Photos: Serbia celebrates as ruling party loses grip on power

Celebrations erupted in Belgrade and other Serbian cities after President Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party lost the October 25, 2026 snap parliamentary elections. A student-backed opposition movement won the vote, ending Vučić’s 14 years in power; he conceded defeat. The student movement grew after a canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station in 2024, killing 16 people and prompting nearly two years of protests over corruption and the government.