Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced that he will officially propose his country as the venue for the anticipated meeting between US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
A close associate of President Aleksandar Vučić, Nataša Vukšić, played a behind-the-scenes role in the reconstruction and adaptation project of the railway to Hungary, writes Filip Rudić in Nova Ekonomija.
Serbia's student-led protests against President Aleksandar Vučić gathered more steam on Saturday, as professors joined those who are demanding justice for the collapse of the canopy of the Novi Sad train station that killed 15 people last November.
In addition to securing the votes of millions of Americans in the November election, Donald Trump has also garnered the sympathies of a large portion of Serbian citizens. Serbia is recognized as the foreign country where he enjoys the highest support.
The uprising of tens of thousands of young Serbs outraged at corruption and civil liberties violations is a growing challenge to Aleksandar Vučić's government. View on euronews
The complainants claim that Vučić previously encouraged motorists to drive through crowds of protesting students.
A woman was seriously injured on Thursday after a driver rammed his car into a crowd during student-led protests in downtown Belgrade, Serbia. The driver fled the scene but was later detained and will be charged with attempted murder, police said.
The demonstration, one of the biggest in years, is part of wider protests that have taken place across the country after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station last November, killing 15 people.
University classes have been suspended for weeks with students demanding accountability for the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station in November that killed 15 people. #EuropeNews
A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse in November of a concrete canopy in the country’s north that killed 15 people.
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