The protests were initially aimed against Ministry of Croatian Veterans deputy Bojan Glavašević and Minister Predrag Matić himself, however the protesters subsequently changed their demands and started demanding the resignation of centre-left Prime Minister Zoran Milanović and then President Ivo Josipović.

At the same time another group of protesters near the central tent blocked the traffic and brought out gas bottles on Savska street which they apparently threatened to blow if the police refused to back off from the church.

He subsequently came to visit them on the same day, accompanied by minister Matić and then chief-of-staff of Croatian Army Drago Lovrić.

[18] In January 2015, Ivo Josipović lost the presidential elections to a right-wing candidate Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović which was met with the celebrations in the form of blocking the traffic on the Savska street and fireworks.

[20] During following months several rallies and counter rallies were held: By February, the tenters statements became increasingly radicalized with their leaders saying to the media, for example: "In 1991 we had a bloody Easter and this year we might have a bloody Christmas"[21] On February 20, 2015, an unemployed young man came to protest against youth unemployment in front of Savska tent by holding a piece of white underwear in his hands and protest signs "I have a PTSD from not doing anything", "Either job or Kalashnikov" and "Karamarko go home!".

[23] One counter-protester was arrested after trying to breach the police cordon to reach the Tenters, and one tent supporter was apparently arrested, after he had thrown a rock at the counter-protesters [6] On March 1, left-wing movement Occupy Croatia announced organising a new counter-protest because veterans in Savska 66: "endorsed the members of ultra-right Authentic Croatian Party of Rights in their tent", who were previously banned by Croatian police from parading on ban Jelačić Square and Ante Starčević's grave.

"[29] In the beginning of May the tenters announced organising the major rally on Ban Jelačić Square,[30] which gathered some 10 000 people.

While some HDZ members brought food to the tenters in the church,[39] the party leader Tomislav Karamarko, when asked by the media about the riots on St. Mark's square, said that "they shouldn't treat the veterans as some kind of hooligans".

At the same time, another group of protesting veterans near the central tent blocked traffic and brought out gas bottles on Savska street, which they apparently threatened to detonate if the police didn't pull away from the church.

At 11 p.m., Glogoški became ill and was transported to the nearby ambulance car, while the tenters clashed with the police once more in entrances to the church.

[43] Sometime past midnight, a group of young men approached the police, shouting insults to them, interspersed with the nationalist phrase "Za dom spremni!

"[44] The next day, Prime Minister Zoran Milanović held a press conference, saying that although "he is ready for dialogue next week, [...] this [kind of behaviour] must stop".

[45] Around 5 p.m., Glogoški gave a statement saying that they "accept Milanović's offer to meet them on next Monday", after which tenters withdrew back to their tent on Savska street.