What is happening in Serbia today is not just alarming — it is unacceptable. Reports from across the country describe a systematic assault on democracy: alleged ballot fraud, duplicate voter lists, vote-buying, intimidation around polling stations, and even the presence of armed men near polling stations. Citizens have reportedly been attacked simply for documenting abuses. This is not an isolated incident. It is a pattern of power defending itself through fear.
As EDP Secretary General Sandro Gozi warned, this is not the picture of a normal democratic election, but of “a system under pressure, using pressure in return”. When fear replaces freedom, when intimidation replaces participation, the very foundation of democracy collapses. According to media reports, the minimum conditions for a credible vote are simply not there.
Europe cannot afford ambiguity. A country that claims a European future cannot undermine the integrity of elections. Silence now would mean complicity. The Serbian people deserve real choice, real protection, real democracy.
Mediji Junajted Medije, u okviru koje posluje i televizija N1, suočavaju se sa promenama u uređivačkoj strukturi koje bi mogle da ugroze nezavisnost i uopšte opstanak slobodnog novinarstva u Srbiji. N1 će sve do fizičkog otimanja mikrofona govoriti kako jeste.
#BREAKING#Serbia JUST IN: Photo from Novi Sad, Serbia, as students and supporters from across the country gather ahead of tomorrow’s protests marking one year since the deadly canopy collapse at the renovated train station that killed 16 people.