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“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.
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PBS
Serbia's strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
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.
NYTimes – World NYT
Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election
“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.
France 24
Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat in historic snap election with record turnout
Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in an historic election on Sunday following a near to 70% turnout at polling stations – the highest since the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992. The snap election followed nearly two years of student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and authoritarianism triggered by the deaths of 16 people when a train station canopy collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in 2024.
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DW
Serbia election: Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement
In a seismic political shift, Serbia's longtime strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in the country's parliamentary elections.
Al Jazeera
Serbia’s Vucic concedes election defeat to student-led movement
Vucic says the opposition Student List is projected to win a parliamentary majority after nearly two years of protests.
