<p>After two years of protests, a student-led movement has defeated Serbia’s authoritarian leader, Aleksander Vučić, at the ballot box. But can a leaderless movement govern a country? Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com</p><p>Serbia’s political landscape has been upended. On Sunday, record numbers of people went to the polls and voted to end the 12-year rule of Aleksandar Vučić. And who did they back instead? A list of candidates, half of whom have PhDs, put forward by student activists whose protests have rocked the Balkan country for the past two years.</p><p><strong>Helen Pidd</strong> speaks to the Serbian-American journalist <strong>Ana Milosavljevic</strong>, the student activist<strong> Tara Blagojević </strong>and the MP-to-be<strong> Milica Jovanović </strong>about how the Student List managed to defeat Vučić’s increasingly authoritarian regime.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/29/how-students-toppled-serbias-strongman-podcast">Continue reading...</a>
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How students toppled Serbia’s strongman – podcast
<p>After two years of protests, a student-led movement has defeated Serbia’s authoritarian leader, Aleksander Vučić, at the ballot box. But can a leaderless movement govern a country? Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.com</p><p>Serbia’s political landscape has been upended. On Sunday, record numbers of people went to the polls and voted to end the 12-year rule of Aleksandar Vučić. And who did they back instead? A list of candidates, half of whom have PhDs, put forward by student activists whose protests have rocked the Balkan country for the past two years.</p><p><strong>Helen Pidd</strong> speaks to the Serbian-American journalist <strong>Ana Milosavljevic</strong>, the student activist<strong> Tara Blagojević </strong>and the MP-to-be<strong> Milica Jovanović </strong>about how the Student List managed to defeat Vučić’s increasingly authoritarian regime.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/oct/29/how-students-toppled-serbias-strongman-podcast">Continue reading...</a>