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'The smell of freedom': Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph

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October 26, 2026 • 08:41 AM
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A political earthquake in Serbia as a student-backed movement wins the parliamentary election, ending more than a decade of dominance by a Moscow-backed populist leader.

'The smell of freedom': Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph

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