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Serbia's Snap Election: Protests Meet the Ballot Box
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A snap parliamentary election is scheduled for October 25 after nearly two years of street protests. On September 9, President Vucic dissolved the 250-member parliament and called an early election, with the next vote not due until December 2027. The backdrop is November 1, 2024, when a concrete canopy collapsed at the Novi Sad railway station and killed 16 people, and protesters demanded accountability and blamed corruption for substandard renovation work, with students leading university blockades and near-daily demonstrations.