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Reactions to election victory of Serbia's Student List

Straits Times25 October 2026, 23:15 UTCSerbia

BELGRADE, Oct 25 - Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election on Sunday that ends his long grip on power and heralds a new political era in the Balkan country.

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