Marijana Maksimovic. TIME Serbia.
After Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Niš, Belgrade and Novi Pazar, students gathered around the “Students in Blockade” initiative organized a protest in Loznica called “March on the Drina”.
At the first protest since students, who have been blocking colleges since mid-November 2024, called for early elections in Serbia, politics and ecology intertwined throughout the day. The students announced the next gathering in Čačak.
Apart from the student demands and the political crisis, at the protest in Loznica there was a lot of talk about ecology and the [Rio Tinto] Jadar project.
This was another all-day protest, minutes of silence were held for the victims of the demolition of the canopy in Novi Sad, as well as for the victims of fascism. Actors, students and professors gave speeches at the protest, and the blockade choir performed.
Marijana Petković: I believe that students and young people will defend Mačva and Jadar
Marijana Petković from Ne damo Jadar says that she believes that the students will defend Mačva and Jadar, because they grew up fighting and all polls indicate that they are against mining.
“Students at the faculties, each from their own field, analyzed the proposal about the mine. We will see what future scientists and academic citizens found in that study, which is full of holes. So they took part there, too, and they know what a mine near populated areas means. Just saying only 1.100 tons of sulfuric acid per day, nothing more needs to be said to a smart person,” she said, reports Nova.
For more information on the protest go to TIME Serbia.
