"General strike" is a term that is being heard increasingly often and loudly at student protests, where university faculties across Serbia have been under blockade for two months. On 20 January, thousands of people chanted the slogan at a joint gathering of some educators and students in central Belgrade.

After three months of protests, demonstrators in Serbia are calling for a general strike. The government is threatening retaliation. Serbia is at a crossroads. Is change possible?

By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade Large parts of Serbian society are out on strike on January 24, as students, cultural institutions and workers across various sectors rally in solidarity with ongoing protests against the government.