<p>The Student List movement is taking on authoritarian leader following nearly two years of protests against government and institutional corruption</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://xn--what%20is%20at%20stake%20in%20serbias%20election-wu73a/?%20The%20key%20players,%20main%20issues%20and%20potential%20fallout">What is at stake in Serbia’s election? </a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Serbia’s former president and now prime ministerial candidate (again) Aleksandar Vučić rose to prominence in the 1990s as a radical nationalist,</strong> who supported the policies of Serbian expansion and ethnic cleansing led by <strong>Slobodan Milošević,</strong> who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/12/warcrimes.milosevictrial">died of a heart attack in detention in The Hague</a> during his trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.</p><p><strong>He served as Milošević’s information minister throughout the Kosovo conflict.</strong> His Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, has been in government since 2012.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/25/europe-serbia-elections-aleksander-vucic-student-list-protests-bulgaria-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>
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Serbia votes as strongman Vučić faces grassroots challenge to 12-year rule – Europe live
<p>The Student List movement is taking on authoritarian leader following nearly two years of protests against government and institutional corruption</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://xn--what%20is%20at%20stake%20in%20serbias%20election-wu73a/?%20The%20key%20players,%20main%20issues%20and%20potential%20fallout">What is at stake in Serbia’s election? </a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Serbia’s former president and now prime ministerial candidate (again) Aleksandar Vučić rose to prominence in the 1990s as a radical nationalist,</strong> who supported the policies of Serbian expansion and ethnic cleansing led by <strong>Slobodan Milošević,</strong> who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/12/warcrimes.milosevictrial">died of a heart attack in detention in The Hague</a> during his trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.</p><p><strong>He served as Milošević’s information minister throughout the Kosovo conflict.</strong> His Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, has been in government since 2012.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/25/europe-serbia-elections-aleksander-vucic-student-list-protests-bulgaria-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>