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Serbia: crowds celebrate in Belgrade after Vučić admits defeat

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Caraco, A. (2026, October 25). Serbia: crowds celebrate in Belgrade after Vučić admits defeat. Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/25/serbia-crowds-celebrate-in-belgrade-after-vucic-admits-defeat

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Euronews · collected 2026-10-25 · by Alexis Caraco

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Crowds celebrated in Belgrade after President Vučić admitted defeat in parliamentary elections. Election officials counted ballots as voting concluded, and preliminary figures showed the highest voter turnout in over three decades. The election followed widespread protests that began after a railway station disaster in November 2024, which highlighted public anger over corruption and poor governance. Students played a key role in organizing these demonstrations, leading to a broad opposition movement demanding political change.
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On October 29, 2026, Serbia's student movement demanded the resignations of top officials in the police, intelligence agencies, and judiciary after winning a historic election against former leader Aleksandar Vucic. The movement, known as "The Students’ List," secured victory on October 25, marking a significant shift in Serbia’s political landscape. Earlier, around 150,000 supporters gathered for the final rally in Belgrade before the election, seeking to oust Vucic's party. The election was seen as one of the most competitive in recent history due to close polling between Vucic’s SNS and the Students’ List. After the victory, the new MPs called for swift action against corruption and demanded that key institutions be cleansed of officials linked to past regimes. This movement follows nearly two years of student-led protests initiated by a canopy collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad in 2024, which killed 16 people.

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Belgrade Novi Sad Serbia Serbian

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Serbia GPE · 2× Belgrade GPE · 1× Novi Sad GPE · 1× Serbian NORP · 1× Vučić PERSON · 1×

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Preliminary figures released by Serbia's election commission indicated the country's highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades, reflecting the scale of public participation in a closely watched contest between the governing party and a broad opposition movement.
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2026-10-25 · Euronews
Serbia: crowds celebrate in Belgrade after Vučić admits defeat · assertive framing

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Supporters of the student-backed opposition movement celebrated the announcement, marking a major political turning point after nearly two years of demonstrations against his government. asserted
Supporters → back → government
Earlier, election officials had begun counting ballots at polling stations across the capital as voting closed. asserted
voting → begin → capital
Preliminary figures released by Serbia's election commission indicated the country's highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades, reflecting the scale of public participation in a closely watched contest between the governing party and a broad opposition movement. asserted
figures → release → party
The election followed a prolonged wave of protests that began after the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station in November 2024, killing 16 people. asserted
that → follow → people
The disaster triggered widespread anger over alleged corruption and failures of public oversight, with students emerging as the driving force behind demonstrations that spread across Serbia. asserted
that → trigger → Serbia
Their movement gradually brought together people from different political backgrounds, united in demanding accountability and political change. asserted
movement → bring → accountability
Vučić's concession on Sunday brought a dramatic conclusion to the electoral contest, with supporters of the student-led movement gathering in Belgrade to celebrate the defeat of the party that had dominated Serbian politics for years. asserted
that → bring → years
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