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Serbia: Regime Crisis, Imperialist Dependence and Struggles for Self-Determination

Elena Fernandez Fernandez — 2026-01-28T11:45:39Z

Since the collapse of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Serbia has been going through a permanent structural crisis. The destruction of the Yugoslav state not only produced new nation-states: it paved the way for accelerated capitalist development, imposed under imperialist pressure, which profoundly reconfigured class relations in the region.

- Serbia dossier January 2026 / Serbia

Popular mobilization under an authoritarian regime

Gin Vola, Elias Vola — 2026-01-28T11:45:24Z

Over the past year, Serbia has been swept by a mobilization—primarily student-led—of unprecedented scale since the fall of Milošević. The movement challenges the lack of democracy, corruption, and authoritarian practices of the current regime.

- Serbia dossier January 2026 / Serbia

“The independent media played a crucial role in documenting the protests and making student demands visible”

Gin Vola, Elias Vola — 2026-01-28T11:45:07Z

“In the face of threats to press freedom in Serbia, and in particular state pressure, a coalition has been created to demand and act for independent information. Press freedom in Serbia is in serious decline: threats, harassment and attacks are frequent, and institutional protection is increasingly unreliable. ”

- Serbia dossier January 2026 / Serbia

Europe's death chamber

Ellana Caldin — 2026-01-28T11:44:48Z

They are Baloch, Moroccan or Afghan. Crowded into camps around Belgrade, some of them attempt ‘games', i.e. they try to cross the border with smugglers. The others, resigned to their fate, learn to live in appalling conditions. Since the closure of the Balkan route, Serbia has established itself as Europe's border guard.

- Serbia dossier January 2026 / Serbia, Migration

The EU and green colonialism in Serbia

Denis Verstraeten — 2026-01-28T11:44:33Z

Environmental struggles and protests against the destruction of the natural environment are common in the Balkans, and Serbia is no exception. The most recent and symbolic of these is the protest against the installation of lithium mines in the west of the country. During our trip, we met with an activist from the anti-extractivist collective Marš Sa Drine in a hotel in downtown Belgrade, away from the prying ears of the Vučić regime.

- Serbia dossier January 2026 / Ecology and the Environment, Serbia

The uprising after the collapse at Novi Sad

Fourth International Serbia delegation — 2025-11-09T08:03:01Z

A year after the collapse of the canopy of the Novi Sad train station, which killed 16 people, the Serbian political landscape has been radically shaken by a student social movement of an intensity not seen in decades. A delegation from the Fourth International, composed of comrades from the GA (Gauche anticapitaliste, Belgium) and the NPA-A (Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste, France), went to meet political, trade union, associative and student activists, to build bonds of solidarity with them and to bring their words back to our countries.

- IVP610 - November 2025 / Serbia, Youth and student movements

The streets against the regime in Serbia: one year of mobilization in review

Ellana Caldin — 2025-10-31T05:42:14Z

For a year now, young people in Serbia have been continuing their fight for a democratic society in the face of Aleksandar Vučić's authoritarian regime. On both sides of Serbia, student marches are criss-crossing the country in the direction of Novi Sad to commemorate the collapse of the railway station, responsible for the deaths of 16 people on 1 November 2024. This tragic event triggered a political protest on an unprecedented scale.

- IVP609 - October 2025 / Serbia, Youth and student movements, Protest movements

Student revolt becomes everyone's in Serbia

Lucien Perpette — 2025-07-09T09:37:18Z

“Movements of solidarity with the Serbian people must be stepped up, as has already been the case during the two visits of Serbian demonstrators to Brussels and Strasbourg.”

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Serbia, Youth and student movements

Serbia: controlled, decentralized chaos across the country, but power is waning

Tara Mirković — 2025-07-02T05:56:54Z

Since Sunday night, a veritable game of cat and mouse has been played out on the streets of Belgrade between citizens and the police. The principle is simple and highly effective: erect improvised barricades, block a street or intersection, wait for the police to arrive, then disperse peacefully before starting again further on. In this ballet of non-violent resistance, each withdrawal is a new opening. While the police dismantle the roadblocks, sometimes violently, others form elsewhere. And this elusive movement is spreading throughout the country.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Serbia, Youth and student movements

Student protest in Serbia: “either we stop or there will be a civil war”

Ellana Caldin — 2025-06-12T09:36:36Z

Since November 2024, Serbian students have been leading an unprecedented revolt against Vučić's corrupt government. Along with two Belgian comrades from the Gauche Anticapitaliste, I went to Belgrade to meet them.
In front of Belgrade's Faculty of Philosophy, a table and camping chairs were set up. A dozen or so students wrapped up in duvets were watching the entrance. On the table were sudokus and packets of cigarettes to pass the time. The students take 8am shifts to secure the faculty, (…)

- IVP605 - June 2025 / Serbia, Youth and student movements