I have one Serbian friend who lives in a small town there and has been keeping me up to date on this.
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I have one Serbian friend who lives in a small town there and has been keeping me up to date on this. There are big marches every weekend and smaller ones every day, especially in the four university cities (Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis and Kragujevac). The particularly interesting (to me) point that he raised is how much respect and support Serbs are getting from neighbouring countries, which, if you know anything about the Balkans, is truly remarkable. If they can pull this off it may have positive repercussions not only in Serbia but in the whole region.
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Yeah, someone made a joke about how our president is a master of diplomacy: he managed to build a bridge between Serbs and Croats (as we all despise him), and also make the US, Russia and China agree on something (all 3 have dismissed the student-led protests).
Not directly related to the anti-corruption protests, but Croats started boycotting their local supermarkets due to high prices, and the whole region soon followed suit. It's honestly almost bizarre that while most of the world is looking bleak, the Balkans are now engaging in optimism and mutal support. This is the first time since I developed self-consciousness that I can say that Serbs are optimistic about the future, as many believe that this might very well be the end for the current regime, and that a new system with an emphasis on direct democracy will take its place.
