Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Serbia on August 8, his first trip there since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and signing a memorandum of understanding covering EU accession, energy, and the path to peace; the MoU is the first formal bilateral agreement between Ukraine and Serbia since the war began
After 18 months of student-led protests, the president pledges to step down a year early, hints at becoming prime minister, and vows his bloc will win 'more convincingly than ever'
A global wave of leaderless, social-media-organized youth protests against corruption and austerity, active in at least 14 countries from 2022 to 2026, with governments toppled in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Madagascar.
The constitutional mechanism letting parliaments dissolve before term and hold an early vote, active in Israel, Serbia, Italy, and Malaysia as of mid-2026.