Božo Prelević, former Serb justice minister and retired judge: "This is completely new for Vučić, he is trying to frame it in the classic 'government versus opposition' confrontation — because he has no answer to 'government versus students and citizens'." (Photo: Juan Navarro)

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Serbia's mass 'moral' protest is Vučić’s Achilles heel, ex-minister says

EU & the World

by Juan Navarro, Belgrade,

Serbia’s mass protests are led by a generation too young to remember the rallies against Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milošević — yet determined to confront the country's entrenched power.

The current target is Aleksandar Vučić, the Russian-friendly president of the Balkan republic, who has been in power si...

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Author Bio

Juan Navarro is a freelance journalist who has been working for El Pais in Spain since 2019. He reports on depopulation and the challenges of modern rural life.

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