"General strike" is a term that is being heard increasingly often and loudly at student protests, where university faculties across Serbia have been under blockade for two months. On 20 January, thousands of people chanted the slogan at a joint gathering of some educators and students in central Belgrade.

By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade Large parts of Serbian society are out on strike on January 24, as students, cultural institutions and workers across various sectors rally in solidarity with ongoing protests against the government.

After three months of protests, demonstrators in Serbia are calling for a general strike. Serbia is at a crossroads. This is the stark message at the heart of the protests that have been taking place in Serbia for three months and show no signs of abating.

The call for a strike comes amid mounting public outrage and near-daily protests following the collapse of a newly restored train station roof in Novi Sad in November. The incident killed 15 people an

Thousands across Serbia, led by students, protested Friday in a general strike demanding accountability for the Novi Sad train station roof collapse i

The student-led protests forced businesses throughout Serbia to shut their doors, including many schools as teachers' unions backed the call to strike. As well as Belgrade and Novi Sad, protest marches also took place in the southern city of Nis and smaller cities,