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German media: Vucic is leading the country into civil war, his regime mired in corruption

2025-08-16 17:29:28Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

German media: Vucic is leading the country into civil war, his regime mired in

Many German media have reported on the unrest in Serbia in recent days. Footage from Novi Sad and Belgrade was broadcast on the main public service news program ARD. Shorter reports on the events were published by many portals and newspapers.

Here are excerpts from characteristic articles about these events:

Andrej Ivanji writes for Berlin-based Tagesspiegel: "Nine months of student-led protests against the regime in Serbia have been mostly peaceful. Then on Tuesday, clashes between supporters and opponents of President Aleksandar Vucic escalated to small towns in Vojvodina, Vrbas and Bačka Palanka. On Wednesday, students called for protests under the slogan Serbia, wake up! Citizens in the capital Belgrade, as well as in Novi Sad, Niš, Krushevac, Smederevo, Uzhice, Cacak, Panchevo and Lazarevac, responded to the call. Heavy riots broke out in several cities and about 70 people were injured on the second day, the Interior Ministry announced.

"The regime is on a course of confrontation with students. Special police units play only a secondary role. They don't have enough people and when there are simultaneous demonstrations in some cities, they are usually completely overcrowded. Activists and sympathizers of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party were unleashed on citizens demonstrating against corrupt autocracy and for the rule of law."

After describing the rather similar appearance of these Vucic sympathizers "with thick necks, broad shoulders, showing strong muscles and often with black tattoos, T-shirts and hats, and many of them are masked", it is said that critical media have identified many of them as criminals with extensive police records.

The article also briefly recalls the collapse at the Novi Sad railway station on November 1 last year. The opposition believes that this tragedy was caused by "endemic corruption" as hundreds of thousands of students suddenly entered the political scene, insisting over the past nine months on "tireless resistance against the Vucic regime". "Student resistance is now the strongest political force in Serbia."

Ivanji also gave a brief summary of the events of the last few days, the clashes and violence in front of the SNS party offices, and on the streets of Novi Sad.

"On Wednesday, Vucic appeared at the party's headquarters in Belgrade during mass protests. There, he encouraged SNS members to confront demonstrators. Famous journalist Milan Qulibrk commented on this, saying that Serbia no longer has a president. That is, in the midst of the crisis, Vucic supported one side and came forward as the leader of the party and not as the head of state – Vucic only formally leads the party.

"Both announced what to expect now: SNS members will no longer withdraw and will protect their homes and property from terrorist attacks, according to the principle: all for one – one for all."

"Instead of simply announcing early elections, Vucic is plunging the country into civil war, the student movement announced on its Instagram account," writes Tagesspiegel.

The Rheinische Post newspaper published a short report on what is happening "From Novi Sad to Niš" under the headline "Anti-government protests are escalating in Serbia".

Journalist Thomas Roser reports that President Aleksandar Vucic has announced that he will clear the streets of hooligans and that there will be no mercy for... to them.

"In the politically divided country aspiring to EU membership, months of protests over corruption have escalated. Vucic blames his critics for the bloody clashes. However, student activists, the opposition and independent media talk about the riots that have been orchestrated by the bandits of the ruling party."

Niklas Zimmermann also writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about what has happened in Serbia over the past three days and how students and the government see the situation.

"The specific cause of the latest wave of protests should not be sought in George Soros, who is often cited as their alleged initiator, but in the northern Serbian province. In the city of Vrbas, more than 50 people are said to have been injured. (…) These clashes also took on an international component, as one of them took place in Bački Petrovac, where the majority population is Slovak. There, a group of SNS supporters destroyed a photo exhibition supporting student protests during an annual Slovak event."

"The Slovak Ombudsperson, Robert Dobrovodski, addressed the Serbian Ombudsperson and asked him to investigate the actions of the police, who are accused of not preventing this attack. The leader of the opposition, Michal Simecka, also traveled to Bakchki Petrovac to express his solidarity there. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is politically close to Vucic, had previously said that these conflicts were an internal matter for Serbia. The opposition accused him of not taking care of his compatriots abroad," writes the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung./DW


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