Serbia's Student Protesters Just Brought Down an Autocrat. Nov 04, 2026

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Serbian voters have ousted nationalist leader Aleksandar Vučić in a landmark parliamentary election. Following nearly two years of protests sparked by a deadly railway station collapse in Novi Sad, the student-backed Student List coalition secured over fifty-three percent of votes, forcing Vučić to concede defeat within hours of polls closing.

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