Tens of Thousands Rally in Serbia Ahead of Key Polls
Supporters rallied behind the student-backed election list as Serbia’s opposition campaign entered its final stretch before key polls.
- On Thursday, about 150,000 people gathered in Belgrade for the final campaign rally, mounting a pivotal challenge to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ahead of Sunday's election.
- Triggered by the 2024 collapse of a newly renovated canopy at the Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people, the student-led movement sustained two years of protests against Vucic.
- Polling neck and neck with the Serbian Progressive Party, the Student List of 250 candidates aims to end what university professor Jugoslav Gasic called "14 years of humiliation, chaos and betrayal."
- Addressing supporters on Thursday, Vucic said, "Let us never forget how they tried to bring down our state," while analysts warn that both sides declaring victory could trigger post-election instability.
- A coalition of 24 organizations warned days before the vote that conditions for a "free and fair election" were lacking, citing documented findings to support their assessment.
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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.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Thursday for a final demonstration by a student-backed opposition list, three days before Sunday's parliamentary elections.
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the Serbian student movement gathered in Belgrade’s Slavija Square for the final rally of the “Student List – Students Win.” The event took place three days before the early parliamentary elections on October 25, in which the student-backed list faces the ruling Serbian Progressive Party of Aleksandar Vučić. The square and the surrounding streets were packed with people, and traffic in the central part of t…
Tens of thousands of citizens attended the last pre-election rally of the Student List in Belgrade's Trg Slavi tonight.
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