Tens of thousands protest in Belgrade against President Vucic's government

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Tens of thousands protest in Belgrade against President Vucic's government  Tens of thousands of Serbians from across the country - most of them students -  held a major anti-government rally in Belgrade on Saturday.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/15/thousands-protest-in-belgrade-in-preparation-for-major-anti-government-protests-planned-fo  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Tens of thousands of Serbians swarmed the streets of the capital Belgrade in preparation

00:07for a major anti-government rally planned for the weekend.

00:12Protesters participated in what they called a joyful prelude to Saturday's rally against

00:16populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

00:20Demonstrators waved flags, chanted slogans, and lit up flares and fireworks in downtown

00:25Belgrade.

00:27Today's protests are being seen as the first major challenge for Vucic and his decade-long

00:31firm grip on power in Serbia.

00:34The Serbian leader warned of mass arrests if violence breaks out on the weekend rally,

00:39which he has described as illegal.

00:42Protests started four months ago after a concrete canopy collapsed at a train station killing

00:4615 people in Serbia's north.

00:49Vucic has vowed to fight the protests, which he accuses Western intelligence services of

00:54orchestrating to overthrow him.

00:57The European Union, which Serbia is seeking full membership to, has urged Belgrade to

01:02respect the people's right to protest and urged demonstrators to avoid violence.

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