Serbia Election
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.
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Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has dominated politics in the Balkan country for 14 years. Then came the students. The former authoritarian president on Sunday the conceded defeat of his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party to a grassroots movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years before unseating him in a historic change of government. The 56-year-old political veteran in the past had easily outplayed political opponents easily. Ahead of Sunday’s ballot he had pulled a maneuver in the style of Russian President Vladimir Putin, He resigned the presidency and launched a fierce campaign
