The rally on Saturday in the capital, Belgrade, came as protests have spread to towns around the country and have drawn increasingly insistent calls that President Aleksandar Vucic step aside.

Crowds of protesters are gathering in Belgrade for a massive rally in the Serbian capital seen as a culmination of months-long protests against populist President Aleksandar Vucic.

Serbia’s capital Belgrade is on edge ahead of a major rally this weekend with populist authorities of President Aleksandar Vucic ramping up efforts to dissuade people from attending