Students from Serbia are now officially candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to writer and playwright Sinisa Kovacevic, who shared the news on the social network X.
“We have just received confirmation from the Nobel Committee that our nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize has been accepted. Mrs. Dijana Stojkovic, a lawyer, and I put forward the nomination for Serbian students—they truly deserve it,” he wrote.
For the past two months, students across Serbia have been protesting, with people from nearly all parts of the country joining their movement. The demonstrations began with university faculty blockades before expanding into street protests, as students insisted that their demands be addressed by national institutions.
Despite repeated attempts by the government to suppress the movement, offering various incentives to quell the unrest, the students have remained resolute in their struggle.
The university blockades started at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, where students and professors were attacked on November 22 while peacefully blocking traffic for a 15-minute silent demonstration. The protest honored the victims of the November 1 collapse of a concrete canopy at the recently renovated Novi Sad main train station. The movement quickly spread, with more than 60 public university faculties across Serbia joining the demonstrations.
