(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, JAN 22 - Student organisers in Serbia
called for a general strike this week, according to an
announcement Wednesday, in the latest move to increase pressure
on officials over the fatal collapse of a train station roof
last year. The Balkan country has been hit by regular protests
after a roof at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad
collapsed in November, killing 15 people, following restoration
work at the facility. The announcement posted on social media by
a leading student group called for Serbians to engage in
"general civil disobedience" on Friday and to avoid going to
work, shopping and engaging in other normal daily life
activities. "Let's take freedom into our own hands! Your
participation makes a difference," said the statement. Calls for
a general strike have been growing in recent days following a
raft of strike announcements by scattered unions and
professional organisations. Public outrage has fuelled almost
daily protests and road blockades across Serbia, with many
attributing the deaths in Novi Sad to corruption and poor
oversight of construction projects. (ANSA-AFP).
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