The resignation of Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic is unlikely to quell the massive protests of recent weeks, putting the country's all-powerful president, Aleksandar Vucic, under unprecedented pressure. Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned on Tuesday, as months of student and civic protests began to take their political toll. Vucevic is a member of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and a close political ally of President Aleksandar Vucic. The mayor of Novi Sad and fellow SNS party member Milan Djuric also resigned. "This shows that we who were elected...

Serbia’s prime minister, a key ally of President Aleksandar Vucic , announced his resignation after weeks of escalating protests by students demanding political change in the Balkan nation.

Milos Vucevic , an aide of Vucic who was installed as premier last May, said his government was unable to assuage the demonstrators.

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BELGRADE – Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said Tuesday he is stepping down following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November. The canopy collapse, which killed 15 people in the northern city of Novi Sad, has become a flashpoint reflecting wider discontent with the increasingly autocratic rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic. He has faced accusations of curbing democratic freedoms in Serbia despite formally seeking European Union membership for the troubled Balkan nation.