2026-10-25 22:04 UTC
“The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.
“It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him, led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.”
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-election-students-vucic-fdf5def8a20aebc8ae139fd719478775
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@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 2026-10-25 22:11
“Preliminary figures provided by Serbia's election commission indicated a record high turnout, which commentators had suggested would favour the student movement. “Vučić had called the snap elections after two years of protests triggered by the 2024 collapse of a train station canopy in the city of Novi Sad, which killed 16 and was seen as emblematic of corruption and negligence in Serbia.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw5yn3xlprpmo
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@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2026-10-25 23:37
@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io Another Orban bites the dust.
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@dgodon@mastodon.online 2026-10-26 03:55
@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io this and Brazil and Vancouver BC are some much needed good news and inspiration!