Serbia's Vucic concedes election defeat in historic win for student movement

input_sh

What a beautiful day. 14 years of oppression, absolute power, no media freedom, and the most ridiculously botted internet down the drain.

mrtksn

Meanwhile, in Bulgaria there was the presidential election that no one cared about so the turnout is in the %20 and the pro-Russian candidate severely underperformed. It was expected to be %47 vs %30, ended up being in the %30 for both the pro-Russian and the pro-western candidates. Also the stronghold of Erdogan is crumbling with the collapse of $20B ponzi scheme where all the winners happen to be from Erdogan’s inner circle. It’s overall a feeling of earth moving in Europe again.

christkv

Is this new party cohesive enough or will it split into infighting?

cdrnsf

Good. The world needs fewer fascists and nationalists in power.

evek

Finally, time for the cleanup.

comrade1234

This is great! I never understood the Serbian view of allying with a loser country like Russia. I assume it was all corruption and oligarchs.

shevy-java

Great win for democracy. Now the students will have to show that they can do better than Vucic. This won't be too hard, but there is an economic recession in the whole Euro-zone right now. Overcoming that is a challenge for many countries right now.

mzajc

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smnplk

A great day for Serbia indeed. I looked into Vučić's past and came across a phenomenon known as 'war tourism,' specifically the alleged 'Sarajevo Safari.' Supposedly, foreigners—mostly from Italy—paid large sums of money to travel to Sarajevo and shoot at civilians and children with sniper rifles. What evidence is there that he was involved, aside from that one video where it looks like he’s carrying a camera tripod rather than a sniper rifle

jacquesm

This is extremely good news. I know quite a few people in Serbia and elsewhere of Serbian extraction and this is going to make them so happy. Hungary showed the way, though in Serbia they were fighting at least as hard.

sriram_malhar

I hope India goes the same way.

SwellJoe

I love it when democracy punches a fascist in the mouth.

WaitWaitWha

neither side can truly say they are free and clear of vast amounts of foreign monies.

randysalami

Wonder if something similar will happen in Albania. See Edi Rama go.

desireco42

Pobeda! Win! Look this is just a start, but it is great that dissatisfaction that is expressed throughout the Europe, can be expressed in such constructive and clear way in Serbia.

speransky

Isn’t the student list pro-Russian too? They stated basically that this putin’s ass licking politics will continue