Protests rock Belgrade

Approximately 200,000 protesters are in Belgrade demanding an end to the rule of President Aleksandar Vučić, who has been in power since 2017. This is a massive escalation of protests that started in 2024, and some estimate this to be the largest in Serbia since the fall of President Slobodan Milošević in 2000. The Balkans are a crossroads of the world where Germany and Russia have fought for influence for decades. The current protests could factor into the maneuvers of one or both.