Serbia celebrates historic election win for student-backed movement
Celebrations erupted across Belgrade as Serbia’s student-backed movement claimed a major victory over Aleksandar Vucic’s long-standing ruling party. The result follows nearly two years of protests after a railway station collapse in Novi Sad killed 16 people in 2024.
Polls show populist leader Aleksandar Vucic in a tight race against the anticorruption and anti-authoritarian movement.
The country's populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his Serbian Progressive Party has lost.
Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement. In a seismic political shift, Serbia’s longtime strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led movement in the country's parliamentary elections.
Serbia's elections came after almost two years of student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism.
After two years of student-led, anti-corruption protests, Serbia is holding an early parliamentary election that could break long-time populist leader Aleksandar Vucic's grip on the Balkan country.
Serbia is heading to the polls as a student movement attempts to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vučić.