Serbian Americans head to consulate in Chicago to vote
Sunday was election day in Serbia, and hundreds of Serbian Americans from across the Midwest cast their votes in Chicago in the middle of the night.
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Sunday was election day in Serbia, and hundreds of Serbian Americans from across the Midwest cast their votes in Chicago in the middle of the night.
A student-led protest movement is challenging the rule of the country's current leader... whose party has been in power since 2012. this election cycle was the first time the Serbian government required consulates abroad to open at the exact time as the polls in the country.
Serbian parliamentary elections unseat Aleksandar Vucic, a Putin-endorsed strongman who led with virtually absolute power for 14 years.
Sunday was election day in Serbia, and hundreds of Serbian Americans from across the Midwest cast their votes in Chicago in the middle of the night. One of those voters, Marko Teofilovic, joins Suzanne Le Mignot remotely.
For two years now, Serbia has seen mass protests led by young people demanding change after a decade and a half under the increasingly authoritarian rule of Aleksandar Vucic. They are demanding political change, with many students running for office under their own list with a real chance of winning. The move has inspired thousands of Serbian Americans who haven't voted in years to turn out and make sure their voices are heard from abroad.
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The community gathered at the consulate downtown in honor of Feb. 15, the adoption of Serbia’s first constitution. It’s also a day when the community reflects on the country's revolution and first uprising.
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The former Loretto Hospital executive accused of defrauding the federal government out of $290 million has been arrested in Serbia.
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