By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade On the morning of January 27, students of the Belgrade faculties began assembling at Autokomanda, a busy junction in the Serbian capital, for a 24-hour blockade they hoped would force the government to heed their demands.

Tens of thousands of protesters led by university students have held a noisy rally outside Serbia’s state television headquarters in Belgrade to protest what they called the broadcaster’s pro-governme

Thousands of young people took to streets across Serbia on Friday, after student protest organisers called for a general strike over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.Friday's strike call was the latest move to increase pressure on the government,

The student-led protests forced businesses throughout Serbia to shut their doors, including many schools as teachers' unions backed the call to strike. As well as Belgrade and Novi Sad, protest marches also took place in the southern city of Nis and smaller cities,

The blockades took place in various cities to commemorate the victims of the canopy collapse in Novi Sad last year.