BELGRADE (Reuters) -Supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) threw flares and firecrackers at anti-government protesters in Novi Sad on Wednesday evening, prompting police to intervene to end the standoff,

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has announced tough measures against anti-government protesters following days of riots challenging his rule.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Sunday vowed to take“tough measures” against what he called“rioters” following a wave of widespread anti-gove

Protests erupted across Serbia, targeting the ruling Serbian Progressive Party amid allegations of corruption. Offices were destroyed in Novi Sad, and clashes occurred with police and supporters of President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade.

For eight years as Serbia’s president, and before that as prime minister, he has ruled with an increasingly interventionist hand, yet runs more of a managed democracy than a full-blown autocracy. Vučić has performed a similarly wily balancing act on the global stage.

Clashes between rival groups of protesters in Serbia left dozens injured overnight, police said Thursday, as months of anti-government demonstrations boiled over into street violence for a second night.

Anti-government protests have intensified in Serbia, leading to the demolition of the ruling party's offices in Novi Sad and clashes in Belgrade. The protests, fueled by anger over a recent disaster and alleged corruption,

NOVI SAD, Serbia -- Several hundred people have gathered in the center of Novi Sad for what has been described as the northern Serbian city's first gay-pride rally.