Belgrade Bar Association suspends work on Friday, joins general strike

The editor-in-chief of the weekly "Vreme" Filip Švarm said that it seems to him that today's general strike corresponds to the dimensions of the strike that took place in January.

The Board of Directors of the Belgrade Bar Association (AKB) has decided that their members will suspend work on Friday, March 7, when students in blockades have called for a general strike in Serbia.

Students said there would be a General Strike in Serbia on Friday, March 7. Lawyers belonging to the Belgrade Bar Association responded to the call. Members of trade union organizations in RTS will fight for the dignity of the profession on the same day: And the General Strike will also be in Kragujevac. ____________________________________________________

March 6, 2025. Members of the Media Freedom Coalition have been supporting students across Serbia who are blocking universities from the beginning, demanding accountability for the tragedy at the Novi Sad Railway Station, in which 15 people were killed and two seriously injured. We call on our membership, as well as all media and media workers, to join the strike in order to express solidarity with the students and support their demands, but als…