(14 Mar 2025)
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Belgrade – 14 March 2025
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1. Wide top shot zoom in to anti-government protesters pushing over a tractor
2. Mid of anti-government protesters trying to push over a second tractor
3. Wide of riot police arriving to form a barrier to stop protesters getting through
STORYLINE:
Anti-government protesters in the Serbian capital toppled a tractor in the city on Friday night as thousands of people converged on Belgrade on the eve of a major anti-government rally, despite official warnings that violence was planned and populist government fear-mongering aimed at dissuading people from attending.
Marching university students have been arriving to a festival-style welcome in downtown Belgrade from across the country while tens of thousands more people are expected to gather for the rally on Saturday.
The protest is seen as a culmination of months of anti-graft demonstrations in the Balkan country and a test for President Aleksandar Vucic’s right-wing government, which has faced mounting popular discontent.
The autocratic leader has repeatedly warned that violence is planned at the rally and threatened arrests over any incidents. Vucic’s supporters have been camping in the city centre, fuelling fears of clashes with the protesters.
At a news conference on Friday evening, a defiant Vucic again said that authorities have received multiple reports of alleged planned unrest and described Saturday’s rally as “illegal.”
Vucic reiterated claims that Western intelligence services were behind the protests with an aim to oust him from power.
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