While students from Novi Pazar and hundreds of citizens from across Serbia are marching to Novi Sad to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s canopy collapse, another group set out for the same destination this morning—with a different message.
Around 60 Serbs from Kosovo began walking toward Novi Sad on Wednesday morning to show their support for Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and express opposition to what they described as “blockades and the halting of Serbia.”
The commemorative gathering marking one year since the collapse of a canopy at the Novi Sad railway station—which claimed 16 lives on November 1, 2023—is scheduled for Saturday. Student and citizen groups from all parts of the country are planning to meet in Novi Sad that day to jointly honor the victims.
A group of students from Novi Pazar has been marching for 14 days as part of the “Steps of Remembrance” initiative. Meanwhile, over 300 students and citizens from western Serbia set out from Valjevo on Tuesday, also heading to Novi Sad to take part in the commemoration.
Kosovo Serbs begin their own march — in support of Vučić
According to Kosovo Online, a group of roughly 60 Serbs from various parts of Kosovo gathered behind the administrative line in Rudnica and began their journey north.
They said they were responding to President Vučić’s recent call for a large “people’s gathering” in Novi Sad to demonstrate resistance to “blockades and the halting of Serbia.”
“Today, sixty of us from Kosovo and Metohija set out to support our president Aleksandar Vučić and to show that we know best how to love and respect Serbia,” one participant told the portal. “We want to show everyone that we will persevere on this path, that God will help us, and that we stand with a strong and righteous Serbia.”
This is not the first time Kosovo Serbs have organized a walking march to express support for the Serbian president.
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