership

Gazprom and its subsidiary Gazprom Neft own 6.15% and 50% of NIS respectively, with the remainder of the shares belonging to the government and other smaller shareholders.

14/12/2024

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UEFA fines Serbian football association for fans' racist behaviour

Sanctions include thousands of euros in fines and the partial closure of its stadium for an upcoming home game.

13/12/2024

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Student-led protesters in Serbia rally against populist government

The protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad killing 15 people.

13/12/2024

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Serbian president agrees to protesters’ demands after weeks of unrest

Aleksandar Vučić's pledge contrasts with a video he released on Tuesday, in which he accused foreign powers of financing the protests.

12/12/2024

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Serbian students block access to universities

Today, more than thirty public faculties at four Serbian universities were blocked by students, while the demonstrations continue to intensify.

11/12/2024

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No comment: 15 minutes of noise in Novi Sad for the 15 lives lost

Demonstrators in Novi Sad, Serbia, protested on Tuesday the tragic collapse of a station awning that killed 15 people, calling for justice. They also demanded the release of activists and the resignation of Mayor Milan Đurić, making a loud protest for 15 minutes.

03/12/2024

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Fistfights in Serbia's parliament over awning collapse at rail station

Scuffles and fistfights broke out between the ruling party and opposition lawmakers in Serbia’s parliament on Monday, weeks after a deadly awning collapse at a rail station sparked tensions in the Balkan state.

26/11/2024

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Serbia arrests 11 people over deadly awning collapse at train station

Demonstrations against the government are ongoing in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, with protestors denouncing corruption and a lack of transparency.

21/11/2024

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Protests continue in Serbia over deadly train station awning collapse

The incident in Novi Sad, which left 15 dead, has triggered a wave of protests against the authorities over the past weeks.

20/11/2024

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No Comment: Eggs thrown at Euro Lithium Balkan headquarters in Serbia

The residents of Valjevo in Serbia are opposed to a lithium mine project near their town.

13/11/2024

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Thousands march in Serbian capital demanding prime minister resigns

Surveillance camera footage of the collapse showed the massive canopy on the outer wall of the station building crashing down on the people sitting below on benches or going in and out. Government officials have promised full accountability.

11/11/2024

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