The march from the capital Belgrade to the northern city of Novi Sad is part of the demonstrations launched by university students across Serbia to demand accountability for the deaths of 15 people in a train station awning collapse last November.

Belgrade, Jan 27 (EFE).- Serbia’s president, nationalist Aleksandar Vučić, on Monday called for dialogue with protesters blocking a road junction in Belgrade and insisted that the demands of the months-long protests had been met.

Thousands of citizens joined the blockade that followed weeks of protests demanding accountability of the deadly accident in the northern city of Novi Sad that critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.

Three months after 15 people were killed in a train station canopy collapse, mass protests continue to gather momentum and even threaten to topple Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s government.

Serbian dollar bonds sold last year and due in 2034 extended their decline on Tuesday, pushing the yield 6 basis points higher to 6.24%. That compares with a level as low as 5.51% last year, just before Serbia obtained its investment-grade credit rating in October.

Foreign media are reporting on the student blockade at Autokomanda, one of Belgrade's main traffic hubs, with an AP report stating that farmers with tractors and thousands of citizens have joined the protest.

Serbia's Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has resigned following protests triggered by the deadly collapse of a canopy in November.

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, and Speaker of the National Assembly Ana Brnabić addressed the public at 6 p.m. from the Palace of Serbia. Vučić stated that due to the situation following the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad,

The collapse of a canopy of Novi Sad's railway station has led students to take to the streets across Serbia to fight for a better future.

"We have to talk to those children and they have to go to school. As for the students, despite everything, I invite them to a dialogue and to tell us what is not fulfilled. Come and tell us. Tell us publicly what exact request is not fulfilled", called the president.

In Serbia, students and workers across all sectors have launched a general strike today, the culmination of three months of mass, student-led demonstrations. The protest movement started in response to the collapse of a roof at a train station in November in the northern city of Novi Sad,

Serbia's student-led protests against President Aleksandar Vučić gathered more steam on Saturday, as professors joined those who are demanding justice for the collapse of the canopy of the Novi Sad train station that killed 15 people last November.