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Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia

apnews.com Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia

The protesters have been demonstrating following the collapse of a concrete canopy in the city of Novi Sad’s central train station on Nov. 1, which resulted in 15 fatalities.

Instead of partying, thousands turn New Year celebration into anti-government protest in Serbia

Instead of the traditional boisterous street partying on New Year’s Eve, tens of thousands of protesters led by university students gathered overnight in Belgrade and other Serbian cities to demand political reforms and justice in the Balkan country.

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