Serbia’s striking students and supporters of populist President Aleksandar Vucic were holding parallel rallies on Saturday as both marked the country's Statehood Day with notably contrasting messages.

Serbia became a stand-alone sovereign republic ... President Aleksandar Vucic claimed a re-election victory in the country's snap December 2023 elections, with his Serbian Progressive Party ...

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.

Serbia’s striking students and supporters of populist President Aleksandar Vucic were holding parallel rallies Saturday as both marked the country's Statehood Day with notably contrasting messages.