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BIZARRE: Serbias student movement ousts longtime leader vucic - What They Never Told You

People celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026.
People celebrate after Aleksandar Vucic, leader of the right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) conceded defeat in the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. © Armin Durgut / AP

Serbia's student-led movement was on Monday enjoying its first day of power after ending the 14-year reign of Aleksandar Vucic's right-wing Serbian Progressive Party.

Sunday's victory in the snap parliamentary vote comes after nearly two years of anti-government protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people.

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