New year, old regime

Extended description: Unless an unlikely solution to the Serbian political crisis is soon found, this Sunday will mark the 68th day of protests in Belgrade. The marathon-like student demonstration which began last Sunday--a face-to-face student-police standoff which lasted for hours in downtown Belgrade--is symbolic of the current stalemate situation. 30 MINUTS was on the scene as the protesting intensified and the student demonstration--baptized "cordon against cordon"--began. The program crew captures seven days of protests, meetings and student and opposition activities, including the huge turnout--500,000 people--on the orthodox New Year. The report focuses on the student movement in particular, revealing its imaginative and combative spirit. The crew managed to gain access to certain debates and meetings usually barred to media coverage due to the tight security measures imposed by the students. Two tension-filled highpoints were the students' attempt to force the university president's resignation and the 14-hour face-to-face confrontation with the police in 0ºC temperatures which finally ended when anti-riot squads were withdrawn out of sheer impotence. Opposition leader Zoran Djinjitx, virtually the new mayor of Belgrade, and Vesna Pèsic, leader of Zajedno, one of the first to oppose Milosevic, are interviewed in the report. Cedo Iovanovic, charismatic leader of the student revolt, is also filmed, both during public appearances and at his "hideout", as he calls it, where he's been living. 12 gener, 54è dia de protesta Belgrad DP concentració de gent al carrer PM Vesna Pesic, de l'Aliança Cívica, fent mítng, acompanyada de Draskovic, dient que cal continuar el moviment i que Sèrbia és una nació gran i orgullosa on es pot ser patriota sense renunciar a la democràcia DP míting sota la neu PM Zoran Djindjic, del Partit Democràtic, critica el règim de Milosevic DP venda al carrer del diari Democràcia i gent xiulant pel carrer PM persones al carrer dient que xiulen per aconseguir els drets que van guanyar a les eleccions locals de Sèrbia Imatges de la Ràdio Televisió Sèrbia DP imatges d'un noticiari DP protesta de nit de veïns amb cassoles fent soroll PM dona diu que fan soroll perquè es reconeguin els resultats de les eleccions 13 gener 55è dia de protesta DP venda al carrer del diari "Democratia" PD cartells a la Universitat de protesta PG concentració d'estudiants DP assemblea de delegats de facultat PM Cedo Iovanovic, líder estudiantil, parla del lem