{"id":4467,"date":"2025-06-29T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:27:57","slug":"protesters-in-belgrade-calling-for-civil-war-serbian-parliament-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/protesters-in-belgrade-calling-for-civil-war-serbian-parliament-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters in Belgrade calling for civil war \u2013 Serbian Parliament speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ana Brnabic has claimed that the organizers of an anti-government demonstration want to destroy the country<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Ana Brnabic has accused anti-government protesters in Belgrade of calling for a civil war,\u00a0after a student-led rally escalated into clashes with police.<\/p>\n<p>The latest unrest erupted on Saturday, after the authorities rejected an ultimatum from demonstrators demanding the dissolution of parliament and early elections. The protest coincided with Vidovdan, a national holiday marking Serbia\u2019s 1389 battle against the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo Field.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Brnabic \u2013 who served as prime minister from 2017 to 2024 \u2013 shared a video from the protest\u2019s closing moments, in which an organizer tells the crowd to <em>\u201ctake freedom into your own hands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey didn\u2019t end their gathering by shouting \u2018Long live Serbia.\u2019 They ended it with a chilling call to murder Serbia \u2013 a monstrous and open call for civil war,\u201d<\/em> Brnabic wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post, she accused neighboring Croatia of backing the unrest in an effort to unseat President Aleksandar Vucic.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/68605549203027436103c0c4.png\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/620730-belgrade-serbia-protest-violence\/\">Clashes break out at anti-government protests in Serbia (VIDEOS)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A wave of protests has gripped Serbia since the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station in Novi Sad last November, which killed 16 people and triggered widespread public outrage and calls for accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s demonstration began peacefully but turned violent in the evening when some protesters began throwing eggs, bottles, and other objects at police near a downtown park where government supporters were holding a vigil. Officers responded with pepper spray and riot shields to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said six officers and two civilians were injured, and dozens of <em>\u201chooligans\u201d<\/em> were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier at a Vidovdan ceremony, Vucic \u2013 who has repeatedly claimed that the protests are being instigated by foreign actors \u2013 called for national unity and urged restraint.\u00a0<em>\u201cSerbia always wins in the end,\u201d<\/em> he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ana Brnabic has claimed that the organizers of an anti-government demonstration want to destroy the country Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Ana Brnabic has accused anti-government protesters in Belgrade of calling for a civil war,\u00a0after a student-led rally escalated into clashes with police. 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