Demonstrations

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Bolivija

22.May 2026. David El (DW)

Bolivia on the brink of the abyss: Clashes in the streets, banks closed as a precaution

In Bolivia, highways have been blocked for weeks, and protesters have stormed public buildings and erected dozens of barricades, causing fuel and food to remain stuck in transport.

Bangladesh

17.November 2025 B. B.

Former Prime Minister sentenced to death in absentia

The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was found guilty of violently suppressing protests led by students, during which around 1400 people died. The former interior minister and police chief were also convicted

Comment

30.September 2025 Andrei Ivanji

How many of us are there?

The battle between opponents and supporters of the government, the rule of law and lawlessness, good and evil, came down to proving who is more. Not without reason

Units for breaking up demonstrations

12.September 2025 Davor Lukacs

The police are filming the police: Those who slack off in the act of caning, their wages are withheld

Special videographers film the police cordons in order to conduct an expert analysis of their actions afterwards. But also to find out later who is zealous and who is lazy

Francuska

10.September 2025 B. B.

"Block everything" protest: Mass arrests across France

80.000 members of the security forces have been deployed across France, of which 6.000 are in Paris, in an attempt by the authorities to suppress the great discontent of citizens that spilled into the streets.

Serbia on the streets

16.July 2025 Ivan Milenkovic

Why only now and what to do next?

What are the reasons for the longevity of protests against Vučić's regime? The interlocutors of "Vremen" answer this question from different perspectives, but one motive runs through all of them: advanced injustice and intolerable lies.

Protests and blockades

11.July 2025 KS / IM

Rebellion in Serbia: Support of Djokovic and Bishop Justin of Žica

The second week of civil disobedience is underway in Serbia. Follow all today's events in our live blog

Personalities of the year: Rebellious students, collective interview

08.January 2025 Ana Adamović, Mila Jovanović, Nedim Sejdinović

Now it's your turn

The year behind us was marked by the student rebellion. We were all surprised due to decades of social apathy and the feeling that nothing can change in Serbia. That is why "There is hope" is written on the front page of the New Year's issue of "Vremena". There is - indeed. The rebellious students showed everyone what real courage, solidarity and maturity look like. Also, there is their unprecedented democratic way of making decisions, openness to dialogue and non-violent way of fighting for the public interest despite all slanders, provocations and physical attacks.

Fifth day of unrest in Georgia

03.December 2024 IN THE

Tbilisi: Tear gas, water cannons and mass arrests

Protests in Tbilisi over the Georgian government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union have not subsided for the fifth day in a row. The police again used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the parliament

Seeking justice

16.November 2024 Iva Manojlović (DW)

Hundreds of protests in Serbia: Streets barren against Vučić

Citizens of Serbia are increasingly expressing their dissatisfaction on the street. DW investigated what protests have in common, what motivates young people to protest and how they view violent protests

Albanija

08.October 2024 IN THE

Ten people were injured in the clash between police and protesters in Tirana

Ten people were injured in violent demonstrations held in the capital of Albania against the Government of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Demonstrators demand Rama's resignation and the establishment of an interim technocrat government that will manage current affairs until parliamentary elections already scheduled for next year.

Protest in Belgrade

08.August 2024 IN THE

Dacic: SPS strongly condemns the announcement of violent demonstrations on Saturday

Some of the participants in the protest against lithium mining announced for August 10 in Belgrade hinted that roads will be blocked. Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic strongly condemned the "announcement of violent demonstrations"

Bangladesh protests: Death toll rises to 300

Bloody protests in Bangladesh

05.August 2024 TS

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh resigned and fled the country

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed resigned and fled the country. Almost a hundred people have lost their lives during the latest mass protests in Bangladesh against her administration, and 300 since the beginning of July. Over 11.000 "terrorists" were arrested. Law enforcement used live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas. Social networks are prohibited

Repression

09.July 2024 B. B.

