Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević speaks during a press conference, where he announced his resignation, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday. (Photo: Reuters)
BELGRADE – Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned on Tuesday, following months of mass demonstrations over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.
The Balkan country has been rocked by regular protests in the wake of the deadly disaster at the train station in the northern city of Novi Sad that killed 15 people, following extensive renovations at the facility.
The collapse has ignited long-standing anger across Serbia over corruption and the alleged lack of oversight on construction projects.
“My irrevocable decision is to resign from the position of prime minister,” Vucevic told a press conference in Belgrade.
“I had a long meeting with the president of Serbia this morning … we talked about everything, and he accepted my arguments,” he added.
“So in order to avoid further complicating things, so we do not further raise tensions in society, I made this decision.”
Before taking up an earlier government post in Belgrade, Vucevic had served as mayor of Novi Sad from 2012 to 2022, when renovations began at the train station.
The prime minister has been in office for less than a year. (Story continues below)
A drone shot shows Belgrade University students participating in a 24-hour blockade of a major junction during a protest against what demonstrators claim are government policies, corruption, and negligence blamed for the deaths in the November 2024 Novi Sad railway station disaster, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday. (Photo: Reuters)
The prime minister has been in office for less than a year.
More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with the Novi Sad accident, including former transport ministe
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