Nobody’s revolution
In the apparent lull, while waiting for Vučić to (not) call elections, many inevitably wonder what was the point? What has the movement achieved, which only its opponents seem to call a revolution?
9,724 still missing
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances – We call on the governments of the post-Yugoslav countries to activate mechanisms for resolving the fate of the missing.
War at home
Threats of rape and violence against women are not only indicators of the impotence of those in power. They represent a continuation of the violence of the 1990s, threatening to resurface…
Mad gambler
One by one, the chances to save the society are slipping away for good. Moreover, each missed opportunity leaves even fewer options. At this point, only tragic solutions seem to remain.
Serbia is in crisis
Protests in Serbia reflect a deeper crisis: the erosion of public institutions meant to educate, protect, and care for the population. Among them, health care stands out as a powerful symbol of systemic decay.
Antithesis of a normal society
The video shows a girl lowering her head, but a female police officer violently pulls her hair. Another officer joins in, yanking her hair, while the one in front keeps pushing a phone in her face.
Interview with Serge Brammertz
Genocide denial is a politics of weakness, not strength. It imprisons society and holds it back. No community can ever flourish when it is chained in lies about truths the rest of the world knows.
Interview with IRMCT President
More than 1,000 witnesses were heard in ICTY and Mechanism cases concerning crimes committed in Srebrenica. It is humbling to know that so many people bravely set aside their personal fears.
How to save a general
Milenko Živanović was acquitted on all counts related to the forced relocation of Srebrenica civilians. His defense team included a chosen lawyer, public prosecutor, and a panel of judges.
Overthrowing the constitutional order
Any protest can be framed as an attempt to overthrow the order. But what is there to overthrow? Nothing! The regime survives under the shadow of a constitutional order that no longer exists.
187 years
Professor Katarina Popović at the Rebellious University protest on June 16, Faculty of Philosophy Day: “Today, the street is our department, the intersection our amphitheatre.”
Kosovo is the soul of Serbia
Rebellious part of society in Serbia reacted to the harrowing image of a Serbian boy being strangled by an Albanian policeman, and took to the streets with a slogan worn out by decades of abuse.
Farewell to arms
In a historic turn of events, on May 12, 2025, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its decision to disband and end armed struggle, marking the end of a decades-long insurgency.
A ridiculous proceeding
The criminal complaint against the activists includes nothing from their conversation, recorded in violation of the Constitution. No statements are quoted, only interpretations of what each supposedly meant.
UN Reform at a Crossroads
Due to a chronic shortage of funds, the UN is considering consolidating various agencies into a smaller number of sectors. The real problems facing the UN require a more honest diagnosis.
Are we sharing more than Pikachu?
Despite differing organisational structures and political dynamics, the protests in Serbia and Turkey reveal key similarities in how young people are responding to the erosion of democratic norms.
The RTS case and the Novi Sad six
The broadcast has been interrupted, students and citizens are listening to music and painting eggs in front of RTS, while six people spend a second month in detention, with barely any right to defense.
The Prime Minister Who Never Was
The public only found out who the next prime minister would be around the thirtieth minute of Vučić’s press conference. This sends a clear message that the prime minister is a nobody.
The case of Dejan Ilić – through the looking glass
The police state detained and released Dejan Ilić. Dejan wasn’t released because there was no crime, but because the public defended him.
How do you spell it, Ćaciland or Naziland?
If the president of Serbia were of an age corresponding to his behavior, the teachers would send him to the school psychologist and schedule a parent-teacher meeting with the school principal.
Arrest Vučić
The dictatorship is in our minds. Our imagination is calibrated to its parameters. And that, in turn, instills fear. Which makes it harder to resist. Talk of arresting the rector is all about that.
Children killed in the bombing of the FRY
The name-by-name list of victims of the NATO bombing has been available to the public since 2014. Among the deceased are many children – 81 victims were under the age of 16.
Support for Serbian Students and Professors
Among signatories expressing concern over powerful sonic disturbance during the protests in Belgrade, are Piketty, Balibar, Ernaux, Žižek, Butler, Fukuyama…
The sound of freedom
I feel sorry for the people in Serbia who keep looking to the student movement to provide them with a political solution, or act disappointed when the student movement refuses to do so.
Everything for the teachers
At this moment, I do not see a stronger show of solidarity or a more effective anti-regime move than raising money for workers in schools across Serbia. Many have already lined up to donate.
Brown, black or blue shirts
Citizens who protested in front of the Belgrade Assembly were attacked and beaten – with chains, cables, clubs, umbrellas – by members of a private company hired to safeguard the Assembly building.
Premonitions of the colors of the denouement
After claims that the opposition was nonexistent, surviving only on sterile salon statements, a sudden dramatic action resisted the irrational ruling mob.
American rapprochement with Russia
The shifting stance toward Russia is not just about diplomatic maneuvering but a response to the crisis of capitalism, where the current model of accumulation in the U.S. faces structural challenges.
A meeting in the future
The student march to Kragujevac from Novi Pazar reminded me of the conversation between a young man named Fikret and Zoran Đinđić in May 2002. Fikret asked Đinđić about inter-ethnic relations.
Beyond protest
LINKS – Serbian protests exhibit characteristics of spontaneity, with substantive but limited mass participation and no clear leadership capable of linking the demands to a broader class struggle.
To the European Commissioner for Enlargement
The problem is not a “lack of mutual respect” as you said, but rather the brutal violence that one party, the ruling party in Serbia, inflicts on its citizens.
How to restore democratic hope
The Guardian – The students’ demands may sound minor. They have asked institutions to demonstrate that they will do their jobs unimpeded by the regime, and in the public interest.
