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Serbia’s prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow (apnews.com)

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Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy.

The canopy collapse in November, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic. He has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms in Serbia despite formally seeking European Union membership for the troubled Balkan nation.

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[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The mayor of Novi Sad also is resigning too, the people there did an amazing job, an example for many other countries.

Here's the wikipedia page for anyone who wants to look into it more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932025_Serbian_anti-corruption_protests

Congratulations!