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Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to the student-led movement: What's next?

In a seismic political shift, Serbia's longtime strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led opposition movement in the country's parliamentary elections.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 3 sources•1 min read•Updated October 26, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC
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  • But their yet-to-be named leaders face a long list of issues.
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In a seismic political shift, Serbia's longtime strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led opposition movement in the country's parliamentary elections.

Serbia's student-led protest movement won a historic victory in parliamentary ⁠election, ending the ​long rule of Aleksandar Vucic and sparking mass celebrations.

High turnout and gathering tensions marked the highly contested parliamentary election that was a showdown between Vucic and university students.

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