In the cities of Serbia, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Vranje, Čačak and Kraljevo, citizens took to the streets today, for the third day in a row, in protest due to dissatisfaction with the state of the country, the current government and the announced new measures to combat the coronavirus, reports Nova.rs .
The protest in front of the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade tonight is mostly peaceful and is different from the previous two evenings when the police threw tear gas and beat the demonstrators.
Protest flow:
00:10 Citizens in front of the assembly are slowly dispersing, and while some are having a party and singing "Who doesn't jump, that's Vučić", others are collecting cans and paper from the street, reports Nova.rs.
00:05 Many demonstrators in the conversation with Nova.rs reporters commented that it was now clear that everything was organized last night, and that tonight was a real people's meeting.
00:07 Part of the citizens dispersed from the plateau in front of the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, where several hours of peaceful demonstrations were held, the Beta agency reports.
It's quiet at the meeting, a few whistles are heard.
For some of those present, this turns into mutual socializing.
Music is playing on one of the speakers.
23:28 Most of the demonstrators have left, but a part is still standing in front of the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade.
23:17 A young man walks in front of the Serbian Parliament with a large black bag and collects trash.
He did not want to introduce himself, but he told the Beta agency reporter that he is an animator, and that he also participated in the protest yesterday.
"We are not savages as some want to present us," said a young man of around 30 years old, adding that no one pays him and that he does it voluntarily.
He said that other participants of the protest followed his example and asked him for a bag to put garbage in.
Near him were several other participants of the protest who were walking with bags and collecting trash, mostly empty water and juice bottles.
23:10 Hooligans with hoods broke the Nova.rs reporter's head
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22:49 Demonstrators chant "It's over" and "Tomorrow is D-Day".
After that, they sang the national anthem of Serbia "God's Justice".
They shouted "We don't give up holy things" and "Montenegro and Serbia, that's one family".
They also mentioned the President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović in a negative context and whistled at the mention of his name.
Petar Đurić addressed the crowd and called on all policemen to drop their shields.
Earlier tonight, Đurić was warmly greeted when he came to the protest.
22:35 Demonstrators also danced a round.
22:21 A group of people was separated from the crowd of demonstrators and chased away from the protest because they are allegedly provoking in the name of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
They did not allow cameramen and photojournalists to record them, but threatened to break the equipment.
Demonstrators also chased away another group of people they consider provocateurs, who lit a torch in Pionirski Park.
Demonstrators do not allow the lighting of torches and believe that Vučić is paying provocateurs to provoke the police in order to provoke their intervention again.
21:49 "We don't want to destroy Belgrade. We don't want Vučić, we don't want Brnabićka, Lončar. We want doctors to protest with us, because he didn't give them adequate equipment. We want the resignation of everyone from the government. We don't want to destroy the city, we came to show how many of us there are. We want the police stand with the people. It's the people's police, we pay for it, it serves the people, not them," a young man told the gathered demonstrators through a megaphone.
21:41 Demonstrators applaud the Radišić family, who were at the protest tonight with their five children, and who are passing through the crowd.
21:38 - A peaceful protest is slowly changing the atmosphere. Demonstrators are chanting "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia", "I will catch thieves", reports Nova.rs.
21:35 Someone in the crowd threw a firecracker, the other demonstrators immediately reacted angrily "Uh, sit down"
21:15 From the group gathered, primarily those closest to the Serbian Parliament, every now and then "Sit down" is chanted, which is largely accepted, reports the Beta agency.
"We will not beat" is also chanted.
A group of several people challenges the citizens who are sitting on the sidewalk, insulting them and asking them to get up.
They are standing by the metal fence, placed near the steps of the Parliament, but the crowd responds by calmly chanting "Sit down".
The area in front of the Assembly - the sidewalk and the street are filled, part of the nearby park, while part of it "spills over" into the surrounding area.
21:08 "They had a plan to scare normal citizens, they failed," says the president of the Movement of Free Citizens, Sergej Trifunović.
21:05 The police guarding the building of the Presidency of Serbia are standing quietly, they were not in the mood to share their impressions of tonight's peaceful protests with Nova.rs journalists.
20:47 Tonight in Kragujevac, around 500 citizens gathered for a peaceful protest.
The protest rally is, like last night, in front of the City Assembly, but unlike the previous evening, the atmosphere is much calmer.
There is no chanting, occasionally a whistle is heard, people sit in small groups and listen to music.
