Protests in Belgrade

[FlatAssembler]

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?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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?

A search for 'Belgrade protests' turns up stories from dozens of different media outlets, so I'm inclined to believe it.

I suspect the origin of the name is ultimately Latin, with the 'Bel' element being a variant of 'Alba' (Latin for 'white') since the first recorded instance of the name is 'Belograda'.

Boru

[FlatAssembler]

A search for 'Belgrade protests' turns up stories from dozens of different media outlets, so I'm inclined to believe it.

Well, the western media is just copying from one another, and they have a bias to talk about how great USA is and how bad other countries are. The fact that there appears to be no mention of the protests in the local news strongly suggests they aren't actually happening, right? The only thing written in Serbo-Croatian I've found about it is the BBC article written in Serbo-Croatian. It's less reliable than local news are, right?

I suspect the origin of the name is ultimately Latin, with the 'Bel' element being a variant of 'Alba' (Latin for 'white') since the first recorded instance of the name is 'Belograda'.

Why would there be a metathesis from l-b to b-l? "Alba", borrowed into Old Serbo-Croatian, would give something like "Lab" in modern Serbo-Croatian (compare the ancient name for Labin, "Albona"~"Alvona").

[Porcupine]

So, am I understanding correctly: the protesters want the lockdown to end sooner?

If so, then I think that's awful. Lockdowns should go on for longer.