At a memorial gathering held today in Novi Sad, Nađa Šolaja, a student at the Faculty of Philosophy, said out loud what the regime has been trying to hide for an entire year: the collapse of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station, which took the lives of 16 people, was not a tragedy — it was a crime and murder.
“Sixteen victims and zero responsible. Their hands are bloody, and the message remains the same,” said Šolaja before thousands of people gathered from across Serbia.
Her powerful words struck directly at the heart of a system rotten with corruption, where every institutional crime ends in silence and impunity under Aleksandar Vučić’s rule.
Instead of seeking justice, Vučić’s SNS regime continues to hide behind manipulation and propaganda — in a country where criminals are rewarded and victims are forgotten.
At the same event, well-known actor Tihomir Stanić recited verses from the folk epic “Hasanaginica,” giving the memorial a deep emotional tone as thousands stood in silence at the site of the tragedy.
The memorial protest in Novi Sad was organized by students but quickly turned into a powerful outcry of civic revolt against Vučić’s regime, which has spent a year covering up the truth behind state-controlled media lies.
Instead of accountability, Vučić prefers to lay flowers and play the role of a mourning leader, while under his rule laws are broken, youth are silenced, and truth is buried.
“This wasn’t misfortune — it was the consequence of a system that sees human life as a statistic,” said another student in the crowd, met with thunderous applause.
Today’s protest in Novi Sad was a reminder that Serbia does not forget — and Serbia does not forgive.
