Serbia to hold parliamentary vote on October 25, president says
The vote follows nearly two years of student-led protests and would let Vucic seek the premiership after his party nominated him.
- On Tuesday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced a snap parliamentary vote for October 25, 2026, aiming to consolidate his political standing after two years of student-led protests.
- Demonstrations were triggered by a November 2024 railway station canopy collapse in Novi Sad that killed 16 people, sparking anti-corruption protests that challenged Vucic's 12-year rule.
- Vucic's party, the Serbian Progressive Party, nominated him on Saturday to run for prime minister, positioning him to reassert authority through the accelerated electoral process.
- Opposition groups and demonstrators accuse Vucic and his allies of corruption, organized crime ties, and stifling media freedoms; Vucic and his allies deny these allegations.
- Parliamentary elections were not originally due until December 2027; moving the vote to October 25 accelerates the electoral calendar by over two years, compressing the campaign window.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Wednesday noon the early parliamentary elections in Serbia on 25 October. This election was the result of a huge popular pressure that had emerged for almost two years against corruption.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday called an early parliamentary election for Oct. 25 after nearly two years of street protests that have rattled his rule. He issued a decree dissolving the 250-member Parliament and paving the way for the vote. He said a snap election was necessary because of ongoing...
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić apparently wants to precede the end of his second term: with new elections and a future role as Prime Minister, he could continue to hold on to power.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced the dissolution of parliament and the holding of early elections on October 25. Following this decision, taken amid nearly two years of anti-corruption protests, Vucic is preparing to run for the prime ministership again as the candidate of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.
The Serbian President announced on Wednesday the dissolution of Parliament, in response to a movement of protests born of the deadly collapse of an awning in Novi Sad station at the end of 2024. Aleksandar Vucic convened early legislative elections for 25 October, which could project him again to the post of Prime Minister.
Predsjednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić potpisao je u srijedu uredbu about raspuštanju Narodne skupštine and raspisao prijevremene parliamentary izbore for November 25. U uredbi se navodi da predsjednik raspušta parliament izabran 17. prosinca 2023., na temeljuobrazloženog prijedloga vlade […] Objava Vučić raspustio parliament i raspisao prijevremene izbore za 25. November pojavila se prvi puta na Novi list.
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