{"id":391477,"date":"2026-10-26T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/serbias-leader-aleksandar-vucic-toppled-from-power-by-student-led-mass-protest-movement-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:00:27","slug":"serbias-leader-aleksandar-vucic-toppled-from-power-by-student-led-mass-protest-movement-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/serbias-leader-aleksandar-vucic-toppled-from-power-by-student-led-mass-protest-movement-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia\u2019s leader Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 toppled from power by student-led mass protest movement | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Vm4yz7CR9WU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Serbia\u2019s leader Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 toppled from power by student-led mass protest movement | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vm4yz7CR9WU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Serbia&#8217;s long-standing leader Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has admitted defeat to the student-led protest movement in snap parliamentary elections. \u201cI is clear that we have lost these elections,&quot; the right-wing populist leader said as he conceded.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary figures provided by Serbia&#8217;s election commission indicated a record high turnout, which commentators had suggested would favour the student movement.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010di\u0107 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.<\/p>\n<p>He made his announcement at the headquarters of his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the capital Belgrade.<br \/>\nThere were celebrations on the streets of the city, with people dancing and chanting &quot;victory&quot;, cars honking, and fireworks set off. &quot;Serbia is free,&quot; one student told the BBC. &quot;It&#8217;s a miracle.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Student List &#8211; which has no obvious leaders and whose members are not used to politics &#8211; had attracted anti-government voters across Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>It decided to field candidates to the 250-member parliament from across Serbian society including doctors, actors, academics and sports personalities.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This will be a free state,&quot; its lead candidate &#8211; cardiologist Ilija Srdanovi\u0107 &#8211; said in a statement to BBC Serbian as the result became clear. He said the movement hoped to &quot;free the country from tyranny&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-corruption movement campaigned on a manifesto that included purging officials who broke rules cracking down on protesters, stopping party loyalists from leading public enterprises, and freeing the public broadcaster of political control.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Brown presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Nick Thorpe in Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serbia&#8217;s long-standing leader Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has admitted defeat to the student-led protest movement in snap parliamentary elections. \u201cI is clear that we have lost these elections,&quot; the right-wing populist leader said as he conceded. Preliminary figures provided by Serbia&#8217;s election commission indicated a record high turnout, which commentators had suggested would favour the student movement. 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