| Situation in Serbia 14:13 - Mar 17 with 4290 views | itfcserbia |
Hi all,
I don't write or raise topics that often and the only previous time I "asked for attention" was when writing an official letter in the name of Serbian branch of Supporters club back in Marcus Evans days.
But now, I feel a personal and human need to write, to try and raise awareness and attention towards the situation in Serbia.
Serbia is at a breaking point, sliding into full-blown dictatorship under Aleksandar Vucic, who is copying the playbooks of Putin and Lukashenko - rigging elections, crushing opposition, controlling the media and using force against his own people. Vucic isn’t just another autocrat - he was Minister of Information in Milosevic's regime where he learned valuable lessons from Milosevic's downfall and is now using them to tighten his grip on power.
Since November, hundreds of thousands of people have been in the streets, in more than 400 cities, towns and villages across Serbia - protesting against corruption and the regime’s total control over institutions and media. On March 15th more than 400.000 people gathered in Belgrade with 100.000 more from other cities - the biggest protest in the history of Serbia.
Protests are lead by students and professors, they carry flowers and pin them to police officers. Against such peaceful protesters in Belgrade city center, in a long and relatively narrow street, as they held 15 minutes of silence - a symbol of dignity and nonviolent protests - Serbian government used an LRAD! Dozens of people were hurt in the issuing stampede. I was there! The Vucic regime’s response to people's nonviolent protest - was a weapon of war.
In days before the protest, the Serbian government that is completely controlled by Vucic as president (which is unconstitutional in Serbian law) has illegally:
- Suspended Parliament and banned all MPs from attending it.
- Canceled all rail and bus transport to Belgrade from multiple cities to prevent people from gathering.
- Interfered with road traffic through multiple unannounced roadworks.
- Forbidden national radio journalists from working and allowed only selected TV journalists to work.
- Forbidden multiple foreign journalists from entering the country.
- Expanded the powers of the Belgrade police through an illicit expedited procedure.
- Offended multiple international governments, including Germany, France, Romania, Croatia etc.
This isn’t just about Serbia - it’s about stopping another dictator before it’s too late. Don’t look away. Try to get informed. Share what’s happening. Stand with us. Thank you.  [Post edited 17 Mar 14:15]
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| Situation in Serbia on 10:35 - Mar 21 with 591 views | Churchman |
| Situation in Serbia on 09:17 - Mar 20 by Lord_Lucan |
There was a big bit about this in The Sun recently.
Re The EU - don't rely on those pigs in the trough!
Although I'm a relatively reluctant remainer, I have no time for EU parliament and all those who sail in it. |
An interesting commentary from France24.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250320-why-has-eu-kept-silent-serbia-massiv
Like you, I am and always was a reluctant remainer, in the hope that as one of the three largest economies the U.K. could influence change from within - and it was economic insanity to leave it. It was an act of self harm to walk away based on outright lies, lack of knowledge and an inaccurate slogan on a bus presented by dangerous idiots.
However I’ve no time for the EU Parliament either. The EU itself still seems to be wrestling with what it’s there for and where it’s going. It’s attitude and contradictions in dealing with Vucic and Serbia are examples of that. |  | | |
| Situation in Serbia on 15:27 - Mar 21 with 526 views | itfcserbia |
| Situation in Serbia on 10:35 - Mar 21 by Churchman |
An interesting commentary from France24.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250320-why-has-eu-kept-silent-serbia-massiv
Like you, I am and always was a reluctant remainer, in the hope that as one of the three largest economies the U.K. could influence change from within - and it was economic insanity to leave it. It was an act of self harm to walk away based on outright lies, lack of knowledge and an inaccurate slogan on a bus presented by dangerous idiots.
However I’ve no time for the EU Parliament either. The EU itself still seems to be wrestling with what it’s there for and where it’s going. It’s attitude and contradictions in dealing with Vucic and Serbia are examples of that. |
Interesting fact about EU - conclusions of the European Council have to be adopted by consensus of all the countries members. Hungary has again prevented that the worrying events in Bosnia and Serbia threaten to destabilize the wider region of the Western Balkans enter the conclusion summary and now all it states is that the "matters have been discussed". Hungary's Orban is of course in direct cooperation with Erdogan, Putin and Vucic.
Fact about Serbia - Vucic's government has officially invited Russia to help with the investigation about the incidents in the peaceful protests. So we're basically inviting a warring and freedom oppressing country to help investigate the freedom oppression. | |
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| Situation in Serbia on 22:14 - Mar 23 with 381 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
gtsb must have missed this one! |  |
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| Situation in Serbia on 07:51 - Mar 24 with 302 views | itfcserbia |
The article unfortunately is very accurate. Journalists that are not supporting Vucic, not even supporting the opposition, just reporting objectively are being arrested and detained without proper cause or justification. There are a few journalists that have been arrested 3 or 4 times already. They are usually let go after few hours, sometimes 24-48h, depends on the events they have to "miss". Some foreign journalists have been banned from entering the country or been deported for "national security reasons".
Thank you all for your support! | |
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