Students in Serbia organized a series of events in Belgrade, Nis and other cities to protest the corruption that allegedly plagues their government and led to the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 15 people.
On her holiday, International Women's Day, 32-year-old teacher Jasmina chose to support the students in Belgrade. She told BTA: "This is not my first protest, but today, I am here for the students and for my friend Gordana, who is a teacher like me. She went on strike and was left without part of her salary for February as a punitive measure by the Ministry of Education."
Jasmina was adamant that the voice of women and the voice of young people in Serbia should be respected and not ignored, as it is at the moment. She believes that the ongoing political crisis in her country can be resolved by forming a transitional government of experts and respected personalities that should hold fair and democratic elections.
Prime Minister Milos Vucevic submitted his resignation on January 28, after the deadly collapse took place, even though the train station had been overhauled for three years.
Another group, farmers, joined the protests by using their tractors to block traffic in the New Belgrade municipality in the capital city.
The students are preparing a new wave of protests and a blockade of the capital for March 15.
/NZ/
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