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The country is waiting to hear who it will appoint as prime minister and to other key ministerial positions as it forms a government
October 28, 2026
Reuters reports that BELGRADE, October 28 (Reuters) - After a leaderless student-led protest movement swept Serbia’s former President Aleksandar Vucic from power in a historic snap election on Sunday, the country is waiting to hear who it will appoint as prime minister and to other key ministerial positions as it forms a government.
BBC reports that in just under two years the students have succeeded in tearing up 14 years of political dominance under Aleksandar Vučić, who has seen support for his Serbian Progressive party (SNS) ebb away and ultimately fail in what became a referendum on the future of Serbia. BBC reports that from Belgrade to Novi Sad and Niš, the mood was euphoric as supporters gathered in town centres or in front of Student List headquarters. BBC reports that it all began on 1 November 2024, when the concrete canopy collapsed outside Novi Sad train station, in Serbia's second biggest city, killing 16 people.
Reuters reports that BELGRADE, October 28 (Reuters) - After a leaderless student-led protest movement swept Serbia’s former President Aleksandar Vucic from power in a historic snap election on Sunday, the country is waiting to hear who it will appoint as prime minister and to other key ministerial positions as it forms a government.
BBC reports that in just under two years the students have succeeded in tearing up 14 years of political dominance under Aleksandar Vučić, who has seen support for his Serbian Progressive party (SNS) ebb away and ultimately fail in what became a referendum on the future of Serbia. BBC reports that from Belgrade to Novi Sad and Niš, the mood was euphoric as supporters gathered in town centres or in front of Student List headquarters. BBC reports that it all began on 1 November 2024, when the concrete canopy collapsed outside Novi Sad train station, in Serbia's second biggest city, killing 16 people. BBC reports that in March 2025 Belgrade saw Serbia's biggest ever anti-government protest and as the leaderless student movement increased in strength, they organised themselves through student assemblies or plenums. Since 2021, the Commission has considered Belgrade technically ready to open its next cluster (EU jargon for a group of negotiating chapters in accession talks), which covers competitiveness and growth, Politico reports. But a group of countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Croatia have resisted, citing concerns over democratic backsliding and media freedom. BELGRADO, 28 ottobre (Reuters) - Dopo che un movimento di protesta studentesco senza leader ha spazzato via dall’incarico l’ex presidente serbo Aleksandar Vucic in occasione di storiche elezioni anticipate tenutesi domenica, il paese è in attesa di sapere chi verrà nominato primo ministro e chi ricoprirà le altre cariche ministeriali chiave, in vista della formazione del governo, Reuters reports. According to Politico, if Belgrade gets a pro-EU government, it could move the needle in national capitals and bring Serbia closer to becoming a member of the bloc, two of the Commission officials said. In 2021, he said, pointing to Serbia’s standing and declining scores on international transparency metrics, that systemic corruption in the Balkan state was more widespread than in neighbouring countries and that it was deterring domestic and foreign direct investment, Reuters reports. Reuters reports that he stressed the Student List position that Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, remains an integral part of the country. Reuters reports that he is a specialist in medicinal chemistry whose research focuses on the synthesis of chemotherapy treatments and antiviral therapies, including a special COVID-19 project in collaboration with the Pasteur Institute. Reuters reports that Saicic joined the student-led anti-corruption protests that followed the 2024 collapse of a railway station canopy in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. The European People’s Party is pushing to have the Article 7 lifted soon (Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s Tisza party is an EPP member), with a vote scheduled for the December plenary, following a debate in November, Politico reports. The step into politics is the latest chapter in a life that has gripped the basketball-mad nation - from capturing back-to-back FIBA World Championship gold medals in 1998 and 2002 and leading the then Yugoslav team to an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games to entering senior sports administration upon his retirement as a player in 2007 and being appointed as EuroLeague president in 2022, Reuters reports.
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Reuters reports that Soskic, who was an avid biker in his youth but has mellowed into a softly spoken reformer, has frequently criticised the country’s institutional weaknesses under Vucic. From Belgrade to Novi Sad and Niš, the mood was euphoric as supporters gathered in town centres or in front of Student List headquarters, BBC reports. BBC reports that metal fences were torn down amid shouts of "Vučić is leaving".
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Sources
- Reuters — The banker, the basketball star, the cardiologist and the chemist: meet Serbia’s potential new leaders - Internazionale
- BBC — How a movement of students brought down Serbia's Vučić
- POLITICO.eu — Serbia’s EU bid gets a second chance
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