After Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Niš, Belgrade and Novi Pazar, students gathered around the "Students in Blockade" initiative organized a protest in Loznica called "March on the Drina".
According to the established method, students and high school students went on another walking tour. The goal is Loznica and the protest that is being held in that city on May 9
The Drina river near Loznica "turned red" due to, according to Vodovod, the melting of snow that washed away bauxite deposits on the way to the river. The Eco Guard Association claims that the cause of the color change is of a different nature
At the police station in Loznica, a part of the ceiling fell on the female officer, who suffered minor injuries. While waiting for the prosecution of those responsible for the fall of the canopy and the death of 15 people, and two seriously injured, citizens are wondering who is responsible for repairing the damage in public facilities
Crowding, pushing and verbal insults marked the beginning of the Loznica City Assembly session when MP Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta tried to enter the session.
The mayor of Loznica, Vidoje Petrović, known by the nickname Knez, resigned, as he had been in that position for 20 years and no one could do anything for him. Petrović submitted his resignation at the beginning of August, but he only activated it now, seeing in which direction the protests against lithium mining are going.
The mayor of Loznica, Vidoje Petrović, resigned from that position. The news comes at a time when Loznica is in the public spotlight due to environmental protests against the Jadar project and mining of lithium and boron.
The protest against lithium mining in Loznica has ended. The gathering was attended by representatives of all opposition parties and movements, and the speakers announced that two blockades would be held on Saturday.
The top of the state and the ruling party, all the media under their control, the Rio Tinto company and the PR offices were joined by an anonymous "movement" from the Internet in advocating for the jadarite mine. But they claim for "Vreme" that they will soon register and show their faces
Loznik Chernobyl, that's what the people called the "Viscose" factory, which has a long history in this small town by the Drina. From the driver of economy and development in the 1950s, this industrial block has become a threat to the environment, and in its place the City is planning a residential and business complex
It was officially opened in November 2023, but football is still not played at the stadium in Zaječar. However, OFK Belgrade will not play there as a host, but will play their championship matches in Loznica. Where citizens are protesting against lithium mining and where Vučić marked the anniversary of the "Storm" on August 3
The commemoration of the anniversary of the victims and exiles in the "Storm" action was held at the "Lagator" stadium in Loznica. After the address of the patriarchs, professors Nataša Basta Đorđević and Milorad Dodik, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, also gave a speech - he talked about the "Storm", but also about the resolution about Srebrenica and the progress of the economy. At the end, he told the audience that "everyone loves them"
Under the guise of celebrating the anniversary of "Storm", Vučić is actually planning a "counter rally" in Loznica on August 3 at the "Lagator" stadium in order not to show his supremacy to the citizens who are protesting about lithium mining. Preparations for this quasi-patriotic spectacle are well under way
Protests against lithium mining are being organized throughout Serbia. How many people have taken to the streets so far? Today it is the turn of Šabac, Aranđelovac, Kraljevo and Ljig
After the subject of the Spatial Plan of Special Purpose Areas was not on the agenda of the session of the Loznica Municipal Council, the gathered citizens dispersed. The announced blockades throughout Serbia were abandoned. Until further notice
Activists of the "Ne damo Jadar" association say that it is not necessary for all opponents of lithium mining to come to Loznica. They will provide support to the people of Loznica if they organize blockades in their towns, "anything to upset the local kabadahs"
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said that the killer of the policeman from Loznica has been liquidated. Nine bullets were fired at him, and Dacic said that he was reported by a local from whom he asked for water.
The MUP of Serbia is looking for Faton Hajrizi, a suspect in the murder and wounding of police officers. Hajrizi escaped from a Kosovo prison in early July. During his 22-year sentence, he escaped from prison guards for the ninth time, and also escaped from the American Bondsteel base.
Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic said that there is a well-founded suspicion that the killing of a policeman near Loznica was a "terrorist attack" and immediately identified the Albanian structures in Kosovo as responsible. The minister did not explain what the suspicion of a "terrorist attack" is based on.
In a shooting in Loznica last night, one policeman was killed and another was seriously wounded. A Kosovo passport in the name of Hajziri Artana was found on the spot. Tabloids report that he also had a German identity card. The search for the attackers is ongoing. Helicopter units of the MUP are also included
The border police banned Nedimo Music, an activist of the BiH "Cardboard Revolution" movement, from entering Serbia after the president commented on his colleague's participation in the protest in Loznica.
A protest against lithium mining in Loznica was held in front of Vuk's House of Culture in that city
A protest is being held in Loznica against the company "Rio Tinto" and the Project "Jadar". While the Association of Environmental Organizations of Serbia claims that the project is harmful to human health and the environment, Rio Tinto emphasizes that it can be implemented safely while respecting environmental standards.
