Experts react: Serbia’s Vučić is out and the student-led movement is in. What comes next?

Atlantic Council26 October 2026, 22:33 UTCSerbia

Serbia’s student-led opposition just ended Vučić’s fourteen years at the helm. Atlantic Council experts assess what comes next. The post Experts react: Serbia’s Vučić is out and the student-led movement is in. What comes next? appeared first on Atlantic Council.

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