Vučić concedes defeat after student-backed list’s sweeping win in Serbia

Ekonominin Sesi - International (English) · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after a student-backed list won by a margin the author describes as overwhelming. Srđjan Cvijić writes that the result followed protests sparked by the November 2024 collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad, which killed 16 people. He says the students challenged a system that had made political change seem impossible. Cvijić also describes years of pressure on his organization, including cyberattacks, spyware attempts and vilification by pro-government media. He says investigators documented 28,000 email exchanges that had been hacked after one…