Belgrade, Jan 27 (EFE).- Serbia’s president, nationalist Aleksandar Vučić, on Monday called for dialogue with protesters blocking a road junction in Belgrade and insisted that the demands of the months-long protests had been met.
Serbian dollar bonds sold last year and due in 2034 extended their decline on Tuesday, pushing the yield 6 basis points higher to 6.24%. That compares with a level as low as 5.51% last year, just before Serbia obtained its investment-grade credit rating in October.
Foreign media are reporting on the student blockade at Autokomanda, one of Belgrade's main traffic hubs, with an AP report stating that farmers with tractors and thousands of citizens have joined the protest.
Serbian PM resigns as anti-corruption protests intensify, imperiling president’s grip on power
Serbian President Rocked by Protests as Key Ally Resigns
Aleksandar Vucic has consolidated power in Serbia and engaged in a geopolitical balancing act that once made him close to Vladimir Putin and now to allies in Europe and Donald Trump.
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Serbia's prime minister resigns as anticorruption protests grow
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, and Speaker of the National Assembly Ana Brnabić addressed the public at 6 p.m. from the Palace of Serbia. Vučić stated that due to the situation following the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad,
Serbia's Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has resigned following protests triggered by the deadly collapse of a canopy in November.
Serbia's Prime Minister Resigns
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Serbian president says resignation of Prime Minister could lead to early parliamentary election
Resignation of Serbia’s prime minister: a failed attempt to quell protests
On 28 January, the Serbian Prime Minister and leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Miloš Vučević, submitted his resignation, officially in response to an incident in Novi Sad in which students were assaulted by individuals closely linked to the SNS and the prime minister’s son.
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Serbian president hints at snap election after prime minister quits amid protests
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Monday called for an urgent and “serious” government reshuffle, saying he expects at least half of the current cabinet to be replaced, as he invited protesting students to join talks aimed at addressing their demands.
Thousands of people marched in several Serbian cities on Tuesday to protest violence against demonstrators, following an overnight attack on student protesters that left a young woman seriously injured.
Thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.
The march from the capital Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad is part of the demonstrations launched by university students across Serbia to demand accountability for the deaths of 15 people in a train station awning collapse last November.
"We have to talk to those children and they have to go to school. As for the students, despite everything, I invite them to a dialogue and to tell us what is not fulfilled. Come and tell us. Tell us publicly what exact request is not fulfilled", called the president.
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