It was held in Belgrade protest walk to the RTS building in Takovska Street, where citizens who support the government requested that the public service "truly, comprehensively and responsibly report on events that concern all citizens".
The meetings started at 5:00 p.m. It was stated earlier, that the presence of more than 200.000 citizens is expected which will send "a strong message that it is time for the illegal blockades, violence and social divisions within our people to stop".
At the same time, counter rallies were held in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Bogatiฤ, ฤaฤak, Valjevo, Niลก.
The rallies were marked by incidents. In many locations, members of the Police Brigade, the Gendarmerie and the Intervention Force blocked the way for the citizens accompanying the students, while the citizens opposing the blockades were free to - block the streets.
21:50
Students: Protest in front of the police station in Majke Jevrosima due to the arrest of a colleague
The students of the Faculty of Political Sciences in the blockade called citizens to a protest in front of the police station in Belgrade's Mother Jevrosime Street this evening due to the arrest of a colleague from another faculty.
20.49
Students in blockade: Maลกinski's colleague who had a journalist's accreditation with him was arrested
A student of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, who had a journalist's accreditation, was arrested at the public service station after the protest, the students in the blockade announced.
According to the students in the blockade, their colleague was arrested even though he had a PRESS accreditation and the police are currently taking him to the Majeka Jevrosima police station.
In the videos released by the students, police officers chase the student and then knock him to the sidewalk.
The police officers did not let the student stand up, even though the crowd shouted that he had a journalist's accreditation, and they did not even let the citizens film the incident.
20.34
Citizens in ฤaฤak threw eggs at the restaurant where officials were sitting
Citizens protesting against the supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in ฤaฤak threw eggs at the window of the restaurant "Proleฤe" in the center of ฤaฤak, where high-ranking officials of the SNS City Committee were sitting.
Citizens also lit torches, and SNS officials retreated to the restaurant floor.
In front of the restaurant there is a cordon of the intervention police.
A new incident at the protest in ฤaฤak occurred when the citizens, who had finished the protest in front of the ฤaฤak police building, where they protested the attack of masked men on two demonstrators, headed towards the premises of the SNS and through a large window they saw prominent officials of that party sitting in a restaurant next to the street.
At the protest in ฤaฤak, where SNS supporters and citizens opposed to them protested at the same time, several incidents took place in which at least three participants of the anti-SNS protest were injured.
20.10
Incidents in downtown Belgrade
20.08
ฤaฤani attacked with baseball bats in the emergency department
Two injured demonstrators, who were attacked today by masked assailants with baseball bats at the protest in ฤaฤak, are in the emergency department of the ฤaฤak hospital and their examination is in progress.
20.06
UNS: Unacceptable behavior of members of the gendarmerie
The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) protested against the unacceptable behavior of members of the gendarmerie towards Vojnet Produkcija journalist from Novi Sad, Staลกa Keneลกka, who was prevented from moving freely during today's reporting from the protest in Novi Sad, with the explanation that she did not have a "press" vest.
Keneski told UNS that the incident happened in the Slana Bara neighborhood in Novi Sad, when she was approaching a gathering of citizens.
"I was holding my UNS ID card and introduced myself as a journalist. At that moment, a member of the gendarmerie grabbed my arm, pushed me away and told me that I had to obey orders and that I could not go any further. I repeated that I was a journalist, after which he let me," she said.
Keneski says that she was stopped a few steps away by another member of the gendarmerie.
"He told me 'today, a press ID card is not enough, you don't have a press vest,' and they didn't let me get to another group of citizens," Keneski said.
UNS points out that this kind of behavior by members of the gendarmerie is unacceptable and calls on the police to allow journalists to report unhindered.
19.33
Radisavljeviฤ: There were 157.000 people at the rallies against the blockades
The "Citizens Against Blockades" rallies, organized by the Center for Social Stability, were held today in 167 locations and, according to reports from managers on the ground, were attended by about 157.000 citizens, said Assistant Police Director Vladan Radosavljeviฤ.
