Opposition deputies threw smoke grenades in Serbia’s national assembly, disrupting a session confirming the resignation of Prime Minister Milos Vucevic and a debate on laws designed to ease months of anti-government protests in the Balkan country.

Since December, students from 65 of the country’s 80 faculties have been on strike. Schools are also on strike, and at major demonstrations, farmers have blocked main roads with dozens of tractors.

Serbia’s populist president has apologized for calling a reporter with the state TV broadcaster an “imbecile” after her report from a massive anti-government protest over the weekend.

Organisers of Serbia’s EXIT Festival have told IQ that the event may be forced to leave the country due to its stance in the current student-led protests. Mass demonstrations have gathered momentum in the four months since 15 people were killed when a roof collapsed at a newly renovated train station in Novi Sad,

Video. The Serbian Parliament’s first regular session of 2025 was thrown into chaos on Tuesday, with smoke bombs and flares disrupting proceedings just an hour after the session began.

Fireworks and flares lit up the evening sky as Serbia’s protesting students arrived in a southern city on the eve of a another big rally pressuring the populist government in the Balkan country.