Farmers have radicalized the protests and at 10 o'clock they started a complete one blockade of certain roads. Farmers from all over Serbia took part in the blockades, in accordance with the agreement reached on Saturday at the meeting in Mrčajevci.
The rebel peasants demand a ban on the import of milk and other agricultural products in order to stabilize the situation on the market, but the Minister of Agriculture Dragan Glamočić said that this is not possible, because, as he stated, our exports would also suffer because of it.
"Roads of Serbia" announced the list of blocked roads
"Roads of Serbia" announced that traffic was suspended on several sections in Serbia, including the road to the Srpska Crnja border crossing.
Traffic is blocked in Topola, Donja Rača, Kraljevo-Čačak section, Slatina, Knić-Mrčajevci, Bresnica, Takovo-Gornji Milanovac section, Takovo.
Farmers, who have been protesting for two weeks now, fulfilled today's announcements about the radicalization of the protest and the blocking of several roads.
There is no traffic in the Zmajevo-Rumenka section, in the town of Kisač, in the town of Srbobran, at the intersection of Karađorđeva and Svetog Sava streets.
Photo: FoNet / Nebojša JovanovićProtest and blockade of farmers in Takovo
"Roads" add that traffic is also suspended near the town of Susek (on state road II A order number 119 and II A order number 123), that is, the section Ralja-Smederevska Palanka, in Smederevska Palanka, and Pančevo-Alibunar, in the town of Banatsko Novo Selo.
Traffic was suspended in the town of Čenta, section Zrenjanin-Belgrade, opposite the town of Aradac, section Zrenjanin-Žabalj, in the town of Klek, section Zrenjanin-Žitište.
There is no traffic in Nova Crnja, on the section Nova Crnja-Srpska Crnja, the road to the Srpska Crnja border crossing, as well as the section Novi Bečej-Melenci.
Traffic is suspended at the intersection of state roads IB order number 20 and II A order number 136 - the intersection of Mika Vitomirovića, Vojvoda Stepa and Pavle Orlović streets, as well as in the Novo Selo neighborhood near Loznica, "Roads of Serbia" added.
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International road blockade
The blockade of the international road Belgrade - Timișoara started at 11 a.m., and as Marko Bojkara, president of the Dolovački paora association, told N1, the protest will certainly last until 14 p.m., when a group of pedestrians from Pancevo is expected to arrive to support them.
"It will certainly last until 2:00 p.m., when a group of pedestrians from Pancevo is expected to come as a sign of support. It will certainly last until then, and then we will decide on further steps," Bojkara explained, reports N1.
Portal Nova.rs writes that more than 50 roads are blocked across the country.
Farmer: I was threatened with death
Farmer Branko Tomašević said that the deputy president of the Local Community (MZ) of Novi Selo near Loznica threatened him with death.
"We had threats from our residents, more specifically from the deputy president of the local community. He called on the phone and said that if he couldn't pass through the center of his village, he would kill someone. Those were the words, I didn't want to argue with him, to talk, I simply hung up and he called five or six more times, but I don't want to talk to such people at all," Tomasevic told N1.
He points out that the deputy president of the MoZ came to the blockade today, that he tried to pass, but fortunately everything ended without incident.
"Some time ago, about half an hour ago, he tried to provoke everyone here, but luckily the police officers were there and they escorted him as normal, they sent him back and that's it," says Tomašević.
Glamočić: Some farmers are engaged in politics
The Minister of Agriculture, Dragan Glamočić, stated that he will not make any decisions under pressure, and that farmers who do not want to talk to him are engaged in "politics".
He said that the farmers who are organizing protests and blocking the roads did not respond to his call to discuss the problems in agriculture today.
He pointed out that the invitation to farmers is still open and that he is always ready to talk to them.
"The situation in Serbia's agriculture is not as bad as it is presented to the public, we have the world's largest incentives in the dairy industry," said Glamočić.
"Glamocic is not our minister"
When asked if farmers' trust in the state was shaken, since they refused to negotiate with the Minister of Agriculture on Monday evening, but considering that they were on the streets several times and there were several promises, Milan Zorbić from the Association "Naše mleko" says:
"What kind of faith do we have in them? He is not our minister, our government is not. They betrayed and sold us. What else needs to happen? Murder. And the man has already been threatened with murder from the SNS cartel. He received a summons, if he goes out and blocks it, the outcome will end in death. That they will kill him. Is it from the state? From whom is he defending? From the peasants? Everything they defended until now, everything is gone," Zorbić told N1.
He accused the authorities of being "set up to fill their own pockets", while the farmers' pockets are empty.
