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Serbia’s Wave of Protests – Key Facts
« on: February 01, 2019, 04:12:55 pm »
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How and why did the protests begin?

The so-called “1 of 5 million” protests started on December 8, 2018. They were triggered by an incident a few weeks earlier on November 23, when an opposition politician, Borko Stefanovic, was attacked and beaten in the southern town of Krusevac.

So far, nine regular protests have been held in Belgrade. One extraordinary one was held on January 16, when protesters marked the first anniversary of the unresolved murder of the moderate Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, in Mitrovica, Kosovo.

Initially, the protests were held only in Belgrade. But in January, people in more than 30 Serbian cities and towns joined in with their own protests.

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