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- Belgrade: There has been a major change in the political scene of Serbia, the student protest movement came to fruition, after the prelimina.
- According to Reuters, the result ends his long hold on power and paves the way for a political era change in the Balkan country. A populist.
- Student-led protests had been ongoing for nearly two years, protesting alleged corruption and increasingly authoritarian rule. The protests.
Belgrade: There has been a major change in the political scene of Serbia, the student protest movement came to fruition, after the preliminary results of the early parliamentary elections, the pro-Russian former president Aleksandar Vučić's political alliance conceded defeat to the student alliance.
Student-led protests had been ongoing for nearly two years, protesting alleged corruption and increasingly authoritarian rule. The protests began in 2024 after part of the roof of the railway station in the city of Novi Sad collapsed, killing 16 people.
"It is clear that we have lost these elections, the student electoral alliance has won," Vučić said in a televised speech.
Moments after his announcement, the streets of Belgrade echoed with chants of celebration. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the main roads of the city. Car horns were blaring, people were dancing and students were chanting "victory" and "its game over".
