21-24 November 2023
Farmers in Serbia removed the barricades, but the protest continues. Farmers who, after nine days of protests and road blockades, reached an agreement in principle with Prime Minister Ana Brnabić on the fulfilment of their demands, removed the barricades from the roads, but did not stop the protest. End of the protests depends on the outcome of the new round of negotiations between representatives of farmers and Government of Serbia, which will be held on Sunday, 26 November. (Radio Free Europe (Serbian), 22 November 2023)
Post Office strikers are going back to work. Striking post office staff told that they are going back to work on Thursday after reaching a deal with the government. Spokespeople for the strikers said that a large part of them were already back at work and added that they expect their remaining demands to be met by the end of the month or they will resume the strike. (N1 Belgrade, 23 November 2023)
RIK: No conditions for holding of December 17 elections in Kosovo. Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) said that there are no conditions for the holding of the December 17 Serbian elections in Kosovo, so Kosovo Serbs will be able to cast their ballots in the towns of Vranje, Kuršumlija, Raška and Tutin. (RTS (Serbian), 22 November 2023)
Council of Europe delegation will observe elections in Serbia. A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will travel to Serbia to observe the early elections on 17 December. A five-member PACE delegation will make a “pre-electoral visit to Serbia” on 23-24 November to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the early parliamentary elections. (N1 Belgrade, 21 November 2023)
Spyware attack attempts on Serbian civil society representatives’ mobile devices detected. Two representatives of CSOs received a system alert on their mobile devices from Apple that they were the potential targets of state-sponsored cyber-attacks. It has been confirmed that the mobile devices unsuccessful attack took place on 16 August 2023. The SHARE Foundation believes that these spyware attacks on the representatives of the critical public have a detrimental effect on democracy and human rights, especially in the pre-election period. (European Western Balkans, 20 November 2023)
