1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia

1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia
1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia
Part of the Protests of 1968 and the Cold War
	Protests in Belgrade, 1968
Date	2–9 June 1968
Location	Yugoslavia
Caused by	High unemployment; Economic reforms
Methods	Wildcat strikes, general strikes
Resulted in	Protest supressed Mass firing of university professors with anti-communist views; Purge of anti-communists in the League of Communists of Yugoslavia; Tito gives into some of the student's demands; Imprisonment of protest leaders;
Parties
Students	Yugoslavia
Lead figures
	Vladimir Mijanović; Lazar Stojanović Josip Broz Tito
Casualties and losses
Hundreds wounded; Many imprisioned	Unknown

Student protests were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, as the first mass protest in Yugoslavia after World War II. Protests then also erupted in some of the capitals of the other Yugoslav republics – Sarajevo, Zagreb and Ljubljana – but they were smaller and shorter-lasting than those in Belgrade.