Workers, "army homeless" stage protests

Some 100 workers of the RK Beograd department store chain have blocked traffic in front of the government HQ in Belgrade today. They are demanding payment of severance money amounting to EUR 200 per year of service. Workers, "army homeless" stage protests The workers, many of them women, have brought chairs and claim they will stay on the intersection of Nemanjina and Kneza Milosa streets until their demands have been met. They also want the state to "pay off everything they invested in RK Beograd over the past years", according to a Tanjug news agency report, which does not specify the nature of this investment but adds that the workers say there is "credible evidence" for their claim. Meanwhile, another 100 citizens, formerly engaged by the army, are in the same location. These protesters, calling themselves the "army homeless", are living in temporary accommodation in sporting and recreational venues and VS barracks. Having spent the 1990s engaged in the former armed forces, they now want the state to solve their housing problems. Most of the protesters hail from the former Yugoslav republics, and have moved to Serbia after the end of the armed conflicts.

Workers, "army homeless" stage protests

The workers, many of them women, have brought chairs and claim they will stay on the intersection of Nemanjina and Kneza Miloša streets until their demands have been met.

They also want the state to "pay off everything they invested in RK Beograd over the past years", according to a Tanjug news agency report, which does not specify the nature of this investment but adds that the workers say there is "credible evidence" for their claim.

Meanwhile, another 100 citizens, formerly engaged by the army, are in the same location. These protesters, calling themselves the "army homeless", are living in temporary accommodation in sporting and recreational venues and VS barracks.

Having spent the 1990s engaged in the former armed forces, they now want the state to solve their housing problems.

Most of the protesters hail from the former Yugoslav republics, and have moved to Serbia after the end of the armed conflicts.