Joy and disbelief on Serbian streets as Vučić concedes election defeat

BBC correspondent Nick Thorpe reports from Belgrade, where there were rapturous celebrations following the victory of the student-led movement.

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There were scenes of jubilation on the streets of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, after the country’s long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

His Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) was defeated by the Student List, a movement with no obvious leaders and whose members are not career politicians.

BBC correspondent Nick Thorpe is in Belgrade, where many have taken to the streets to celebrate following an election that saw record-high turnout.

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