They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer, or 50 mile, march toward the northern city of Novi Sad.

The march from the capital Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad is part of the demonstrations launched by university students across Serbia to demand accountability for the deaths of 15 people in a train station awning collapse last November.

Hundreds of Serbian students set off on a demonstration march from Belgrade to Novi Sad on Thursday (January 30) in the latest anti-government protest triggered by a railway station roof collapse that killed 15 people in November.

Thousands of students blocked traffic at Autokomanda, one of Belgrade's busiest intersections, for 24 hours to protest the Serbian government's failure to prosecute those responsible for the collapse of a concrete canopy at the main railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad in November.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy collapse in November that killed 15 people.

The general strike takes place all across Serbia. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Belgrade on January 24, demanding justice for the victims and accountability for the collapse of a reconstructed concrete canopy at Novi Sad central railway station that killed 15 people.

Protests marches were held Friday in Belgrade, Novi Sad, the southern city of Nis and other smaller cities — even in Jagodina, a ruling coalition stronghold, ahead of Mr Vucic’s arrival.

In Belgrade, schools, theatres, and more shut down amid protests after a railway station roof collapse in November killed 15 people. Demonstrators accuse corruption and demand justice, while the government denies responsibility.

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Friday stood in silence in front of the state television RTS building for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station roof collapse for which they blame Serbian authorities.

Protests marches were held Friday in Belgrade, Novi Sad, the southern city of Nis and other smaller cities — even in Jagodina, a ruling coalition stronghold, ahead of Mr Vucic’s arrival. “Things can’t stay the same any more,” actor Goran Susljik ...

Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly overhang collapse in November that killed 15 people.