# What European students can learn from their Serbian peers

https://mins.news/en/item/120265

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-29 06:39 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/10/29/what-european-students-can-learn-from-their-serbian-peers?traffic_source=rss

> Serbia’s student movement spent nearly two years building an independent political alternative through university occupations, peaceful rallies and self-organised assemblies. Sparked by a station canopy collapse that killed 16 people in Novi Sad, the mobilisation grew into a nationwide challenge and dealt the entrenched government an unprecedented electoral blow on Sunday.

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