section_path: Other boycotts and boycott plans/Serbia
section_name: Serbia
paragraph_text: Serbia
  
  A boycott was initiated in Serbia on 31 January. Serbia's boycott was unique in that it occurred in the backdrop of student protests that had been ongoing in the country since November 2024, following the collapse of a train station's canopy in Novi Sad on 1 November 2024. The country has one of the highest prices in Europe, with domestic products often being cheaper in other countries. In October, four retail chains; Delhaize, Mercator S, Univerexport, and DIS, were investigated by the Serbian government over allegations of price gouging. These four companies, in addition to Lidl and Danish retail chain Jysk, who allegedly increased the prices of sleeping bags, blankets and tents shortly before the students' protest on March 15, are the targets of the boycott in Serbia. The United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" urged its members to join.