Hope, Tension and Apprehension as Serbia Approaches Crucial Election
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On Sunday 25 October, parliamentary elections are held in the Balkan country. The Student List tries to force the course of history, by driving out the authoritarian and corrupt regime of Aleksandar Vučić from power. The campaign ends in enthusiasm, despite the fear of provocations.
Hope, tension and apprehension as Serbia approaches crucial election
After two years of protests, Serbia faces a pivotal election on Sunday, with a student-led challenge to Aleksandar Vucic's lengthy rule. Allegations of electoral irregularities and fears of a post-election crisis abound.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the Serbian capital Belgrade for the final major demonstration in the run-up to this coming Sunday's parliamentary elections. It promises to be an unprecedentedly tense battle: the newly formed student party Students Win stands with a narrow lead in the polls to break the incumbent power of the right-nationalist ruling party SNS.
In Serbia, a pre-election atmosphere is on the rise: the capital is drilling in the run-up to the early parliamentary elections scheduled for 25 October; on Slavia Square in Belgrade, the final push was followed by the energy of two poles of Serbian politics.
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Naslovi.net"It is a great honor and perhaps the most beautiful award I have received in my life that the students decided to be on their list," actor Dragan Gagi Jovanović told Danas ahead of today's final gathering of the "Students win" list, scheduled for 6 p.m. on Trg Slavija.
Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Serbia as the country heads into its most controversial election yet, with Vucic facing a student vote that emerged from nearly two years of mass protests against corruption sparked by the deadly collapse of a train station roof. Brazil is also on track for elections.
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