EuroPride: Nationalists join church protest in Belgrade against Europe’s largest LGBT event

Thousands of religious and right-wing opponents of plans to hold Europe’s largest LGBT pride celebration in Belgrade marched through the Serbian capital on Sunday night. The Balkan country’s President Aleksandar Vučić said at the weekend that September’s scheduled event would be “cancelled or postponed”, although organisers have vowed that it will go ahead. Sunday’s protest was led by clergy from the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Serbian branch of the “Night Wolves”, a Russian biker group that staunchly supports Vladimir Putin. Although it was held during a procession to mark a religious hol…

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