General strike begins in Serbia – Vučić is not meeting the four demands of students

The general strike or "general civil disobedience" has begun, in which the citizens of Serbia have been called by students, where dissatisfaction with the current Serbian leader, Aleksandar Vučić, will be expressed.

"We don't go to work, we don't go to lectures, we don't do our daily tasks. We take our freedom into our own hands. Your participation makes the difference," the students wrote on social media as they invited all citizens to join them in a total blockade.

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Many companies, associations and political parties have announced their support for this action.

Even many independent media outlets including nova.rs, today.rs and N1 has joined the general strike.

It has been announced that at 11:52, in several places in Serbia, the commemoration of the victims of the accident at the Novi Sad railway station will continue, after which a general strike will be held.

A protest is planned for today at 14:00 PM with the slogan "Let's clarify who is the crowd and who is the hooligan" organized by the Lawyers' Protest Committee in front of the Serbian Presidency building.

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Students from many faculties of the University of Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Niš are demanding the fulfillment of several demands.

Full publication of documentation on the reconstruction of the railway station in Novi Sad.

The dismissal of the charges against students and young people arrested and detained during protests related to the demolition of the railway station shelter in Novi Sad.

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Filing criminal charges against attackers of students and professors and prosecuting them.

Increasing Serbia's budget for material expenditures of state higher education institutions by 20 percent. /Telegraph/