Thousands protest media outlet friendly to Serbian government in Belgrade

Record ID: 1986664

  • Title: Thousands protest media outlet friendly to Serbian government in Belgrade
  • Date: 29th March 2025
  • Summary: BELGRADE, SERBIA (MARCH 29, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING TO HEADQUARTERS OF MEDIA OUTLET 'INFORMER TV' SIGN IN SHAPE OF JAPANESE ANIMATION POKEMON CHARACTER PIKACHU PROTESTERS HOLDING UP BANNERS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS JUMPING UP AND DOWN OUTSIDE FENCE AROUND INFORMER TV'S OFFICES CHANTING (Serbian): "Whoever doesn't jump is Caci (referring to students who
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  • Keywords: Aleksandar Vucic Serbian government Serbian president Serbian protests anti-government protests
  • Location: BELGRADE, SERBIA
  • City: BELGRADE, SERBIA
  • Country: Serbia
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001264629032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Thousands protested outside the Belgrade headquarters of a media outlet sympathetic to Serbia's government on Saturday (March 29) saying it was spreading lies about the country's student-led protest movement.
    Protests have taken place regularly since 16 people were killed when a railway station roof collapsed on Nov. 1, which many attribute to rampant corruption under the decade-long leadership of President Aleksandar Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
    They also accuse Vucic and SNS of ties with organised crime, stifling media freedoms and violence against political opponents. Vucic and his allies deny that.
    Protesters said they hoped more people in Serbia would hear their message and give them support. Initially led by students, teachers, farmers and other groups have joined the protests since the disaster in the northern city of Novi Sad.
    Parliament speaker and former prime minister Ana Brnabic defended the outlet, Informer, in a post on X, saying "pressure and threats" against media was unacceptable.
    (Production: Fedja Grulovic, Branko Filipovic, Lewis Macdonald)
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