Fireworks as thousands greet Serbian students who cycled to France seeking EU support for protests
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people greeted on Tuesday a group of Serbian university students who had cycled more than 1,300 kilometers (780 miles) this month to draw European Union attention to their struggle against corruption in the Balkan country.
Fireworks, drums and whistles echoed through the northern city of Novi Sad as some 80 students symbolically received medals and walked a red carpet in a joyous recognition of their effort in early April.
The 13-day cycling trip from Novi Sad to Strasbourg, France, aimed to garner support in the EU for monthslong student-led protests seeking justice for the 16 victims of a deadly train station canopy collapse in the city in Ноември.
„ Символично показахме решителността и постоянството на нашето потомство да се бори за по -добро на следващия ден и бъдеще, което заслужаваме “, сподели един от студентите пред „ Наверещата навалица “ в Нови печален.
Националното придвижване против присадката, ръководено от студентите, раздруса все...
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