A political earthquake has occurred in Serbia as a student-backed movement wins the parliamentary election, ending more than a decade of dominance by a Moscow-backed populist leader.
'The smell of freedom': Serbia's student movement celebrates election triumph
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- Student movement takes Serbia's Vučić to the wire in neck-and-neck election
- Serbia votes in election pitting longtime leader against student movement
- Serbia celebrates historic election win for student-backed movement
- Student-backed movement leads to political shakeup in Serbia
- Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement
- Serbia wakes up to new reality after student-led movement ousts Vučić – as it hapepned
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