Student activists and ruling party supporters staged competing demonstrations at Slavija Square in Belgrade, with police intervention units deployed as tensions briefly escalated. The situation resolved peacefully as ruling party supporters dismantled stands and dispersed by early evening.

Serbian Progressive Party activists removed their campaign stands from Slavija Square in Belgrade after President Aleksandar Vučić called on them to do so, clearing the space as student activists spray-painted protest slogans ahead of a planned Saturday demonstration.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called on activists from his ruling Serbian Progressive Party to leave Slavija Square in Belgrade, where students had gathered to print protest slogans ahead of demonstrations planned for May 23.

Students protesting higher education conditions in Belgrade announced a planned demonstration at Slavija Square on May 23rd, scheduled to run from 6 PM to 8 PM.