This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows Srdjan Roncevic, dean of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Novi Sad posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. As dean, he backed the students and their movement. When police fired tear gas and beat demonstrators, he let protesters shelter inside his faculty and kept the police from entering. "When I look back, I think less about politics than about people who showed courage and solidarity, often at great personal cost. What matters now is not just changing who is in power, but building institutions where no one is above the law." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows Gordana Tomovic, professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. Tomovic has supported the students since the blockades began and joined them at protests. "Today I finally feel, above all, liberated. And honoured that all of us -- students first, then professors, teachers, citizens' assemblies and people across Serbia -- recognised that only a peaceful, persistent and legitimate fight could bring this victory. Now we have the chance to make institutions work and move towards a normal, civilised society." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows Nikola Marovic, professor of the Faculty of Technology at the University of Novi Sad, posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. Marovic spent two years helping his students in their fight for accountability over the canopy collapse. "We don't need a leader in this country. We need millions of small leaders -- and that's what we got in this movement." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows photographer Dunja Dopsaj posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. Dopsaj has documented the student movement since the blockades began. "When the students won, I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, educated people will be in parliament, taking care of the country." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows Goran Anackov, a professor and head of the Department of Biology and Ecology of Faculty of Sciences at the University of Novi Sad posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. Alongside the dean, Anackov let protesters shelter inside the faculty when police fired tear gas and beat demonstrators, and kept the police from entering. "I feel uncertain, because this is the second time in my life that I am living through a big change. But I am happy that great hope has been awakened in me -- hope painted in the most beautiful colours, the colours of youth, which have carried me all this time." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows Marko Djurakic, a professor at the Faculty of Sciences in University of Novi Sad posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. Djurakic has supported the movement since it began, running in a relay to Belgrade, marching with students and cooking for them. "Victory is not the end, but the beginning. A big clean-up lies ahead, and we have to see how much damage has been done." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on November 1, 2026 shows Vukasin Djinovic, a student of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Novi Sad posing for a portrait in Novi Sad. Djinovic has been part of the blockades and the student movement from the start, and was injured during a police intervention in Novi Sad. "What sets us apart is that we stayed immune to the politics of division and hatred spread by pro-regime media. Their tactic was to find leaders and use them, and their egos, to break us apart from within. But by staying united and not putting individuals forward, we held together. We were all equal, we listened to one another and resolved disagreements democratically." Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of photos taken on November 1, 2026 in Novi Sad and on November 5, 2026 in Belgrade shows (from top to bottom and from L to R), Srdjan Roncevic, dean of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Novi Sad, Marko Djurakic, a professor at the Faculty of Sciences in University of Novi Sad, Nikola Marovic, professor of the Faculty of Technology at the University of Novi Sad, Goran Anackov, a professor and head of the Department of Biology and Ecology of Faculty of Sciences at the University of Novi Sad, Milica Golubovic, student of the Faculty of Architecture at University of Belgrade, Ljiljana Tomovic, full professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Gordana Tomovic, professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, photographer Dunja Dopsaj, Vukasin Djinovic, a student of the Faculty of Sciences in the University of Novi Sad, Mileta Lukic, a member of a citizens' assembly, Strahinja Stankovic, a student of the Faculty of Political Sciences in the University of Belgrade, Maja Petrovic, student of the Faculty of Mining and Geology at the University of Belgrade, Aleksa Stankovic, a student of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade and photographer of the movement, Mila Martic, a sixth-year student of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Belgrade, Marko Lazarevic, a student of the Faculty of Medicine in University of Belgrade. Serbia's student anti-graft protest movement ended 14 years of right-wing nationalist rule, despite not having any clearly identifiable leaders. Final results from last month's vote showed the Student List 140 won seats in the 250-seat parliament, enough to govern alone. Two years of protests were sparked by the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station which killed 16 people in November 2024 in the northern city of Novi Sad. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP via Getty Images)