The Guardian view on Serbia's student revolution : from principled protest to power | Éditorial

Two years after the Novi Sad tragedy gave birth to a youthful political movement, Sunday’s remarkable election has taken the country into a new eraThis weekend it will be two years since the collapse of a shoddily constructed train station canopy in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad. The tragedy, killing 16 people, was swiftly attributed to state corruption and failures of regulation, sparking student-led protests across the country.Some of those demonstrators dared to imagine that they could become the catalyst for a democratic revolution. Continue reading...