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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Libby Brooks

Friday briefing: How a leaderless student group is challenging power in Serbia

A massive crowd fills a Novi Sad street, gathering for a vigil before 16 minutes of silence
On the first anniversary of the Novi Sad tragedy people filled the streets. Photograph: Armin Durgut/AP

Good morning. As waves of youth-led protests swell across Europe, prompted by the cost of living, unaffordable housing and education standards, in Serbia the younger generation is taking on the apparatus of the state itself.

In tight-run parliamentary elections this Sunday, the country’s most consequential political movement in decades, Student List, is challenging former Slobodan Milošević henchman Aleksandar Vučić and his 12-year domination of Serbian politics.

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