Belgrade's student movement fills boulevards before Serbia votes
Guardian News' aerial report pairs the vast turnout with students explaining why they want a say in the country's future.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 183,620 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (14,932).
Drone video shows scale of student-led rally ahead of Serbian election
Phone lights glitter across a central Belgrade square at dusk. Red flares illuminate sections of the crowd, and the drone camera reveals packed boulevards stretching into the night.
Guardian News' report captures the final rally of Serbia's opposition student movement before this weekend's parliamentary election. About 150,000 supporters gathered on October 22, according to the outlet.
The Student List, a leaderless movement of student-backed candidates, is seeking to end more than fourteen years of rule by Aleksandar Vučić's Serbian Progressive party. At street level, the report shifts from the scale of the gathering to the people taking part: demonstrators wave banners, link hands and dance.
Student Aleksa Savic puts the movement's ambition plainly: "We have been fighting for almost two years for victory in this country, where young people will finally be the ones who will choose the future."
The Short drew roughly 183,000 views in its first day, more than twelve times Guardian News' usual opening for the format. Its comment section was also far busier than usual, with discussion touching on television coverage of the rally and messages of support from abroad. Those responses express hopes for the election; the footage itself records the gathering before the vote.
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- October 23, 2026
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The Belgrade report drew an unusually large first-day audience for a Guardian News Short, alongside a substantial increase in comments.
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What is the name of the student-backed electoral movement featured in the report?
The Guardian identifies the Student List as a leaderless movement of student-backed candidates.