Violence

Homophobia

13.July 2026 B. B.

Drag performer on the attack on him: This is an empathetic society, but the others are louder

"Many more people understand that violence is a problem for all of us, regardless of one's sexual orientation, nationality or any other identity," drag performer Aleksandar Savić, known as Alexis Plastik, told Vreme. The other side, however, is often louder

Serbian Progressive Party

04.July 2026 B. B.

Vucevic denies the violence of SNS activists who broke a student's jaw (video)

SNS President Miloš Vučević says that the student whose jaw was broken by activists of that party was not hit with a baseball bat, but that she fell in "some kind of fight" and injured her chin when she fell.

Germany

10.June 2026 Marcel Firstenau (DW)

Record rise in politically motivated violence

In Germany, 10 politically motivated crimes occur every hour, half of which are linked to right-wing extremism

Study at UNIRSM

24.May 2026. MLJ

Traffic student: "Anyone can be responsible for the incidents after the protest"

Uroš Petrović, a student at the Faculty of Traffic in Belgrade, told N1 that the students were satisfied with the response of the citizens at the rally in Slavija. The incidents happened after its completion and, as he stated, anyone can be responsible for them

Aleksandar Vučić in front of the Parliament with a letter badge

Overview of the week

15.May 2026. Philip Schwarm

How Vučić finally became a fan leader

Why has street violence become all that Vučić can offer citizens? Why did it become a bansendin for the most hard-line progressive-radical electorate? And with what he proved that he doesn't know the street at all

Violence against LGBT+

11.May 2026. B. B.

Tear gas thrown into queer club "Mornar"

Just before tear gas was thrown into the Belgrade queer club "Mornar", one of the attackers threatened the crowd

Police and parapolice structures

02.April 2026. NS

Petrović (BCBP): "Blacks" carry out violence, the police provide for them

The research director of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy, Predrag Petrović, explains to "Vreme" how the "police and parapolice structures" work in coordination and what role in the context of the elections the Criminal Police Directorate, headed by Marko Krichak, has

Local elections

31.march 2026 B. B.

EU: Urgently investigate the incidents and protect the participants of the electoral process

"We regret the number of reported irregularities and incidents during the elections, uneven conditions for all participants, and note with concern the reports of acts of violence against independent observers, citizens, representatives of political parties and media workers," the EU announced in connection with the recently held local elections in Serbia.

Local elections 2026.

31.march 2026 IN THE

OSCE: Unprecedented level of violence against journalists during elections in Serbia

The OSCE warns of an unprecedented level of violence and intimidation of journalists during local elections in Serbia and calls on the authorities to protect the media and prosecute those responsible.

Local elections 2026.

29.march 2026 AI / Vremena reporter team

Cross section of the local "democracy holiday": Fights, black hoods, regime bikers, Red Berets

Students and the opposition have been reporting attacks on their activists since early morning. Regime pressure on election day turned into open repression. "It's like a state of war," observers noted

Politics and crime

23.march 2026 B. B.

Outbreak of violence in Čačak: Beating, wounding, murder and all those masked men

Due to the outbreak of violence and crime in Čačak, many give birth at the age of ninety. The police and the prosecutor's office generally do not come forward, and citizens fear for their safety

23.march 2026 MLJ

Attack on youth: Regime violence before local elections

In just a few days, students were arrested in Novi Pazar, their tires were punctured in Arandjelovac and their donations were stolen, and the students of Valjevska gymnasium were also beaten. The regime before the local elections starts a new wave of violence

Jovan Nenadić, owner of the burned down Mistletoe flower shop

Overview of the week

20.February 2026. Philip Schwarm

We are all Jovan Nenadić.

Why did progressive thug squads set fire to Jovan Nenadić's flower shop "Mistletoe" three times. What was their goal? And why this crime applies to all citizens of Serbia

Enjoyment time

18.February 2026. Bojan Bednar

Violence

Violence requires constant escalation because it does not change beliefs, but only behavior under pressure.

Police violence

18.February 2026. MLJ

Arrests at Ušće: Police hunt for students

Just one day after the violence in Novi Sad, the police used force in New Belgrade as well

Protests

17.February 2026. B. B.

