Students March Into Belgrade as Vucic Holds Rally in Southern Serbia Ahead of Vote
- Serbia will hold an early parliamentary election on October 25, following nearly two years of student-led protests over the 2024 Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse, which killed 16 people.
- The student-backed Students Win list is fielding 250 candidates against Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party, which has governed since 2012.
- Students and their supporters marched through Belgrade for a final campaign rally, while Vucic addressed supporters at a separate event.
- Civil society groups reported intimidation and threats or attacks during the campaign, while Vucic’s party denied accusations of repression and corruption.
156 Articles
156 Articles
Just days before this weekend's elections in Serbia, around 150,000 people demonstrated in the streets of Belgrade in support of the student movement and against former Prime Minister and President Aleksandar Vucic.
"Serbia or the Mafia, Freedom or Slavery": The student list poses a fundamental question in the election campaign in Serbia. Can you succeed in disempowering the autocrat Aleksandar Vucic? Polls point to an open race.
Day in Photos: Protest in Serbia, Typhoon Champi, and Asturias Sports Award
Supporters of Serbia’s student-led movement attend the final rally for the student-backed election list in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 22, 2026. (Djordje Kostic/AFP via Getty Images)
sIn the region of Belgrade that sums up as few the soul of the city, the central Slavija Square, tens of thousands of people piled up in the last act of the campaign of the plate led by the student movement before the general elections on Sunday. Two years ago on the streets, subjected to state repression, the students now arise as a real threat to the group of Aleksandar Vučić, the man who dominated Serbian politics 12 years ago. More than that…
Three days before the parliamentary election on Sunday, a huge crowd came to the final rally of the opposition "student list" in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 35% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

































