Students are continuing their activities, including a door-to-door campaign and meetings with citizens at stands set up in several locations across Belgrade. Yesterday afternoon, they knocked on the doors of residents in Vračar and, as they told N1, citizens generally greet them with a smile. Even when the door is opened by a supporter of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the conversation ends politely and respectfully, they said.
Isidora Jovanović, a student at the Faculty of Political Sciences, told N1 that their experiences over the past several weeks, since the campaign began, have been very positive and that people generally greet them with a smile. “I think we are all enjoying this campaign because people open their doors to us with smiles on their faces,” she said.
Branislav Todić, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy in Belgrade and a member of the Vračar Assembly, added that citizens are willing to talk to them, hear about the students’ plans, find out how they can help and how they can join the movement. “We introduce ourselves and explain who we are, ask if they have a few minutes to talk to us, what their problems are and what they think about the situation in the country. If they have negative views of us or the student movement, we try to establish communication and ask whether they can offer some constructive criticism. If that doesn’t work, we remain polite and leave it at that. Communication is respectful with everyone, and we have not had any negative experiences,” Todić said.
Citizens who are willing to talk are mostly interested in finding out how they can help, as well as in the student electoral list and its programme.
As for encounters with SNS supporters, Todić says they also try to talk to them and ask what they see as the main local and national problems. “We try to point out the issue of corruption. If we cannot establish communication with them, we end the conversation politely and respectfully and move on,” he said.
Despite the offensive messages targeting students that have been written on walls across the city, the N1 interviewees point out that they have not had any negative experiences when speaking to citizens, regardless of their political orientation. “Even those who do not support the students will simply say that they do not want to talk. If they do, we are here to have a conversation,” Todić added.
As for supporters of opposition parties, student Isidora says that there are some disagreements on certain issues in their conversations with them, but adds that this is perfectly normal. “There have to be different opinions in order for us to have discussions. We see a more personal and familiar side of a voter who leans towards the opposition than of someone who supports the ruling regime,” she said.
The students also talk to citizens about phantom voters and offer them leaflets explaining how to check which people are registered at their address, how to determine whether there are any irregularities and how to report them to the police station.
Source: N1, 13.08.2026