Protests all over Serbia, citizens said that they do not agree to beating violence

At several protests across Serbia held due to the beating of students in front of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, the citizens said that they would not agree to beating violence.

Beating of demonstrators in Valjevo, a man on the asphalt, a policeman with a baton raised

Protests in Serbia

13.February 2026. KS

Six months since the "blackest night" in Valjevo: Protest regarding the August police brutality

On Saturday, February 14, a protest will be held in Valjevo on the occasion of six months since police brutality against the citizens of that city. What is the plan of the meeting and what happened in Valjevo last year

Protest in front of the bakery in Surdulica

Ethnic relations

13.February 2026. Dejana Cvetković

Persecution of Albanians from Surdulica: When the lynching moved from Viber to the street

The owner of a bakery in Surdulica tells "Vreme" about the agony he is going through with his family since his cousin caused a traffic accident in which a Surdulica resident died

Study at UNIRSM

10.February 2026. B. B.

Niš students called for a commemorative walk dedicated to the victims of Nazi terror

The aim of the gathering is to remind that forgetting leads to the repetition of crimes and that the memory of the victims is inextricably linked with the modern struggle for freedom, justice and human dignity, the Niš students stated.

Elections

01.December 2025 Bojan Bednar

Positive conclusions of negative choices: What to expect after Negotin, Mionica and Sečnje?

The results of the local elections in Negotin, Mionica and Sečnje and the violence that followed them seem discouraging at first glance. However, it is not so. They show that the regime's seams have begun to burst

"Vremena" sources state that "Ćacii and Batinaši" who arrived today "have been drinking since 7 in the morning".

Mionica

30.November 2025 B. B.

Fight at the elections in Mionica: The police brought the beaters into the "marice" (video)

"Vremena" sources state that "Ćacii and Batinaši" who arrived today in Mionica "have been drinking since 7 in the morning"

"Someone has created an atmosphere in Mionica as if you are in a war zone, because men are parading with hoods and scarves pulled over their faces," says program director of Crta Raša Nedeljkov.

record

30.November 2025 B. B.

Nedeljkov: In Mionica, it's like being in a war zone

"Someone has created an atmosphere in Mionica as if you are in a war zone, because men are parading with hoods and scarves pulled over their faces," says program director of Crta Raša Nedeljkov

Residents of Ćaciland first beat Belgrade Assembly member Aleksandar Jovanović and then attacked his lawyer. The police were once again passive.

Chaciland

28.November 2025 Bojan Bednar

Whoever records, gets punched: "Ćacilenda" beaters first attacked the councilor, and then his lawyer

Residents of Ćaciland first beat Belgrade Assembly member Aleksandar Jovanović and then attacked his lawyer. The police were once again passive

More than half of the respondents in the survey, in which almost 470 teachers participated, stated that they were most often exposed to verbal violence, various types of humiliation and threats of inspection. Principals of schools and parents of students are leading in this.

Violence against teaching staff

21.November 2025 Bojan Bednar

A Year of Brutality: The Mass Exacerbation of Teachers

More than half of the respondents in the survey, in which almost 470 teachers participated, stated that they were most often exposed to verbal violence, various types of humiliation and threats of inspection. Principals of schools and parents of students are leading in this

In Serbia, during the past weekend, a number of violent incidents were recorded at football matches. Fists were thrown up and down.

Violence in sports

10.November 2025 B. B.

Wave of violence at football matches: Who gets who?

In Serbia, during the past weekend, a number of violent incidents were recorded at football matches. Fists were thrown up and down

Montenegro

31.October 2025 Aleksandra Mudreš / DW

"A Turk will not walk through the city": Anti-Turkish hysteria in Montenegro

After several days of lynchings, threats and attacks on Turks in Podgorica, the Montenegrin government introduced visas for Turkish citizens. The decision comes as a political reflex, not a security measure - in a country that is once again dangerously playing with nationalism

Firefighters put out a tent fire in Ćaciland after a shooting in which a VA gunman wounded one man

Comment

23.October 2025 Nemanja Rujevic

Who incited the VA to shoot in Ćacilanda?

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, says that the "blockaders", the opposition, and the media are to blame for the shooting in Ćaciland. But only in the quicksand that he created can social pathologies become first-class politics