Protesters hold noisy demonstration against Serbia’s populist leadership

Protesters hold a banner reading “Students to the blockades, workers to strike” in Serbian Cyrillic as they gather outside Serbia’s state television building in Belgrade, Serbia. Picture: AP/Marko Drobnjakovic

Hundreds of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally on Thursday outside Serbia’s state television headquarters, despite the country’s president pledging to fulfil all their demands.

The demonstration is part of wider protests which erupted after the fall of a concrete canopy in the northern city of Novi Sad last month, killing 15 people.