Radosavljeviฤ said at the press conference that other public gatherings were held at the same time that were not registered, that they were held in 22 locations and that around 4.000 citizens attended them.
"At public gatherings, there were no large-scale violations of order and peace, but there were individual incidents in some locations where five people were brought, and two officials were injured in Bogatiฤ," he said.
19.18
Citizens block the intersection of Nemanjina and Knez Miloลก
19.16
The police blocked Kralja Milan Street
A police cordon blocked the passage of citizens and students near the Presidency in Kralja Milana Street, and a large number of police officers are currently deployed in this street.
19.13
Vuฤiฤ: The work of RTS was unacceptable at times
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ, stated that it would not be fair if he said that the coverage of Radio-Television of Serbia was blocking, but that its work was at times unacceptable.
At the meeting "Citizens Against Blockades" in Obrenovac, he stated that children must not be abused, alluding to the show "Important Matters" in which a boy commented positively on the student struggle, adding that the alleged abuse of children on RTS "doesn't happen for the first time".
Addressing the media, Vuฤiฤ stated that Serbia should now direct its energy towards work and progress, that is, it should not pay attention to protests against the government, which he stated would not even gather 3.000 people today.
"It's all up to us, it's nothing up to them anymore. The bottom line is that people want a normal life, I believe that we managed to overcome the worst... The victims were the citizens themselves who suffered the blockades, it's good that they passed peacefully, so it's incredible that there were no victims, compared to the 'Yellow Vest' protests in Paris, which took place much less often," said Vuฤiฤ.
He added that public opinion pollsters who say that his rating is in jeopardy see things "with a delay", that they "don't understand the soul of the people", i.e. that he has better resources - research, focus groups - which is why he was able to see earlier that the peak of the protests was over.
"Politics is not mathematics, people are not marbles to play with... The bottom line is that people want a normal life," the president added.
Photo: Tanjug / Jadranka Iliฤ Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ in Obrenovac
18.52
Two police officers were injured in Bogatiฤ
Two policemen were injured in the incident that happened in front of the court in Bogatiฤ, which happened when the citizens and those who gathered at the meeting against the blockades got mixed up.
As the TV Nova reporter reported, one police officer was injured in the eye and the other in the leg, and they were transported to the Health Center in Bogatiฤ.
Citizens who gathered in Bogatiฤ at the invitation of the "Pobeda za Maฤva" citizens' group told the participants of the anti-blockade rally that they are not welcome in Tommesto. They tell them to go home, and the participants of the rally, which is in support of the authorities, retreat to the side streets. Nova's reporter says that there are still a few dozen of them left, and that most of them have dispersed.
The incident in front of the courthouse occurred when the citizens gathered at the invitation of the GG "Victory for the Sword" bypassed the police cordon and came to the plateau in front of the courthouse, where a rally against the blockades was supposed to be held, and from there they started walking.
The two groups then got mixed up, and there was pushing and shoving with the police. Bottles and oysters flew from both sides.
18.39
ล timac was hit in the head with a stone
The former basketball player of Serbia, Vladimir ล timac, was hit in the head by a rock, as he himself announced.
He is in Bogatiฤ, where two meetings are being held - a citizen's protest and a meeting of citizens against blockades.
18.36
Activist: Two people injured in ฤaฤak
Members of SNS failed to reach the plateau in front of the City Administration in ฤaฤak and could not hold their protest there. However, incidents also occurred.
As activist Ljiljana Braloviฤ told N1, two people were injured, and according to the information she received, one young man was allegedly beaten by four attackers with bats.
18.26
The end of the regime rally at RTS
The gathering of citizens who oppose the blockades is coming to an end at the RTS.
18.22
Photo gallery from the meeting in Obrenovac in which Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ also participated:
18.02
Arrest at the Palilul Market
At least one person was detained near the Palilul Market after the police suppressed citizens and students.
See the photo gallery:
17.53
Incident in Bogatiฤ
A TV Nova reporter from Bogatiฤ reports that there was an incident in front of the courthouse in that town when farmers drove a tractor. Those who gathered at the meeting against the blockades, as people who came to help the police to restrain the citizens of Bogatiฤ, retreated to the court building, after which the citizens also tried to enter inside.
