"Third Serbian Uprising"

15.January 2022 SP

Blockades of roads: Saturday rituals of ecological insurgents

"Blockades for life" continued this Saturday at ten locations across Serbia. The demands are the same as every time: that everything that has been signed so far with the company Rio Tinto be made available to the public and that the "Jadar" project be deleted from the republic's Spatial Plan. They will not stop with the blockades until they see Rio Tinto's back, and a large protest has been announced in Belgrade for next Saturday. 

From the printed edition

17.December 2021 F. Š

Protests and leaders: Students, protesters, politicians and others

It can be said that the history of multi-party Serbia is also the history of street protests, and that in almost all times of dramatic democratic deficit, there was a not so small number of citizens who were ready to go out into the streets to fight for political rights and protest against the abuse of power.

Analyze

11.December 2021 Zora Drcelic

Opposition and protests: Penalty to win

The opposition leaders realized that the Rio Tinto issue could create the desired referendum atmosphere for Aleksandar Vučić to remain in power, but they do not agree on the tactics of how to use the awakened environmental awareness of the citizens. It could be said that Vučić's team committed such an obvious foul in the penalty area that the referee could not ignore it. The only question is who will take the penalty and how, and whether the goalkeeper is afraid of the penalty

News

11.December 2021 FM

Blockade of Serbia number three: Extended list of demands and rain

About forty environmental organizations in about fifty cities and municipalities throughout Serbia have announced road blockades for the third Saturday in a row. Their credibility, future actions and the reaction of state authorities will depend on the mass of the protests

From the printed edition

10.December 2021 MN

Nebojša Zelenović: People on the streets now have power

In an interview for the new "Vreme", Nebojša Zelenović talks about relations with the co-organizers of the protest, guest appearance in "Impression of the Week" with Savo Manojlović, coalition partners from "Ne davimo Beograd", Olivera Zekić and REM, Rio Tinto and numerous other topics

News

07.December 2021 FM

Savo Manojlović: Protests until the initial demands are met

Savo Manojlović from the Kreni-Promeni movement announced that the protests will continue until two initial demands are met: the amendment of the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative and the withdrawal of the Law on Expropriation. He does not need to say anything about the expansion of the list

News

06.December 2021 A.I

Disagreement over protest tactics: Savo Manojlović and Nebojša Zelenović

Manojlović reproached Zelenović for "breaking the agreement" that the demands of the protest would not be expanded and said that they would backfire if new demands were added every week. Zelenović denied that such an agreement existed and said that the matter with 100.000 people on the streets now "needs to be nailed down" with additional requests to urgently pass a law banning lithium mining in the Jadra valley once and for all and replace the members and head of REM