Protests
October 5, 2000 and 2025: Where are the similarities and where are the differences
What are the similarities and differences with the protests of 25 years ago?
From the archives of "Vreme"
How bloodshed was avoided on October 5
The role of the army in the fall of Slobodan Milosevic's regime on October 5, 25 years ago, how Legija found its place and whether DOS had its own "military wing" - wrote the journalists of "Vremen"
From the archives of "Vreme"
A quarter of a century since the fall of Slobodan Milošević: Đinđić's celebration and Kostunica's prediction
How Zoran Đinđić declared victory in the general elections on September 24, 2000 in the crowd at Terazije, how Vojislav Koštunica for "Vreme" predicted that they would have to fight for that victory, how regime journalists suddenly loved the opposition, on the night when the results were announced according to which Slobodan Milošević and his Socialist Party of Serbia lost power
Comment
Why March 15 couldn't be the Fifth of October
We allowed ourselves two dictators in 30 years. That is the core of our problem. There is no quick fix for this. And that's why March 15 could not be the Fifth of October. Because the Fifth of October is not enough now. Must be slower, must be smarter. It needs to be more thorough. Yesterday was not the end, because this is just the beginning
Initiative
ProGlas: If nothing changes, it will be irreparable
A year after its establishment, ProGlas, together with groups of citizens from all over Serbia, initiated the establishment of the Alliance of Democratic Organizations of Serbia, a network of civil movements determined to restore solidarity and justice, trust and hope in Serbia.
Mediji
Media shutdown: The story of City Radio, October 5 and love
City radio, a media outlet that started operating in Niš during the time of Milošević 29 years ago, stopped broadcasting on October 5. To close the circle and send a message that today, instead of a feeling of hope, there is only a feeling of hopelessness
Comment
Twelve Years of Freedom: The Rise and Fall of the October 5th Republic
If we remove the emotional burdens, disappointed hopes and disappointments from the interpretation of October 5, and resist speculations, conjectures and bargaining (what if it had been), an indisputable circumstance remains: the period from the fall of Slobodan Milošević (so October 5, 2000) to the coming to power of Aleksandar Vučić, was the freest period in the history of Serbia
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic
Year of the Dragon
Returning by plane from Thessaloniki on October 8, 2000, while we were climbing over Pelagonia, I had a strong panic attack that lasted until landing at Surcin. I fell apart. Although apparently everything was over, what remains is the mentality of the environment, which is the most difficult to change and in which we need to fight to raise awareness both by personal example and by association and joint activities to improve living and working conditions. Which is the basis of survival. A life worthy of a man. But let's face it, I'm relieved. One less shit. I went home and took my daughter to the park
News
Zorana Mihajlović: Disastrous politics and repressive government rejected on October 5
"The 1990s are the darkest page in the modern history of Serbia because of the disastrous policy that led the country into several wars, sanctions and international isolation, along with the repressive treatment of its own citizens."
On this day
Milan Milutinović: The fifth of October had to happen
A year after "5. October" the then president of Serbia spoke in "Vremen" number 561 from the point of view of Slobodan Milošević's government about the events that were thought to have changed Serbia forever. That narrative, with the diligent burying of historical memory, became dominant two decades later
Interview - Miloš Vasić
What remains
"I got a whole bunch of books on how to start new newspapers, read them all, and I explain to people that we should start making a number from minus 15, and then slowly reach, as Umberto Eco would say, the number zero. We're off to a great start we construct and create, the truth is less artistic, more substantive and, when we were down to the third number, Milošević called the elections first number"
Youth and Fifth October
Material from personal history
Today's political activists and journalists who were children on October 5, 2000, speak for "Vreme" about the vision of the young generation of the recent past.
Revision of the Fifth of October
We have nothing to apologize for
Since 2013, on the Fifth of October, the elites in power have tried to create something that was not, ranging from an insignificant incident to a coup d'état to a major art robbery. However, regardless of everything that happened later, that day was a victory, and no revisionist attempt can deny that fact.
Myths of October 5 (3)
Legion and people
If that day that many people had not overcome their fear and took to the streets, creating a critical mass, the Legion's boys probably would not have hesitated to use weapons.
Myths of October 5 (4)
The role of the army in the revolution
Despite the fact that the members of the General Staff had not an iota of sympathy for the protestors who seized power, most were against the involvement of the army
Myths of October 5 (2)
Dark, awkward, and sometimes armed
Did DOS have its "military wing"? And, if so, who made it and how was it organized? That is, whether Serbia was on the threshold of civil war
Law, people and tempers
Did the 5th of October fail
Many expect Predrag Marković, the acting president of Serbia, to use his constitutional powers, not to sign this controversial law and return it to the deputies for reconsideration and voting. Bagerista Joe, one of the 5th of October icons, offers to replace Slobodan Milosevic in the prison in Scheveningen, because here on October XNUMXth everything was in vain, and life seems to be better there in The Hague prison than outside.