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POLITICSOct 23Student-led movement seeks to unseat ruling party in Serbian electionSerbia's student-led protest movement is mounting its biggest challenge yet to former president Aleksandar Vucic, as voters prepare to elect a new parliament on Sunday after nearly two years of demonstrations against alleged corruption.RFI [en]
POLITICSOct 23Serbia Braces for Most Uncertain Elections in 14 YearsThe ruling Serbian Progressive Party faces its strongest challenge since it came to power and the student movement seeks to turn nearly two years of anti-government protests into electoral victory.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 23Serbia's Vucic Faces Biggest Election Challenge Yet Amid Fraud FearsAfter 14 years dominating Serbian politics, Aleksandar Vucic faces the biggest challenge to his rule in parliamentary elections on October 25 from an opposition movement that has sprung from mass student protests. But there’s growing concern about whether voting will be fair.RFE/RL
POLITICSOct 23Serbia: Tens of thousands rally ahead of electionsAfter two years of student-led protests, Serbia will soon vote in what observers describe as a referendum-like snap election pitting strongman Aleksandar Vucic against the student movement.DW News [en]
POLITICSOct 23Serbia’s protesting students mount serious challenge to Vučić’s powerGen Z students spent two years protesting in the streets. Now they want to lead the government.Politico Europe
POLITICSOct 22Exclusive: Rubio Receives Request To Sanction 4 Vucic-Linked Businessmen Ahead Of Serbia ElectionsA US congressman has urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to sanction four Serbian businessmen with close ties to former president Aleksandar Vucic, accusing them of corruption and election interference ahead of a closely watched parliamentary vote.RFE/RL
POLITICSOct 22Thousands gather at final student-led rally ahead of Serbia electionThe student movement aims to end Vucic's 14 years of rule at Sunday's vote, as he holds a rival rally across town.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 22Dzimi’s Diggers: Big Contract Follows Show of Loyalty to Serbia’s Ruling PartyAfter deploying his heavy machinery to protect Serbia’s presidency building from anti-government protesters, Mile Samardzija secured a 1.1 million-euro contract with a company part-owned by the state.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 22Serbian Election Underscores the Region’s Long Political LimboAleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s dominant political figure since 2012, may extend his grip, using the Balkans’ unresolved nationalist resentments.NYT World
POLITICSOct 22Serbia: Student protesters flood Belgrade ahead of snap electionsCheers, music and waving flags greeted students arriving in Belgrade from across Serbia on Wednesday, as thousands gathered ahead of a final rally before this weekend's snap parliamentary elections.Africanews [en]
POLITICSOct 22Serbia: Student protesters flood Belgrade ahead of snap electionsCheers, music and waving flags greeted students arriving in Belgrade from across Serbia on Wednesday, as thousands gathered ahead of a final rally before this weekend's snap parliamentary elections.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 22Vucic’s Electoral Base Erodes as Younger Voters Seek Change in SerbiaAleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party is facing anti-establishment sentiments and demographic pressure on its ageing nationalist base in this weekend’s elections – similar to the dynamics that ousted Viktor Orban’s government in Hungary.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 22Acquittal Fuels Doubts over Transfer of Bosnian War Crimes Cases to SerbiaWhile a court in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced 13 people to a combined total of more than 180 years in prison for the killing of Bosniak civilians in two villages during the 1992-95 war, the acquittal of two others by a court in Belgrade has raised further doubts about the merit of transferring war crimes cases from Sarajevo to Belgrade.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 21Students march into Belgrade while populist Vucic holds rally in Serbia's south ahead of voteThousands of people lined the streets of Belgrade on Wednesday to greet marching students arriving to Serbia 's capital on the eve of their final rally ahead of…Japan Today
POLITICSOct 21Multiple Arrests Across Serbia Ahead of Crucial ElectionsFour days before parliamentary elections, Serbian police arrested at least seven individuals suspected of planning violent actions on election day and plotting to ‘overthrow the state’.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 21Serbians Abroad Organize to Vote Amid ObstaclesAhead of Serbia’s high-stakes snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, citizens abroad are organising shared transport and accommodation to reach polling stations, sometimes thousands of kilometres away.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 20How Serbia’s Ruling Party Turned State Institutions into ‘Vote Machines’Over 150 testimonies reveal how public sector employees are pressured to deliver votes and attend political rallies while some job posts are given to loyalists who staff party call centres on the clock.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 19How Serbia's protesting students became key to the upcoming electionsA final campaign rally in Belgrade on Thursday is expected to draw tens of thousands of studentsThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 19Alleged Obstruction Ruins Highly-Anticipated Audit of Serbia’s Electoral RollAhead of Serbia's crucial elections this month, members of a commission tasked with bringing order to the electoral roll say they were ‘obstructed’ by authorities.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 16Serbia’s ‘Captured’ TV Screens All Tell the Same StoryThe dominance of pro-government TV channels, while commercial pressures squeeze critical media outlets, shows how uneven the media landscape has become ahead of the October 25 elections.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 15Croatia Rejects Serbian Accusation of Election InterferenceCroatian leaders dismiss Belgrade's protest note accusing Zagreb of meddling in looming elections and suggest Serbia's under-pressure ruling party is using the claim to mobilise voters.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 15A struggle for Serbia's soulAnger at establishment led by Aleksandar Vučić has spawned movement that could enable the Student List to form government later this monthIrish Times World
POLITICSOct 15Rising Violence is a Sign that Serbia’s Ruling Party is PanickingThe ruling Serbian Progressive Party’s nervousness about possibly losing the October 25 elections is driving its hardcore supporters’ increasingly aggressive behaviour on the streets.Balkan Insight
POLITICSOct 14Insider Blows Lid on Serbian Ruling Party’s Use of Hired ThugsMomcilo Marjanovic says he spent a decade providing ‘security’ for Serbia’s ruling party, a role that involved buying votes, beating protesters, and taking bundles of cash from the director of a public utility in the northern city of Novi Sad.Balkan Insight
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