Amnesty International: Right to peaceful assembly threatened across Europe

In a new report, the non-governmental organization for the protection of human rights, Amnesty International, recorded cases of excessive use of police force and impunity by the police in Serbia. They warn her that the right to peaceful assembly is threatened throughout Europe

Georgia between the EU and Russia

22.May 2024. Ivan Mitkovski

"Russian law" and Ukrainian flags

"While you have one Kosovo, you see, we in Georgia have two - Abkhazia and South Ossetia, so judge for yourself what kind of situation we are in," explains the political moment in which his country is a taxi driver in Tbilisi.

Gruzija

19.May 2024. MP / RFE/RL

The president vetoed it because she believes that the law was used to stifle the opposition and the media

Week-long demonstrations on the streets of Tbilisi, a fight in the assembly, a warning from the West... Nothing prevented the Georgian parliament from passing the law on foreign agents. President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the controversial law, even though she believes Georgian Dream will outvote it

Gruzija

02.May 2024. DW

Mass demonstrations in Tbilisi against "Russian law"

In Georgia, protests against the authorities have not subsided for days because of the planned law "on the transparency of foreign influence", which critics simply call a "Russian law" that distances the country from Europe

Israel

01.April 2024. AI

Netanyahu successfully operated, tens of thousands of protesters demand his resignation

After his hernia was diagnosed, Benjamin Netanyahu underwent a successful operation immediately, the office of the Prime Minister announced. But health problems are not the only ones that bother him

Citizens' protests against violence in August last year

Demonstration

01.April 2024. NR

The streets became crowded this year after violent protests last year

In Serbia this year, there were no huge gatherings and protests like last year, the Archive of Public Gatherings announced. The biggest protest was the one on the anniversary of the murder of Oliver Ivanovic

Demonstrations in Greece

08.march 2024 IM (RSE)

Tear gas and Molotov cocktails at a protest against private universities in Athens

The protest was held ahead of the parliamentary session, which is expected to adopt a law that will allow foreign private universities to open branches in the country.

Eighth post-election protest

25.December 2023 S.Ć./AI

Pavle Grbović: There is a danger that Serbia will turn into Belarus

"Accusing those young people who were arrested of destroying the constitutional order is absurd," says Pavle Grbović for "Vreme". From the RIK, the citizens protesting against the election theft went on a walk to the police station in 29. november street, where today's protest ended. After the protest on Sunday evening in front of the Belgrade Assembly, the police detained over 30 mostly young people

Consequences of political activism

25.December 2023 NR

"Vreme" finds out: A girl was expelled from a riding school for going to a protest

An 18-year-old student was kicked out of the Belgrade riding school "Bela Griva" where she volunteered, because the owner did not like that she was at a protest in front of the City Assembly and allegedly supported violence and Dragan Đilas, whom we "barely chased away" from the authorities.

Protests against "election theft"

25.December 2023 NR

Violent protests: "Part of people take cover when tension starts"

Do the protesters against the regime want to radicalize the protest or not? How who, says Aleksandar Gubaš from the Archive of Public Meetings for "Vreme". He states that it is natural for the number of people to decrease when the fuss starts

Post-election fight for election results

25.December 2023 MN

Serbia against violence: We will not give up the fight, regardless of the cost

The Coalition of Serbia Against Violence assessed that during the protests on Sunday evening, the authorities showed their true colors by sending their hooligans to create incidents, and in the end, they sent the police to the citizens protesting because of the stolen elections.

Address of the President of the Republic

25.December 2023 A.I

Aleksandar Vučić: The demonstrators ran away like rabbits

The President of Serbia accused Serbia against the violence of having "dirty political goals", said that all the perpetrators of the riots will be arrested, and they will prosecute the "self-proclaimed politicians" who incited them.

Post-election protest

24.December 2023 MS / AI

Lazović: We fight in various ways

"I am moderately optimistic that the elections can be repeated. This is such a big theft that it cannot be hidden," Radomir Lazović told "Vreme" in front of the City Assembly

The World

27.July 2023 JH

Israel: Descending into Civil War

Despite massive, months-long protests across Israel and molestations coming from allied states, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed through the Knesset a law that effectively puts the government above the Supreme Court. The demonstrations not only do not subside after that, they become more and more intense. Doctors, medical staff, reservists, pilots, trade unions go on a general strike