BELGRADE, June 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Thousands of Serbians including students gathered in over 30 cities Sunday in the latest protest aimed at pressuring President Aleksandar Vucic to call early elections.

The Balkan nation has been rocked by student-led protests since 16 people were killed last November when the roof of a train station collapsed in Novi Sad, a disaster widely blamed on deep-rooted corruption.

"We want elections," students chanted in Belgrade as they marched to block two major bridges in the capital Belgrade.

"Over 30 cities in Serbia stopped today to send a message to the government that this can't go on," said Nikola, a music student.

"We waited six months and got nowhere. It's time to show it's not just Belgrade or students -- it's all of Serbia," he said.

In Novi Sad, where the protest movement began, students marched to the station where the collapse occurred, demanding that authorities "take responsibility".

Protesters have spent months calling for the prosecution of individuals -- some tied to the Vucic's governing party -- who attacked demonstrators, as well as the dropping of charges against arrested students and an investigation into the alleged use of a sound cannon at a rally in March.

According to an April survey by CRTA, an NGO that supports the students, 59 percent of citizens back the protests -- a figure disputed by authorities.