Minister: On March 2, a public call for support measures will be published
The Minister of Agriculture, Dragan Glamočić, said that on March 2nd, a public call for support measures per hectare will be announced, and that it will be 18.000 dinars per hectare for farmers who work up to 100 hectares.
"It is a measure that arouses the greatest interest. For the first time in the history of the Ministry, the money will be paid out by the end of March. Farmers will not have to wait for the public call to end, so as they submit applications and applications, we will pay the funds at the same moment," said Glamočić at a press conference in the Government of Serbia.
According to him, the second installment will be paid before the autumn sowing and will not be less than last year, as there was misinformation in the public.
He stated that the responsibility will be strengthened in the sense that the spending of that money will have to be justified with accounts.
Glamočić added that for the measure per hectare, the state will provide 38 billion dinars, that is, more than 340 million euros will be paid out in just one month and will go to the accounts of all farms.
"Next week we will announce, we have already agreed on propositions with the banks, the most favorable subsidized loans that exist on the market. The interest rate is from zero to three percent. For those under 40 and women, the interest rate is one percent, and zero percent is the interest rate for the purchase of artificial fertilizers," he stated.
He pointed out that these are dinar loans, without a foreign currency clause, and that there are no better ones on the market.
What roads are blocked?
N1 has published a detailed list of locations and times of the blockades and it looks like this:
The Association of Farmers of Šajkač - Čačak
Mrčajevci – Ibarska Magistrala (24h)
Kočovića - Bresnica intersection (from 11 a.m. to 14 p.m.)
Kragujevac – Kraljevo road
Kragujevac – Čačak road
Association of Milk Producers of Šumadija and Pomeranian Voivodeship
Mrčajevci – Ibarska Magistrala (24h)
Zaklopača - Kraljevo (from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m.)
Vitanovac - Kraljevo - Roundabout (from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m.)
Association "Our Milk"
Bogatić – 24h center
Bogatić – second location
Road Sremska Mitrovica - Bogatić
Fishing
Badovinci
Salaš Crnobarski
Banovo polje
Flattening
Association for the Rescue and Survival of Livestock Breeders of Western Serbia
Delay (24h)
Šabac-Loznica intersection (from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m.)
Intersection Valjevo - Bela Crkva (from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m.)
Novo Selo - highway Loznica - Šabac (from 10 a.m. to 16 p.m.)
Association of vegetable growers from Zablaće - Čačak
Slatina - the old road Čačak - Kraljevo (from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.)
Association Stig - Požarevac
Regional road Požarevac - Majdanpek (from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
Regional road Požarevac - Kladovo (from 13:00 to 15:00)
The initiative for the survival of farmers comes out at the following locations from 10:00 a.m.:
Kisac
Kuzmin
Cumans
Ruma
Cheney
New Black
Krčedin
Celarevo
Bashaid
Stara pazova
Tableland
Vlajkovac
Tovarište
Vilovo
Bački Petrovac
Association of Farmers of Srbobran Municipality
Center of Srbobrana - crossroads
Road direction Novi Sad - Subotica (from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.)
Aradac Farmers' Association
Main road Zrenjanin - Novi Sad near Aradac (from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.)
Banat Union
Main road Belgrade - Zrenjanin near Čenta (from 10 a.m. to 15 p.m.)
Zrenjanin road - Zitište in Klek (from 10 a.m. to 15 p.m.)
Association of Farmers Banatska Crnica
M7 highway (from 10am)
North Banat-Kikinda Association
Point at the exit from Kikinda, road Kikinda - Zrenjanin
Association Novoseljanski paori
Main road Belgrade - Pančevo - Timisoara (from 12:00)
Groups of disgruntled farmers will carry out blockades at the following locations:
Lunovo Selo – Užice (24h)
Bare - main road Kragujevac - Gornji Milanovac (24h)
Cerovac (24h)
Zlatibor - loop on Sušica (from 13 p.m.)
Takovo - road Takovo - Gornji Milanovac (from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m.)
Gruža Center (from 10am to 12pm)
Little Zvornik
Obrenovac - highway Obrenovac - Ub, pyromaniac center (from 12 noon to 16 p.m.)
Gornja Sabanta (from 11 a.m. to 18 p.m.)
Valjevo - Pričević - turning for Tupance (from 13 pm)
Susek - intersection Novi Sad - Sremska Mitrovica - border with Croatia (from 10 a.m. to 15 p.m.)
Vladimirci - near Domovina restaurant (from 12 noon)
Smederevska Palanka near the Institute (from 11 a.m. to 16 p.m.)
Drenovac – Sabac
Šabac - Mačvanska Mitrovica road
