Elections 2026: From student revolt to decision at the polls

21.October 2026 Igor Božić

The thorny path to change

After almost two years of protests, hundreds of kilometers walked, arrests, persecution and unprecedented social mobilization, Serbia is holding elections that could mark the end of a political era. Sociologist Marija Babović tells "Vreme" that the hope for change has not been so great since October 5, 2000, but she also warns of the danger that, if changes are not made, the country will face an even tougher authoritarian regime.

Interview: Tihomir Stanić, actor on the Student list

21.October 2026 Nedim Sejdinovic

People are eager for justice and normality

Their only weapon now is the media they control: like, we don't have an agenda, which is not true; as, we will betray the national interest, which is not true. One of their arguments is that we are afraid to go to the debate with Vučić. They do not understand that it is their punishment. This is a punishment for Aleksandar Vučić, who for 14 years conducted exclusively a monologue. For fourteen years he did not allow anyone any kind of dialogue, and now he would like to be rewarded or pardoned with the opportunity to talk to us. Well, he won't be able to. What he sowed is now reaping

Why the upcoming elections are so important

21.October 2026 Nikola Jovic

A generation that had to grow up too soon

These elections are not elections about Serbia's membership in the European Union, Kosovo and Metohija, gay marriage, tax policy or any other single political issue. Although parties on the fringes of political power try to impose these themes, at the heart of the upcoming political election is a much simpler dilemma: change or preserve the existing order. For more than a year now, surveys have shown that this is the primary dilemma on the ballot

Interview: Srđan Puhalo, psychologist

21.October 2026 Ivan Milenkovic

If its elections depend on Republika Srpska, Serbia is in serious trouble

In the RS, 19.800 people registered for the elections in Serbia, who will be able to vote at 28 polling stations. It remains unknown how many of them will cross the Drina on October 25 and vote in Serbia. In any case, I do not believe that the voters from Republika Srpska are the ones who will decide the winner of the elections in Serbia. Realistically, the voters from Republika Srpska can influence a little, but it seems that they are symbolically very important to both Vučić and the opposition.

End of campaign and flyers

21.October 2026 Slobodan Georgiev

Are calls from the mint coming to collect humiliation

For months, Vučić publicly spat at his coordinators visiting "plum trees and meadows" and threatened most of them that he would arrest and replace them because they do not talk to the people and do nothing realistically. Those local coordinators of his who have to report to the mint every day to Andrej Vučić, who runs the campaign from there, cannot relax on the street, but they can secure the future by acting longer on Sunday, if not before