Media Coverage of the Vidovdan Protests in BelgradeCEFR A1
3 Oct 2025
Adapted from International and Security Affairs Centre - ISAC, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Stefan Kostić, Unsplash
- Nataša Stanojević wrote an analysis for ISAC.
- ISAC is part of the Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub.
- Global Voices republished an edited version later.
- A large protest took place on June 28, Vidovdan.
- About 140,000 people came to Belgrade for the protest.
- People asked for new elections and action on corruption.
- Pro-government papers called protesters "blockaders" and "hooligans".
- Independent media said most of the protest was peaceful.
- Police used excessive force and arrested hundreds.
- The campaign linked protesters to foreign enemies and Srebrenica.
Difficult words
- protest — A public demonstration against something.protests
- government — The group that controls a country.
- student — A person who is learning in school.Students
- citizen — A person who lives in a city or country.citizens
- change — To make something different.changes
- media — The tools used to communicate news.
- governance — The way things are controlled or managed.
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Discussion questions
- Why do you think people protest?
- What changes do you want to see in your government?
- How does media affect public opinion?
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