# A year after student protests shook Valjevo, Serbia stands at a crossroads

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- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-14 09:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/14/a-year-after-the-violence-in-serbias-valjevo-at-a-crossroads?traffic_source=rss

> Student protests sparked by the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, which killed 16 people, have become a nationwide movement challenging Aleksandar Vucic’s long political dominance. Blockades spread and hundreds of thousands rallied, while journalists described police violence, government-linked media attacks and the renewed visibility of nationalist rhetoric.