20:45 "Even tonight, the presence of unidentified structures is noticeable," says Dobrica Veselinović from "Ne davimo Beograd", at the protest in Belgrade.
20:38 The police arrive at the Presidency of Serbia in Belgrade.
20:25 "These young people inspire optimism," says Branislav Grubački Guta from the "New Optimism" movement.
20.24 "Engaging hooligans who are connected to the government can be an interesting affair," said Vuk Cvijić, a journalist from NIN known for uncovering the Krušik affair.
20.20 The gathered citizens who are sitting on the plateau in front of the Serbian Parliament are holding banners "We don't want conflict, we want changes", "Expressing dissatisfaction is not hooliganism", "Is it tear gas, or who knows what it is, whenever we meet it always pours on us". "Cale, this is for you", "I want a 'Better life' and 'Happy people', "Whenever I see Vučić, I break all the drinks, I don't even drink coffee anymore" and "How much is my life worth".
20:19 - "We are here so that this dictator and autocrat would leave," says professor Biljana Stojković.
20:17 - Petar Đurić came to the protest tonight as well.
He sat down with his mother on the plateau in front of the Serbian Parliament and said: "I am not in any party, and I see what they write about me. My father always lived in the 22nd century, and so do I. Sorry, this is for you." .
He called long people to come and peacefully protest.
20.14 As reported by Nova.rs reporters, at the protest you can see men in groups, with masks on their faces and hoods on their heads.
There are also those who take photos of people at the protest, and as the citizens say, they are quite aggressive.
20.10 Dissatisfied citizens of Zrenjanin also took to the streets of their city.
20:08 Agency Beta reports that more and more citizens are gathering in front of the Serbian Parliament building in Belgrade and, as far as can be seen, in the front rows, all of them are young and sitting on the sidewalk.
They chant "Sit down," urging others to do the same.
They also chant "We will not beat".
Citizens try to remove a few people who oppose the invitation to sit, but instead invite the gathered to stand.
A large banner was displayed that read "It's not politics, it's not covid-19, it's common sense".
Several flowers are hung on the metal fence in front of the steps of the Assembly.
There are still policemen in regular uniforms and plainclothes on the stairs.
Traffic in front of the Assembly is stopped, and the street is already quite full of citizens.
Among those gathered, but away from the parliament steps, is the president of the Freedom and Justice Party, Dragan Đilas, and some other members of that party, as well as the leader of the Free Citizens Movement, Sergej Trifunović.
20:05 - A group of burly men tried to chase away a Nova.rs journalist from the Presidency, reports that portal.
When she asked the police if these were their colleagues, the police replied: "Ask them."
20:02 "I am here for the third night because of freedom, like 98 percent of the citizens who are here. I do not agree with shifting responsibility and blame to the people who have proven to be much more intelligent than those who make decisions," says Pavle Grbović from the Movement of Free Citizens.
19:56 - In front of the Assembly of Serbia in Belgrade, proposals for the demands of the popular protest are distributed to the citizens.
19:53 "I am here because of the resistance to the regime of Aleksandar Vučić. I am happy about the large number of young people who, as you can see, are peacefully protesting here," said academic Dušan Teodorović, who came to the protest.
19.50 Ljubisav Đokić, better known as Bagerista Dzo, the legend of October 5 and the man who broke through cordons with an excavator and reached the front door of RTS, also came to the plateau in front of the assembly. When asked by the Nova.rs reporter, "Where's your excavator?", he answered. "Ask Nebojša Čović".
19:44 On the plateau in front of the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, citizens gathered around a journalist from the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) with a banner "It's not politics, it's not covid, but common sense" and ordered "Sit down, at RTS".
19:42 Dragan Đilas and Borko Stefanović also came to the plateau in front of the Assembly of Serbia.
19.36 A protest also started in Kraljevo.
19:26 The cavalry arrived at the corner of Kosovska Street in Belgrade.
19:20 On the plateau in front of the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, citizens are sitting on the street and in the park, blowing whistles and clapping. Banners can be seen: "Don't go gray, sit".
19:10 Citizens are gathering in front of the Serbian Parliament building, where there are currently several hundred of them, the Beta agency reported.
They blow whistles and horns.
Some of the citizens sat in front of the steps of the Parliament and carried the signs "Don't sit down, sit down" and "Arrest hooligans, don't beat your people".
A metal fence and only a few policemen in regular uniforms were placed in front of the steps of the Assembly.
The police stopped traffic in the street in front of the Assembly.
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