Serbia: Gay Pride March banned in Belgrade

The Serbian authorities decided to prohibit, for the third consecutive year, the Gay Pride March, scheduled for Saturday in Belgrade.

The Government invokes security reasons. After being known the decision, groups of gay rights activists left the street, last night, in the capital of Serbia in protest.

To Brussels, this is a negative signal to a country that waits for the accession to the Union. Before being known the authorities ' decision, the head of the European delegation in Belgrade had asserted that "allow the Gay Pride would be an opportunity for Serbia to send a message in time of negotiations and an opportunity to show to Europe and to the world its commitment to the values of society."

But these arguments were not sufficient. The authorities in Belgrade are evocative of the events of 2010, when the violence provoked by extremists hostile to gay pride, left more than 150 wounded, mostly policemen, and damage worth more than a million euros in the city.

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