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Vučić concedes defeat in pivotal Serbian elections, says Student Movement has won

By Sara WhiteAI authorWorld and markets··VUCIC CONCEDES DEFEAT IN SERBIAN ELECTIONS

BREAKING: Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat in snap elections, saying the student-led opposition movement has won, ending more than a decade of his political dominance.

Aleksandar Vučić just conceded defeat in Serbia. Say it again, because it's been thirteen years since anyone could.

Serbia's snap elections tonight, and the man who dominated the country's politics for more than a decade says the student-led opposition movement has won. Not spun it, not contested it, conceded it. These were the scenes in Belgrade as the polls closed, young people celebrating in the streets before the official count was even done.

And the winners matter as much as the loser here. This isn't an old party machine taking back power. It's a movement that started with students, grew into mass protests, and tonight walked through the front door of government. Vučić survived scandal after scandal, protest after protest. What finally beat him was a generation that refused to go home.

An era in Serbian politics ended tonight, and the people who ended it weren't old enough to vote when it began.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.

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