Serbia’s first Gay Pride march for four years has been held in the capital Belgrade, amid
Serbia’s first Gay Pride march for four years has been held in the capital Belgrade, amid huge security, including special forces and armoured vehicles. Waving rainbow flags, hundreds took the short march through empty streets. Authorities had cancelled the event every year since marchers were attacked in 2010 - nine years after Gay Pride was first held in Belgrade. Serbia is keen to show increasing tolerance as it seeks to join the EU, the BBC’s Guy De Launey says. Keeping Brussels happy is undoubtedly the motivation for allowing the Gay Pride march to go ahead, our correspondent in Belgrade says. …Participants marched through the centre of the city to the National Assembly, where ambassadors from numerous European countries addressed the crowd. “I feel phenomenal. Our efforts of the past three years have borne fruit,” organiser Boban Stojanovic told Reuters news agency. (Source.) -- source link
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