Tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia gathered on Saturday in the northern town of Novi Sad to commemorate the victims of a railway station disaster a year ago. The rally was also a massive display of boiling discontent with the government of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. The collapse of a concrete canopy at the Novi Sad train station last Nov. 1 killed 16 people. The tragedy triggered youth-led street protests and a nationwide movement demanding political changes that have seriously shaken Vucic's tight hold on power.

Tens of thousands of Serbians on Saturday demonstrated to mark the first anniversary of a deadly railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people in Novi Sad, the country’s second largest city. The…

A mass demonstration will also follow Saturday’s tribute, as thousands of people across Serbia have come to Novi Sad to join the commemoration.

16 people died when a concrete canopy on a Chinese-funded project collapsed at Novi Sad’s railway station on November 1, 2024. Families are still waiting for justice, protests are growing, and the Serbian government remains silent.