Serbia’s protesting youth formally join race challenging Vucic before next month’s election
The student-backed list includes professors and experts as it seeks a ballot spot in a vote seen as a major test for Aleksandar Vucic.
- On Monday, university students formally entered the election race in Belgrade, submitting their candidate list to the Republic Election Commission to challenge President Aleksandar Vucic in an October 25 parliamentary vote.
- The student movement emerged following a Nov. 1, 2024, train station tragedy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people, with demonstrators alleging corruption caused the concrete canopy collapse during renovation work.
- Participants marched to the Republic Election Commission carrying a banner reading "Students win," while activist Milica Popovic told the crowd, "the law exists in Serbia and that justice is not the privilege of the chosen few."
- Vucic dismissed the opposition as a "nameless list, a list without a program, without plans, without anything," further accusing students and professors of intending to "destroy the state" under unspecified foreign guidance.
- The Oct. 25 vote tests the Serbian Progressive Party, which has held power for 14 years, amid heightened political tensions and international concerns over police violence and arbitrary detentions during the protests.
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University students launch ‘student list’ to shake up Serbia’s elections
Serbia’s university students formally entered the election race on Monday, 14 September, challenging President Aleksandar Vučić and his ruling party ahead of the 25 October early parliamentary vote.
Video. University students launch ‘student list’ to shake up Serbia’s elections
Video. Serbia’s university students formally entered the election race on Monday, 14 September, challenging President Aleksandar Vučić and his ruling party ahead of the 25 October early parliamentary vote.
President Alexander Vuccic of Serbia announced that he would resign on 27 September.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced that he will resign from the post of president of Serbia on September 27. He said that that evening he will address the citizens and thank them for their support, reports Telegrafi. "I have served as President of the Republic for a long time and the only thing I can say is that I have served Serbia and the citizens of this country faithfully. And then I will come out as an ordinary citizen, just like …
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić answered questions about the most current topics in Serbia and around the world in the main news program on Serbian commercial television. He also announced that he will resign from the position of president on September 27.
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