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Serbians celebrate as Vučić concedes defeat after parliamentary election upset

Serbia's student-led protest movement, the Student List, achieved a landmark victory in the country's parliamentary election, ending the long-standing rule of Aleksandar Vucic, though the party has yet to name a leader as it confronts pressing national issues.

The group views Kosovo as an integral part of Serbia that should be peacefully reintegrated through diplomacy, rejecting prior pacts with Pristina on currency and licence plates while prioritising domestic reform over immediate European Union accession.

The Student List plans to maintain ties with Russia by refusing to enforce EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine due to acute energy dependencies, whilst also pledging to halt all Serbian arms exports to active war zones.

To tackle institutional corruption, the movement proposes establishing an independent police unit, banning party loyalists from state-owned…