Serbia’s student movement has submitted its “Student List – Students Win” to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK), after thousands of supporters marched through central Belgrade to the commission’s headquarters. Students carried boxes of signatures gathered in recent days in a bid to qualify for the ballot.
The move comes after nearly two years of protests triggered by the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad on 1 November 2024, which killed 16 people. Students have demanded accountability and accused the authorities of failing to address corruption linked to the station’s renovation. At times, demonstrations have brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets, putting President Aleksandar Vučić under his strongest political pressure since taking office in 2012.
