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• Serbia wakes up to new reality after student-led movement ousts Vučić – Europe live

  With 96.9% of polling stations processed, the Student List has 52.6% of votes, well ahead of Vučić’s bloc at 39.22%. The latest CeSID projection suggests the students will have 140 seats in the new parliament, well clear of the 126 required for majority, with 103 for Vučić’s bloc. Elsewhere, a record-low turnout of just 22% was reported in Bulgaria in the first round of the presidential vote, with the second round to be held this Sunday.

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