Embargo until 20:00: Reuters: Serbia votes in historic elections, challenge to Vučić’s years-long rule

Early parliamentary elections are being held in Serbia today, where a massive student protest movement is attempting to unseat the long-time populist leader Aleksandar Vučić in the greatest challenge to his rule in over a decade, Reuters reports today.

Early parliamentary elections, called by Vučić in September, are taking place almost two years after the start of student-led demonstrations against, as stated, corruption and growing authoritarianism, which were sparked by the deaths of 16 people in the collapse of a canopy in Novi Sad in 2024. Since then, students have gained widespread support, the agency writes. Early turnout is high, and long lines formed in front of polling stations even before they opened