Students March Into Belgrade as Vucic Holds Rally in Southern Serbia Ahead of Vote
The student-led opposition is seeking 250 seats with a platform centered on corruption and institutional reform.
- Thousands of residents welcomed marching students to Belgrade on Wednesday, as the youth movement converges on the capital ahead of Sunday's tense parliamentary election challenging populist leader Aleksandar Vučić.
- Student demonstrations first erupted after a train station tragedy in northern Serbia killed 16 people. The youth movement demanded accountability for the deaths, blaming alleged corruption-fueled negligence during renovation work.
- President Aleksandar Vučić held a rally in the southern city of Niš, expressing confidence his Serbian Progressive Party will win Sunday's ballot. He reiterated accusations that students and professors worked under instructions from abroad to "breakdown" the country.
- A report published Wednesday by the Serbian Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability cited "narrowing of freedoms and deepening of inequality" among voters. It noted over 100 violent incidents and major discrepancies in mainstream media coverage favoring the government.
- Authorities detained six people on Wednesday suspected of planning unrest on election day. Police have made similar arrests ahead of major protests in the past, a tactic government critics claim is aimed at intimidating protest-goers.
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In Serbia, the student movement challenges Vučić in early parliamentary elections, and observers warn of threats and unequal conditions.
The Student List has mobilized the bulk of the opposition to the Serbian government
Deseci tisuća ljudi okupili su se u četvrtak navečer na završnom mitingu prije nedjeljnih izbora podržavajući “Studentsku listu – Studenti pobjeđuju”, skup je počeo oko 18.30 intoniranjem himne Srbije “Bože pravde”, a potom povicima “Pumpaj”, koji su obilježili i visemjesečne […] Objava Deseci tisuća ljudi na završnom skupu Studentske liste: “Srbiju od slobode dijeli još samo 70 sati” pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
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Huge crowds gather at final pre-election rally of Serbia's students
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Serbia’s protesting students have gathered for the final campaign rally ahead of the tense parliamentary election on weekend in a mounting challenge to the Balkan country’s powerful strongman Aleksandar Vucic. Crowds streamed into Belgrade’s…
Emerging from the student protest movement that began at the end of 2024, the Student List has managed to mobilize an unprecedented number of supporters and activists. They have 250 candidates for the elections, including university professors, actors, farmers and even a popular rapper. Although it is not clear whether they will be enough to defeat former President Vučić at the polls.
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