NIS: Thousands of protesters amassed in the southern Serbian city of Nis on Saturday, in the latest mass student-led anti-corruption rally to rock the Balkan nation after the fatal collapse of a train station last year killed 15 people. The collapse of the station roof in Novi Sad in November followed extensive renovations to the building, and ignited long-smoldering anger in the country over corruption and the alleged lack of oversight on construction and development projects.
From early morning, residents set up improvised stalls across the city's streets, offering food and refreshments to the crowds streaming through, waving flags, carrying banners against corruption, and blowing whistles and vuvuzelas. At 11:52, the time when the tragedy occurred exactly four months ago, everyone gathered in the city's central square to pay tribute to the victims by standing in silence for 15 minutes.
President Aleksandar Vucic and other government officials have wafted between issuing calls for talks and also firing off allegations that the demonstrators are being backed by foreign powers. — AFP
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