Serbia’s striking students and supporters of populist President Aleksandar Vucic are holding parallel rallies as both mark the country’s Statehood Day with notably contrasting messages.

Thousands of Serbians took to the streets in Kragujevac, lighting up the night with their phones in protest against corruption. The demonstration follows months of unrest after a tragic railway station collapse in November.

Thousands flooded the streets of Serbia’s capital in a noisy support rally for protesting university students and their monthslong fight for changes in the Balkan country