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Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigns after months of protests

Vučević resigned just one day after President Aleksandar Vučić announced plans for urgent government reconstruction.

Vučević resigned just one day after President Aleksandar Vučić announced plans for urgent government reconstruction. Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigned on Tuesday following months of protests over a deadly awning collapse in November that killed 15 people. Vučević's resignation came just a day after President Aleksandar Vučić said "an urgent and extensive reconstruction of the government" was in the works in response to the demands posed by Serbia's striking university students. However, Vučević said he was prompted to resign on Tuesday morning after seeing reports of attacks against protesting students in the northern city and regional capital of Novi Sad. -One person, a 23-year-old woman, was hospitalised with severe injuries on Monday night after she was attacked by a group of unidentified assailants wielding baseball bats, domestic media reported. "(The government) has to show ... the highest level of responsibility," he said in a public address on Tuesday.

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The wrong person resigned. It should be President Vučić whose remarks encouraged people to drive into student protests, and are no doubt behind the other attacks.

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Serbia to hold partial election re-run after protests

Serbia announced Wednesday (20 December) that it will re-run its recent election in certain areas, according to state media, just days after

Languages: Deutsch

Serbia announced Wednesday (20 December) that it will re-run its recent election in certain areas, according to state media, just days after nationwide voting triggered protests and international condemnation over alleged fraud. The parliamentary election will be repeated on 30 December at 30 polling stations — out of over 8,000 voting places — said a statement published by state-run broadcaster RTS. The announcement follows two days of protests that saw thousands rally in front of Serbia’s election commission following the weekend’s polls. President Aleksandar Vučić claims his party secured a commanding victory in parliamentary and local elections. Criticism of the elections mounted after a team of international observers — including representatives from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) — denounced a string of “irregularities”, including “vote buying” and “ballot box stuffing”. Germany later labelled the reported allegations “unacceptable” for a country hoping to join the European Union, while the United States called on Belgrade to address the “concerns” of the election monitors.

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