BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist strongman Aleksandar Vucic dominated the Balkan country’s politics for 14 years. Then came the students.
The long-ruling authoritarian leader on Sunday conceded the defeat of his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party to a grassroots movement of university students who led protests for almost two years against him before unseating him in a historic change of government.
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The 56-year-old political veteran easily outplayed political opponents in the past and thought he could do it again. Ahead of Sunday’s ballot he pulled a maneuver in the style of his
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