Over the past nine months, Serbia has witnessed an extraordinary student-led movement demanding accountability, transparency, and political renewal. Sparked by the tragic collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad’s train station, which claimed 16 lives, the protests have grown into the largest civic mobilisation in Serbia’s modern history, with hundreds of thousands protesting across the country and students even taking their message to Strasbourg and Brussels on bicycles and foot, respectively.
The movement’s focus has evolved from demanding documentation and accountability over the train station reconstruction to calling for snap elections and a new parliamentary list, entirely independent of the current political class. This has unfolded amid escalating violence, repression, and the revival of dangerous nationalistic rhetoric.
This event brings together experts to examine Serbia’s political crisis, the student-led mobilisation, and the prospects for meaningful change. Join us for an in-depth discussion on protest, democracy, and the urgent push for a new political chapter in Serbia.