Serbia's police intervene to end standoff between ruling party supporters and anti-government protesters in Belgrade, Serbia, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) threw flares and firecrackers at anti-government protesters in Novi Sad on Wednesday evening, prompting police to intervene to end the standoff, a major escalation of nine-month-long protests in Serbia.
Daily protests countrywide in Serbia, following the deaths of 16 people, killed when a roof on a renovated railway station in Novi Sad collapsed last November, have rattled the popularity of populist President Aleksandar Vucic and SNS.
