2018–2020 Serbian protests
In late 2018, a series of largely peaceful protests over the rise of political violence and against the authoritarian rule of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and his governing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) began to take place in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, soon spreading to cities across the country, as well as in cities with the Serbian diaspora. The demonstrations have lasted more than a year and they become the most prolonged mass anti-government demonstrations in Serbia since the time of the Bulldozer Revolution and some of the longest-running in Europe.
The University of Belgrade's main building was blocked for 12 days by students led by the protest organisers, demanding the final verdict on whether the doctorate of Siniša Mali, the Ministry of Finance, was plagiarised
Aleksandar Vučić is a Serbian politician serving as the president of Serbia since 2017. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as the president of the SNS from 2012 to 2023, first deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2014, and prime minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2017.
Vučić in 2019
Vučić and Tomislav Nikolić on the founding congress of the Serbian Progressive Party, Belgrade, 2008
Vučić and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Washington, D.C. in 2012
Vučić with US Vice President Mike Pence (2017)