ThisisBigBrother.com - UK TV Forums - Serbian PM quits after months of mass protests

TRTworldHD reports it was a Railway Accident
killing 15 in November 2024
that forced him to Resign.

[Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic
has resigned, following nationwide
protests over the deadly collapse
of a railway station canopy.

Vucevic said he had taken the decision
"in order to avoid further complicating things"
and so as to "not further raise tensions in society".
Fifteen people died in November when a
concrete canopy at a railway station collapsed
in Novi Sad, Serbia's second largest city.
The deaths prompted a huge and sustained wave
of protests across the country.
Tens of thousands of people have taken
to the streets since then,
demanding accountability for the collapse
and protesting corruption and alleged lack
of oversight on construction projects.

More than a dozen people have been
charged in connection with
the Novi Sad incident, including former
Transport Minister Goran Vesic - who resigned
days after it happened.
Students have taken the lead with
the protests, halting traffic daily
and blockading universities for months.
Last Friday, many Serbians stayed off
work in response to a call for a
general strike,
while in December an
estimated 100,000 people attended
a demonstration in Belgrade.
Many smaller protests have been
held in towns and cities across the country.

Tensions rose on Monday when,
during a 24-hour blockade of the
busiest road junction in
the Serbian capital Belgrade,
a female student was injured in clashes
between the opposition and supporters
of the governing party.

That evening,
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic
said he would pardon students and university
tutors who faced charges in connection
with the protests and announced
a major government reshuffle,
saying he expected more than half
of ministers to be replaced.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m5x1j3p2yo