Student protests have drawn huge crowds and struck a chord among the citizens who are disillusioned with politicians and have lost faith in Serbia’s state institutions.

Serbian anti-corruption protesters, riot police, and supporters of President Aleksandar Vucic faced off in central Belgrade on Saturday as tens of thousands of people turned out for massive anti-government rallies following a night of sporadic clashes.

The rally on Saturday in the capital, Belgrade, came as protests have spread to towns around the country and have drawn increasingly insistent calls that President Aleksandar Vucic step aside.

Thousands of people are converging in Serbia’s capital Belgrade on the eve of a major anti-government rally despite official warnings of planned violence and populist government fear-mongering aimed a

Public transportation is shut down in the Serbian capital of Belgrade as tens of thousands of protesters converge to oppose Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's government on Saturday.

Tens of thousands of people have descended on Serbia's capital to protest against the deaths of 15 people in a railway station collapse. The government has put attendance at 107,000 across Belgrade. Organisers and independent monitors have yet to give their estimates.