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Clashes with police in Belgrade over, 23 detained

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What to know about Clashes with police in Belgrade over, 23 detained

Police and anti-government protesters clashed in Belgrade following a rally criticizing President Aleksandar Vucic. The protests, which began after a fatal canopy collapse in Novi Sad, include demands for early parliamentary elections.

Propaganda risk 10%
Claims checked 10
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Topics 0

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
Left0%
Center86%
Right14%

7 sources compared across this story cluster. This is an eFinder estimate from indexed source coverage, not an editorial rating.

What happened

Clashes between police and opponents of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade are over, and 23 protestors have been detained, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

Why it matters

According to a TASS correspondent, protestors have left the area, and police officers are now removing their protective gear and withdrawing from the city.

Common ground

Municipal staff has begun to clear the garbage and dismantle the barricades.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Police and anti-government protesters clashed in Belgrade following a rally criticizing President Aleksandar Vucic. The protests, which began after a fatal canopy collapse in Novi Sad, include demands for early parliamentary elections.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “23 protestors have been detained”
CORROBORATED
Both TASS and Reuters explicitly report that 23 people were detained during the clashes in Belgrade.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... Police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters in central Belgrade on ... Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said 23 people were detained, Tanjug ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/police-protesters-clash-serbia…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... While the rally at a central square in Belgrade passed peacefully, groups of young assailants later clashed with riot police, throwing flares, ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/23/serbia-stude…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... STUDENT PROTESTS IN SERBIA On 1 November, 14 people aged between six and 74 were killed when the concrete canopy of the main railway station in ...
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/posts/riot-police-deployed-…
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Claim 2: “Protests have been going on in Serbia since November 2024”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
Wikipedia explicitly states that mass protests erupted in Novi Sad in November 2024 following the railway station canopy collapse.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1.1Economic crisis in Iran. 1.2Comparison to previous protests. 2Protests. Toggle Protests subsection. 2.1Initial bazaar. 2.1.128 December 2025. 2.1.229 December. 2.2Spread across Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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web search NEUTRAL — Find protests and solidarity events near you. Explore an interactive map to see what’s happening now and join rallies, vigils and actions nearby.
https://www.findaprotest.info/map
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay up to date on the latest Protests and demonstrations news coverage from AP News.
https://apnews.com/hub/protests-and-demonstrations
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Claim 3: “riot police pushed protesters away from the camp of Vucic’s supporters near the country’s National Assembly building”
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The evidence mentions Vucic's supporters gathering at a park and police separating opponents and loyalists, but the specific detail about pushing protesters away from a 'camp' near the National Assembly is not clearly corroborated across multiple sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — Protesters began organizing extended road blockades, walking demonstrations, a protest cycling event and relay race from Belgrade to Strasbourg and Brussels, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–present_Serbian_anti-corr…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago ... Hundreds of protesters attempted to storm Belgrade City Hall on Sunday evening during demonstrations against the results of parliamentary and ...
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/posts/police-and-protesters…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... Protesters clash with police after an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital · Protests have shaken Vucic · Vucic's supporters gathered at park ...
https://wtop.com/national/2026/05/tens-of-thousands-rally-in…
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Claim 4: “The Interior Ministry estimated that approximately 34,300 people attended”
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While the rally is confirmed, the specific attendance figure of 34,300 from the Interior Ministry is not present in the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — The then-prime minister resigned but authorities cracked down hard on further dissent. Undeterred, protesters were back out in force today with banners declaring "the students are winning" and badges …
https://news.sky.com/story/serbian-riot-police-clash-with-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Interior Ministry and Serbia’s president denied the accusations. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic on Monday insisted that “the police did not use any illegal methods” during the protest.
https://balkaninsight.com/2025/03/17/serbian-govt-denies-usi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
https://www.quora.com/
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Claim 5: “a large anti-government rally took place on Slavija Square in Belgrade”
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Multiple independent web results confirm a large anti-government rally took place at Slavija Square in Belgrade.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ... The venue on Saturday is Belgrade's Slavija Square, the scene of a huge antigovernment protest in March 2025. That rally ended in sudden ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/tens-of-thousands-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... Anadolu English (@anadoluagency). 97 views. Thousands gather at Belgrade's Slavija Square for anti-government rally under slogan “You and ...
https://x.com/anadoluagency/status/2058337180641030636
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... The venue on Saturday was Belgrade's Slavija Square, the scene of a huge anti-government protest in March 2025. That rally ended in sudden ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/23/serbia-stude…
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Claim 6: “On May 21, Vucic announced that the parliamentary election in Serbia will be held between late September and mid-November 2026”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was provided in the search results regarding an announcement by Vucic on May 21 about elections in 2026.
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Claim 7: “a canopy collapsed at the railway station in Novi Sad, killing 16 people”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
Wikipedia confirms that in November 2024, the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station canopy killed 16 people.
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Claim 8: “The police used tear gas, while the demonstrators set trash cans on fire”
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Reuters and other reports confirm that police used tear gas and that protesters threw flares/bottles (and by extension, created fires/chaos), though the specific 'trash cans' detail is a common descriptor of such clashes reported in the context of these events.
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web search NEUTRAL — The police are a constituted body of people empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself. [1] .
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Police typically are responsible for maintaining public order and safety, enforcing the law, and preventing, detecting, and investigating criminal activities. These functions are known as…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/police
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web search NEUTRAL — Udall City Police Department - 110 S Main St, Ninnescah, Kansas, 67146-7004 - (620) 782-3322 - Other, Uncategorized
https://citysquares.com/b/udall-city-police-department-16442…
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Claim 9: “Clashes between police and opponents of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade are over”
CORROBORATED
The claim that clashes are over and 23 people were detained is reported by TASS and corroborated by Reuters (which mentions the detention count and the clashes).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In November 2024, mass protests erupted in Novi Sad after the collapse of the city's railway station canopy, which killed 16 people and left one severely injured. By March 2025, the protests had sprea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–present_Serbian_anti-corr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. According to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian: Српска напредна странка, romanized: Srpska napredna stranka, abbr. SNS) is a major populist and catch-all political party in Serbia, which has been the country'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Progressive_Party
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Claim 10: “Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said protestors threw bottles, stones, and pyrotechnics at the police”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, attribute statements to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic regarding protesters throwing bottles, stones, and pyrotechnics/flares at police.
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web search NEUTRAL — While Vučić and Minister Ivica Dačić claimed that the students attacked the police ... protest over after claiming bottles and stones were thrown at protesters ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–present_Serbian_anti-corr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 17, 2025 ... Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said at least one policeman was ... throwing flares and bottles at police and officers firing tear gas and stun ...
https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/posts/anti-government-pro…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 15, 2025 ... ... bottles, stones, and fireworks being thrown. Authorities arrested ... Interior Minister Ivica Dacic condemned the protests as an ...
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/violent-clashes-erupt-in…
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