{"id":6305,"date":"2025-06-12T17:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exitfondacija.org\/news\/exit-festival-announces-final-edition-in-serbia-amid-undemocratic-pressures\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:20:16","slug":"exit-festival-announces-final-edition-in-serbia-amid-undemocratic-pressures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exitfondacija.org\/en\/news\/exit-festival-announces-final-edition-in-serbia-amid-undemocratic-pressures\/","title":{"rendered":"EXIT Festival Announces Final Edition in Serbia Amid Undemocratic Pressures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-five years ago, EXIT Festival was born as a student movement for peace and freedom in Serbia and the Balkans.<\/h3>\n

Since then, it has grown into one of the world\u2019s leading festivals and a global symbol of unity, positive social change, and youth empowerment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThrough music, creativity, and activism, EXIT has connected generations and nations, rebuilt broken ties, and built bridges where others sought to divide. We have brought numerous European festival awards to our country and region, along with hundreds of millions of euros in tourism revenue and international recognition that global experts consider invaluable.However, ever since we publicly stood with the students of Serbia in their fight for a freer and more just society, we have been subjected to immense financial and political pressures aimed at stripping us of our fundamental rights to freedom of thought and expression. Despite being completely cut off from public funding at all levels of government, and with some sponsors forced to withdraw under state pressure, we refuse to be silenced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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