Non-hierarchical movement is seeking to ‘rebuild society’ in Balkan country after years of authoritarian rule Serbia’s triumphant but untested Student List movement is preparing to start talks on forming a government capable of reversing 14 years of increasingly authoritarian nationalist rule, after a seismic weekend election win . Supporters of the movement, which has no experience of government, took to the streets in the west Balkan country on Monday after the strongman former president, Aleksandar Vučić, was defeated in a historic landslide. Continue reading...
Serbia’s Student List preparing for talks on forming government despite no clear leader

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