The dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, Milivoj Alanović, in a sweater with a blue shirt underneath

Overview of the week

23.January 2026 Philip Schwarm

People who would start a war in Serbia

Why is Dean Milivoj Alanović the same as the chauvinists who incited wars in the nineties? Why are regime members not even allowed to appear before the magistrate, let alone before the High Court? And what is the key reason for Vučić's war against the people and the state

Student protest in Novi Sad

Protests

22.January 2026 NM

The student protest in Novi Sad has ended

Students and citizens gathered this evening in front of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad, a day after the police raided the faculty and violently expelled the participants of the protest from the building.

Police, suppression of students

Blockade of the Faculty of Philosophy

21.January 2026 KS

How the police beat students in Novi Sad

At the invitation of the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, the police came to the building and dispersed the crowd that blocked the Novi Sad higher education institution, using force.

Jelena Kleut

Attack on the university

16.January 2026 KS

The case of Jelena Kleut: Punishing the disobedient

The case of Professor Jelena Kleut confirmed the unwritten rule - when you raise your voice and criticize the state, you will be fired. What happened to her and is this another demonstration exercise for other disobedients?

Interview: Jelena Kleut

26.November 2025 Jelena Jorgacevic

I would do it all again.

"There is also that expectation - you did the best you could, in accordance with the rules and previous practice. You believe that it protects you, but in fact it does not. I know that even today there are colleagues who think: 'She asked for it herself, why did she have to say so much; as long as I'm here, tucked away and not making a lot of noise, something like that can't happen to me.'... Their goal is definitely revenge, to begin with. Then they want to show that they can. And then let that be a message for all others who raise their voices on different sides will depend on the response of the academic community to what extent we will agree to it, whether and how much strength we will have to say: 'This is not the case of just one female professor, it is about a principle'"

Side effects

03.April 2024. Teofil Pančić

A dangerous experiment and useful idiots

What happens when you blackmail people existentially, when you show them by example that they have no effective protection against tyrannical arbitrariness? Most remain silent, some openly side, only a minority remain on the other side, accepting all the risks. All this was seen in the exemplary rolling in tar of Dinko Gruhonjić