The government of Serbia will hold an extraordinary meeting tonight, in the presence of President of the Republic, Aleksandar Vucic. The meeting is expected to determine the next moves of the ruling coalition.

Alexandar Vucic will hold a press conference after the meeting.

Following the resignation of Prime Minister, Milos Vucevic, this morning, the entire government is considered caretaker. According to the Constitution, the caretaker government can carry out its duties until the prime minister’s resignation is ratified by parliament. Once this happens, the procedures for the election of a new government are set in motion. If the parliament fails to form a government within 30 days, the President of the Republic is obliged to dissolve it and call new parliamentary elections.

Milos Vucevic was forced to resign under pressure from student protests that began two and a half months ago demanding accountability for the deaths of 15 people from the collapse of a railway station cornice, on 1 November 2024.

Vucevic described his resignation as an “act of responsibility”, expressing hope that “normalcy in society and normality in the functioning of political institutions will return”. He said that the reason for his resignation were two incidents that took place on Tuesday morning in Novi Sad, where activists of his party (Serbian Progressive Party – SNS) beat up students who were putting up posters in the city. One female student was injured and is being treated in hospital. The police said they have arrested the perpetrators of the attack.

This afternoon, thousands of students and citizens demonstrated outside the SNS offices in Novi Sad, while a demonstration in support of the injured student also took place in the southern Serbian town of Nis.