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Tensions soar in Serbia as angry protesters clash with police in Belgrade

(16 Aug 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Belgrade, Serbia - 16 August 2025 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Various of protesters walking down street during protest 2. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Marko Markovic, local resident: “How this will end no one knows, but we know how it should end - by peaceful means. Let the coward call elections, and if he loves his country, then he’ll deescalate the situation. We all know that the situation will calm down when elections are called.” 3. People at protest 4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Dara Djordjevic, local resident: “Well I hope that one day the demands will be met, because they are justified. It’s very clear that it will happen and that we’ll win.” 5. Protesters marching 6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Branko Tubic, local resident: “The future of this country, the future of society, the values of society will be built by these young people, the students who will graduate in a few years. It is up to them to choose the values they wish to uphold.” 7. Various of protesters marching 8. Riot police firing tear gas at protesters 9. Protesters running as tear gas shells, fireworks go off around their feet 10. Serbian gendarmerie in riot gear driving around 11. Serbian gendarmerie officers pushing a man down 12. Gendarmerie unit driving down street and disembarking 13. Riot police unit in street STORYLINE: Angry protesters clashed with police in the capital of Belgrade on Saturday as tensions soared further in the Balkan nation following days of violent demonstrations. Serbia has been gripped by protests since November, when a train station canopy collapse killed 16 people. Many blamed the tragedy on poor renovation work resulting from widespread corruption in infrastructure projects.  The student-led protests had been largely peaceful for months but turned violent this week. The situation has put pressure on Serbia’s increasingly autocratic president Vucic, who has refused the protesters’ demand to call an early parliamentary election.  "Let the coward call elections, and if he loves his country, then he’ll deescalate the situation," said one protester, Marko Markovic, in Belgrade on Saturday. "We all know that the situation will calm down when elections are called,” he added Vucic has accused the protesters of following orders from abroad to “destroy Serbia,” and promised a crackdown on the nationwide movement led by university students.  In Valjevo, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Belgrade, a group of young men threw flares at the Serbian Progressive Party offices, wearing scarves over their faces and chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic. They set fire to the party's offices before clashing with riot police in a downtown area.  Police threw multiple rounds of tear gas and charged at the demonstrators who hurled bottles, rocks and flares at them.  The protesters in Valjevo turned out to the streets to protest what they allege is police brutality. There were no immediate reports on the numbers of injured people in either Valjevo or Belgrade. AP Video shot by Marko Drobnjakovic =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...