Protests in Belgrade

[teo123]

So, what do you guys here think, are there indeed massive protests in Belgrade going on right now, as Guardian says? I live in Osijek, around 150 km from Belgrade, and I haven't heard anything of it until now. And I speak Serbo-Croatian, but I can't find any mention of it in the local news.

Also, what do you think the name "Belgrade" means? Does the "bel" part indeed come from Serbo-Croatian for "white"? Or is it more likely related to "pel" in Pelmonostor (Hungarian name for Beli Manastir), probably an Illyrian word for hill?

[brimstoneSalad]

If they say there are then there probably are. It could be a mistake, but they would not lie about something so easy to confirm unless it's a disgruntled employee trying to harm the company's reputation.

If they are mistaken then they will probably publish a correction soon, but it's more plausible that there are protests since protests are pretty common -- much more common than disgruntled employees with the ability to publish directly to the site without any kind of fact checking from editors.

[teo123]

If they say there are then there probably are. It could be a mistake, but they would not lie about something so easy to confirm unless it's a disgruntled employee trying to harm the company's reputation.

If they are mistaken then they will probably publish a correction soon, but it's more plausible that there are protests since protests are pretty common -- much more common than disgruntled employees with the ability to publish directly to the site without any kind of fact checking from editors.

Well, violent protests in which tens of people are deadly injured and that the local news apparently don't mention are also exceedingly rare, aren't they?