Serbia’s president claims the protests are orchestrated by foreign countries.
Serbian in the capital Belgrade, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the country’s government on Saturday. In addition, thousands of people participated in similar demonstrations in three other major Serbian cities, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Nis.
There have been several anti-government protests in Serbia since 18 people were killed in two separate mass shootings in May.
Several pro-Western opposition parties have been the organizers of the demonstrations. The demonstrators accuse the Serbian government and the media supporting it of inciting a culture of violence.
The protesters have also demanded the resignation of Serbia’s interior minister and the head of the intelligence service.
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic has considered the protests to be a political stunt, and has repeatedly claimed that the protests are orchestrated by foreign countries.
Saturday’s protests ended peacefully. The organizers have announced that if their demands are not met, next time demonstrations will be organized in more than ten cities around the country.
The last time there were such large-scale protests in Serbia was in 2000, when people opposed the then autocratic leader of the country Slobodan Milosevic.
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