After three years, the trial of the driver who killed a woman not far from Loznica and ran away began. The deceased Ivanka Mićić was the mother of a policewoman, but... Obstruction does not choose. Cover-ups are what the relatives of the deceased have been experiencing since the beginning of the accident and the investigation. They are fighting for a grain of justice, against local powerful people and a disputed judiciary, with the help of lawyers, the media, billboards, protests... The news about the arrest of the suspected driver was not reported to them by the police, nor the prosecutor, but by the President of the State of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. And justice began to appear. But... Vladimir Đukanović, an official of the SNS, the ruling party, became one of the defendant's lawyers. Police officers who tried to investigate the case were fired or replaced. The weekly "Vreme" reveals that even doctor Branislav Nestorović and his "knights and dragons" rebelled against the move of the family of the deceased woman. Then the whole case moved to the courtroom. However, due to the close relationship between the defendant's family and the judges in Loznica, the proceedings have not even started properly, and justice is no longer in sight.
How and why the respectable citizen of Loznica, hardened Kosovo warrior Nenad Samardžić, against his will found himself on the pre-election flyer of Naprednjak
The Ministry of State Administration has an explanation as to why Loznica has 72.062 inhabitants according to the census, and 75.677 of them are on the voter list, of which 59.403 are adults.
And this Thursday at 19:20 p.m., a protest was held in front of the Presidency in Kralja Milan, which was called by the Start-change movement, the Alliance of Ecological Organizations of Serbia (SEOS) and the Ecological Uprising. The demand is unchanged: a legally binding ban on the exploitation of boron and lithium in Serbia for at least XNUMX years and the expulsion of Rio Tinto
Marijana Petković: I believe that students and young people will defend Mačva and Jadar
Marijana Petković from Ne damo Jadar says that she believes that the students will defend Mačva and Jadar, because they grew up fighting and all polls indicate that they are against mining.
"Students at the faculties, each from their own field, analyzed the proposal about the mine. We will see what future scientists and academic citizens found in that study, which is full of holes. So they took part there, too, and they know what a mine near populated areas means. Just saying only 1.100 tons of sulfuric acid per day, nothing more needs to be said to a smart person," she said, reports Nova.
19.32 After silence and chorus, noise After 16 minutes of silence and the performance of the blockade choir, "the biggest noise" takes place in Loznica and the whole center erupts with vuvuzelas and whistles, reports N1. 18.36 Blockade choir The protest in Loznica continued with the performance of the Loznica Blockade Choir under the baton of professor Dragan Đedović. They started the performance with a performance of the national anthem of Serbia "God's Justice". As the "Vremena" reporter reports, there are more and more people on the streets of this city. [caption id="attachment_4906537" align="aligncenter" width="1600"]
"Our part is to organize food and to host all the people who come and to show that we are good hosts. They are our dear guests. For the first time at such protests, a bull is roasted on a spit, a big pig is roasted, we have lambs, piglets, stew, military beans, fish soup, pies and cookies," says Kokanović. He also reminds that the students have expressed their desire to walk to Gornji Nedeljice tomorrow at 11 a.m. "All student plenums voted and declared publicly and clearly that they are against lithium mining in Serbia and also participated in writing a letter to the European Commission not to include this project as a strategic project," he notes. 8.00 Protest program The gathering, which will last from 11 a.m. to 23 p.m., is part of months-long actions by which students and citizens express dissatisfaction with the general state of society and opposition to the opening of lithium mines in western Serbia. The protest program is spread over several locations in the city center, with a main stage, information points and stands with food and refreshments. 11.52:XNUMX a.m. - Delivery of mail to victims in Novi Sad; 13.00 – Actors' monologues; 16.30 - Delivery of mail to the victims of fascism (minute of silence); 16.31 – Speeches; 17.44:XNUMX a.m. - Delivery of mail to victims in Novi Sad; 18.00 – Welcome of runners from Tekeriš; 18.30 – Blockade Choir; 19.30 – Noise. The students announced that after the protest in Loznica, they will also go for a walk to Gornji Nedeljice. From other cities, they set off on a multi-day hike to Loznica. The first group of students and high school students who walked from Obrenovac, Mladenovac, Valjevo and Šabac arrived in Loznica last night. Belgrade students and high school students joined their colleagues in Bogatić yesterday who went to Lozunica from Novi Sad. Students and high school students were welcomed by many residents of Loznica, who will be their hosts. Many of them arrive in Loznica by bicycle. Last night, a large number of Loznica residents welcomed the participants of today's protest, who arrived in several groups from several directions across Serbia, with fireworks and torches.', 'pageDate': '2025-05-09 21:30:53', 'pageAuthor': authors, 'visitorType': visitor_type, }); console.log(post_id); console.log('Pushed'); });View this post on Instagram
