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Sun Aug 28, 2022, 04:26 PM Aug 2022

EuroPride 2022: Serbia will not host event, says president [View all]

Source: BBC

EuroPride 2022: Serbia will not host event, says president

By Malu Cursino
BBC News

28 August 2022

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said September's EuroPride parade in Belgrade will not go ahead.

Mr Vucic's announcement comes after thousands of people marched in protest against the event earlier this month.

The president said he was not happy with the decision, but that Serbia had to concentrate on other issues, including trouble in Kosovo.

The parade organisers have said the parade will go ahead anyway, with any ban "illegal".

The international LGBT pride parade has been hosted in a different European city most years since 1992.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62700240

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