As the TV Nova reporter reports, those who oppose the authorities' counter-protests are now looking for alternative entrances to the court. The policemen also left the back of the building, and the reporter reports that it seems that the citizens know all the entrances and exits to the building better than the policemen themselves.
Those who remained in front of the entrance to the court chanted "get out little one" to the masked people who hid inside. Residents of Bogatiฤ say that masked men came to Bogatiฤ from Loznica.
The citizens, who have gathered in large numbers in front of the court, say that they will not allow any counter-demonstrations of the authorities to take place in Bogatiฤ.
17.52
Vuฤiฤ at a rally in Obrenovac
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ, stated that a lot has been done in Obrenovac in the last 10 years and stated that, among other things, the "Miloลก Veliki" highway was built, as well as that five factories were brought in, two of them large.
Vuฤiฤ, during the walk of the citizens as part of the rally against the blockades, said that it is much nicer for him to be with the citizens of his country than to spend time with officials around the world.
17.51
And Novak Nediฤ at the meeting against blockades at RTS
A column of government supporters, including Novak Nedic, former secretary of the Government of Serbia, who opposes the blockades, arrived from Svetogorska to Takovska near RTS.
17.48
Police cordons separate the two groups in Valjevo
The gathered citizens and students chant "Ko ne ska.""Hey, that's the guy."
17.47
Arrested by the RTS, the police pushed the citizens to the Paliluska market
At least one person was detained near the Palilul Market after the police suppressed citizens and students.
16.53
Parallel meetings in Takovska
In Takovska, near the public service station, SNS supporters gathered, and on the other side, citizens from choirs supporting the students.
Rallies in front of RTS16.22
Gendarmerie intercepted cyclists in Novi Sad
As N1 reports, two Gendarmerie vehicles intercepted a group of cyclists on the Klisa side of the canal and forbade them to continue to Klisa.
16.15
Klis Bridge blocked
In Novi Sad, the police blocked the Klisan bridge. There are four police vehicles on the bridge, and on the other side of the cordon there are several hundred citizens who are blocked by the police.
16.00
Buses with progressives arrived in Novi Sad
Currently, buses with supporters of the Serbian Progressive Party are arriving in Novi Sad and are at the Fair, reports the portal Nova.rs.
15.47
Voลกtiniฤ: A police cordon blocked the approach to the square in Kraljevo
Predrag Voลกtiniฤ from the Local Front published a video showing how a cordon of police in full gear to break up demonstrations blocked the approach to the square.
15.27
Police cordon on the Klisan bridge
The participants of the protest in Novi Sad arrived at Klisanski Bridge, where a police cordon was formed in equipment to break up demonstrations.
15.15
ฤaciland is expanding: Tents in Takovska Street as well
SNS supporters will also visit the RTS building during the blockades they are organizing against the blockades, and white tents have been set up in Takovska street near the media service building.
Read more about this topic in a separate news item
15.14
Call for protest in front of RTS
Belgrade choirs and students in the blockade called citizens to a protest in front of the building of Radio and Television of Serbia.
"Happy people, see you this afternoon. Somewhere. Takovska, Svetogorska, Ilije Garaลกanina," the announcement read.
15.13
Suppression near Nylon market in Novi Sad
Citizens and students who previously gathered at the Railway Station in Novi Sad, started a protest walk along Kisaฤka Street to Nylon Market, where the choirs, which the police are already suppressing, have gathered.
During the walk, those gathered shout "Pump" and blow their whistles, and the intersection of Partizanska and Kisaฤka is blocked, reports the reporter of 021.rs.
The plan is to continue via Kisacka on the Sentandrejski road and to reach the roundabout near the Nylon market, where they will be greeted by a group of citizens.
Their common goal is to block the anti-blockade rallies, which are scheduled for 17 p.m.
The Novi Sad congregations announced counter-gatherings for "citizens against blockades" in the settlements of Klisa and Sailovo.
Source: N1 / Nova.rs / Fonet
