Thousands stood in silence for 15 minutes in the southern city of Nis on Saturday to commemorate those killed in a railway station disaster, in a student-led protest that has grown into the biggest threat yet to the Serbian president's grip on power.

NIS, Serbia (AP) — Fireworks and flares lit up the evening sky as Serbia's protesting students arrived Friday in a southern city on the eve of a huge rally this weekend, part of a massive anti-graft movement challenging the Balkan country's populist government.

Tens of thousands of people have joined protesting students in Serbia for a rally proclaiming that “we deserve better” and will no longer accept injustice and corruption in the Balkan country that has

Tens of thousands of people in Serbia gathered on Saturday for a huge student-led rally that vowed to turn the troubled, populist-run Balkan country into a free nation of justice and rule of law, with many proclaiming "We deserve better.

After the hearing of five suspects arrested due to the fall of the canopy before the High Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, the judge for the preliminary proceedings ordered detention for two suspects,

Documents reviewed by Nova Ekonomija reveal irregularities in the actions of the technical inspection commission that approved the trial operation of the railway station in Novi Sad. The testimonies of commission members suggest the possibility that this permit was falsified.

If the government and police truly prevented opposition councillors from entering the session of the Novi Sad Assembly, in which the new city administration was elected, then even the appearance of democracy no longer exists.

In Serbia, a student-led protest sparked by a deadly railway station roof collapse has evolved into mass demonstrations challenging President Aleksandar Vucic's decade-long rule. Accusations of corruption fuel the movement,

In Serbia, protests sparked by a deadly train station disaster have grown into a challenge to President Aleksandar Vucic's leadership. Students and citizens advocate for a corruption-free state, while resignations and demonstrations continue.