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Belgrade - Massive rally in Serbia/ Vučić blocks foreign journalists, government media: Over 107 thousand protesters
2025-03-15 19:11:27 / BOTA
The Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) called on Serbian state authorities to allow foreign journalists to enter the country and carry out their work unhindered.
The organization said it is reacting to reports that, yesterday and today, certain journalists from Croatia and Slovenia were prevented from reporting from the protests in Belgrade.
" The Croatian RTL journalist, Iva Anzulovija, was today denied entry to Serbia and turned back at the border crossing on the grounds that she posed a security threat. Serbian police also prevented the entry of Slovenian POP TV journalist Marko Gregorac ," the statement said.
According to her, a day earlier, the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) was informed that at least two teams of journalists from Croatia were prevented from entering Serbia.
Thousands of people have filled the streets of Belgrade in what is seen as the largest anti-government protest in Serbia and the culmination of months of protests against Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
Large crowds of protesters, waving Serbian flags, have gathered in several locations in the capital.
The city was 'overrun' by the sound of whistles and drums. Crowds chanted "Pump it Up," a slogan used during the past four months of student-led protests. "He's finished," read the youths' banners, referring to Vučić.
Even government media reports that there were at least 107,000 protesters.
After more than four months of largely peaceful student-led protests, disillusionment with the regime has reached boiling point, Al Jazeera writes.
In stark contrast to diplomats' calls for calm, Vučić and his government are portraying today's protest as a powder keg about to explode.
For days, officials have been ominously warning that clashes are inevitable, even suggesting that protesters could attack police or try to forcefully storm parliament.
The students in the blockade have posted on Instagram a stage plan for the protest rally in Belgrade, with the main stage set to be on Slavija Square, where the main program and speeches will be held. The students asked citizens not to use pyrotechnics.
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