Thousands of protesters swamped downtown Belgrade on Saturday in the biggest anti-corruption rally since a train station collapse sparked widespread outrage. The march—initiated by student groups—is a drastic increase in the protests against President Aleksandar Vucic’s 13-year-long control.
The protest takes off after 15 ppl die in Nov in a rooftop cave-in at NR Novi Sad railway station, exposing corruption & weak oversight. Demonstrators, which included farmers and bikers, marched non-violently through Serbia’s Parliament, banners aloft, demanding transparency.
“We came for justice. I hope that this demonstration will have some impact,” said Milica Stojanovic, a student of the Faculty of Biology in Belgrade. 
Grow tensions, because pro-government groups, including far-right and claimed football hooligans, are also moving out, threatening violent clashes. Riot police went to barricaded government camps.
President Vucic, in a defiant TV address late Friday, refused to give in to pressure. “We have me as a president of Serbia, and I won’t let the streets dictate the rules, I will not let there be violence,” he said.
The European Union and United Nations have urged Serbia to respect the right to free assembly. Despite government-pushed media describing the protests as a failed “coup,” protesters still stand strong, some promising to carry on until they get what they want.
As the demonstration grows, Serbia is at a turning point—between growing people power and a government bent on holding on to power.
