Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests sparked by deadly collapse swell
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A canopy collapse, which killed 15 people in the city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy. The canopy collapse in November, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic. He has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms in Serbia despite formally seeking European Union membership for the troubled Balkan nation. Novi Sad Mayor Milan Djuric also will step down on Tuesday, Vucevic said. Vucevic’s resignation could lead to an early parliamentary election.

  • moncharleskey@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Trust me, it’s painful to me as well, and has been for most of my life at this point. People are an incredibly difficult species to herd it seems. Give them just a little bit to subsist with and they just… live with it. And now it looks like the powers that be have decided that we can subsist on less, and can be easily replaced with their oh so capable AIs. Time will tell how things go, but I’m seeing a lot of violence and turmoil in my country’s future because so many people remain complacent.