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Serbia's Student Movement Celebrates Major Victory as Vucic's 14-Year Rule Ends – What Comes Next?

Serbia's Student Movement Celebrates Major Victory as Vucic's 14-Year Rule Ends – What Comes Next?

Serbia's student movement toppled a political giant. Can it now govern the country?
Serbia's student movement toppled a political giant. Can it now govern the country?

BELGRADE, Oct 26 - By unseating longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in Sunday's election, Serbia's student protest movement did what demonstrators in other European capitals can only dream of. Now,...

Serbia News: Student Movement Topples Vucic's 14-Year Rule, Belgrade Erupts in Victory Celebrations!
Serbia News: Student Movement Topples Vucic's 14-Year Rule, Belgrade Erupts in Victory Celebrations!

Serbia News: Serbia is witnessing a historic political shift as a student-backed opposition movement defeats the ruling political alliance led by Aleksandar Vucic in the parliamentary elections....

Serbia’s leaderless Student List prepares for government talks after landslide ends Vucic’s 14-year rule
Serbia’s leaderless Student List prepares for government talks after landslide ends Vucic’s 14-year rule

Serbia’s Student List movement, which has no experience of government and no formal leader, is preparing to start talks on forming a government after projections showed it ousting Aleksandar...

Serbia's Student Movement Toppled a Political Giant. Can It Now Govern the Country?
Serbia's Student Movement Toppled a Political Giant. Can It Now Govern the Country?

By Edward McAllister and Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE, Oct 26 (Reuters) - By unseating longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic in Sunday's election, ⁠Serbia's ⁠student protest movement did what...

Serbian Strongman Vucic Defeated by Student-Led Movement in Historic Election Upset

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s autocrat, loses to a bunch of students
Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s autocrat, loses to a bunch of students

A leaderless protest movement hopes to turn the country into a true democracy

Serbia's Vucic loses election after 14 years amid student-led protests
Serbia's Vucic loses election after 14 years amid student-led protests

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement...

Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election
Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election

State of the Union: The longtime Serbian leader’s party lost to a student-backed coalition Sunday.

Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student led movement in parliamentary election after 12 years in power
Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student led movement in parliamentary election after 12 years in power

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to the student-led protest movement in parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the Student List winning 135 to 140 seats following years of demonstrations.

Aleksandar Vucic defeated in Serbia election as student protest movement claims historic win
Aleksandar Vucic defeated in Serbia election as student protest movement claims historic win

The snap elections came following nearly two years of student-driven demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism

Serbian students surge to power with defeat of strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic
Serbian students surge to power with defeat of strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic

In the country’s election Sunday, the win went to candidates backed by a student protest movement, less than a year after the defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orban.

Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement
Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement

The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.

Serbia's political veteran Vucic outplayed all opponents. Then came the students
Serbia's political veteran Vucic outplayed all opponents. Then came the students

Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has dominated politics in the Balkan country for 14 years

Serbia’s Strongman Leader Vucic Concedes Defeat To Student-led Movement In Seismic Political Shift
Serbia’s Strongman Leader Vucic Concedes Defeat To Student-led Movement In Seismic Political Shift

Serbia's long-serving strongman leader, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat.

Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat against student-led opposition movement
Serbia’s Vucic concedes defeat against student-led opposition movement

High turnout and gathering tensions marked the highly contested parliamentary election that was a showdown between Vucic and university students.

Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.

Serbia's Student Movement Challenges Established Power in Historic Election Turnout

Serbia records highest election turnout since 1993 as student movement challenges ruling party
Serbia records highest election turnout since 1993 as student movement challenges ruling party

Turnout reached 64.89% by 6 pm, two hours before polls closed, as a student-led list campaigned on fighting corruption and demanded political change after months of protests.

Serbia's students won the election. Now they must navigate Russia and frayed EU relations
Serbia's students won the election. Now they must navigate Russia and frayed EU relations

The Student List party are yet to name a leader – but that’s just the beginning of the urgent issues they must solve

Serbia's 'Youthquake': Student Movement Shakes Vucic's 12-Year Grip On Power In High-Turnout Poll
Serbia's 'Youthquake': Student Movement Shakes Vucic's 12-Year Grip On Power In High-Turnout Poll

The Student List emerged from a nationwide protest movement triggered by the collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024, which killed 16

Serbia's student movement ousts longtime leader in Parliament poll
Serbia's student movement ousts longtime leader in Parliament poll

The victory in the snap vote comes after nearly two years of anti-government protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people

Serbia election: Vucic faces tough challenge from student-backed movement
Serbia election: Vucic faces tough challenge from student-backed movement

Serbians are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a showdown between the Balkan country's populist leader Aleksandar Vucic and a movement of university students who led...

Student Movement Could Topple Vucic’s 12-Year Rule As Serbia Heads To High-Stakes Polls
Student Movement Could Topple Vucic’s 12-Year Rule As Serbia Heads To High-Stakes Polls

The Student List, which emerged from nearly two years of anti-corruption protests, is at the centre of the electoral challenge.

Serbian Student Movement Celebrates Historic Election Victory, Ending 12 Years of Vucic Rule

'The smell of freedom': Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph
'The smell of freedom': Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph

A political earthquake has occurred in Serbia as a student-backed movement wins the parliamentary election, ending more than a decade of dominance by a Moscow-backed populist leader.(Image credit:...

Serbian student movement eyes power after election triumph
Serbian student movement eyes power after election triumph

Emotions ran high in Belgrade on Monday after a student-led movement upset the right-wing populist Aleksandar Vucic's party in Serbia's snap election. A celebratory mood gripped the capital, with...

Tears of joy on the streets of Belgrade as student-led movement ends 12 years of Vucic rule in Serbia
Tears of joy on the streets of Belgrade as student-led movement ends 12 years of Vucic rule in Serbia

The youth-backed Student List party won a majority in the 250-seat Serbian parliament

Serbia’s elections: 'Tracking fraud for sure had an impact on the results'
Serbia’s elections: 'Tracking fraud for sure had an impact on the results'

On October 25, Serbia's student-led protest movement won a historic victory in parliamentary ⁠elections, defeating outgoing President Aleksandar Vucic's party. Supporters of the student list...

Serbian President Vucic Concedes Election Defeat to Student-Led Movement Amid Political Upheaval

Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat as student movement wins election amid protests
Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat as student movement wins election amid protests

Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vučić, conceded defeat on Sunday, opening the door to a seismic political shift after a historic election.

Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election
Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election

"It is clear that we have lost these elections," Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.

Europe’s voters keep throwing leaders out. Who has the answers?
Europe’s voters keep throwing leaders out. Who has the answers?

Vucic’s defeat reflects a deeper frustration with establishments across the political spectrum This past election day did deliver one bombshell: Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Serbia’s snap...

Serbia’s leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
Serbia’s leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement...

Serbia's longtime strongman Vučić concedes election defeat to student-led opposition
Serbia's longtime strongman Vučić concedes election defeat to student-led opposition

Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election on Sunday that ends his long grip on power ​and heralds a new political era in the ​Balkan country.

Serbia’s Vucic loses election, accuses EU and US ‘deep state’ of meddling: As it happened
Serbia’s Vucic loses election, accuses EU and US ‘deep state’ of meddling: As it happened

The bloc’s leaders rushed to congratulate the student-led opposition on its projected victory before the official vote count was complete Serbia’s student-led opposition is leading in Sunday’s...

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