BELGRADE ¨C Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday he would resign within weeks and the country will hold early presidential and parliamentary elections, following 18 months of anti-government protests.
The announcement by Vucic, who has been in power as president or prime minister for 12 years, came amid persistent anti-corruption demonstrations led by students and triggered by the collapse of an awning at a ?railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad in November 2024, in which 16 people died.
Protesters, opposition and rights groups allege the railway station disaster was ?a sign ?of broader government mismanagement of construction projects and corruption.
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