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Vucic Calls October 25, 2026 Snap Elections

9/10/2026

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Vucic Calls Snap Elections

President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved Serbia’s parliament and called snap legislative elections for October 25, 2026.
Vucic signed the dissolution and election decrees on September 9, 2026.
He cannot run for a third presidential term and will leave office before April 2027.
The Serbian Progressive Party nominated Vucic as its prime-ministerial candidate.
Student protests erupted after a November 2024 Novi Sad railway canopy collapse killed 16.

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Vucic Calls Snap Elections

President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved Serbia’s parliament and called snap legislative elections for October 25, 2026.
Vucic signed the dissolution and election decrees on September 9, 2026.
He cannot run for a third presidential term and will leave office before April 2027.
The Serbian Progressive Party nominated Vucic as its prime-ministerial candidate.
Student protests erupted after a November 2024 Novi Sad railway canopy collapse killed 16.

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