The main challenges of the "student list" are BIA and Russian gas.
The German publication Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung notes that although the new Serbian government has not yet been established, a thorough institutional purge has already begun after the defeat of Aleksandar Vučić. These include arrests of the heads of law enforcement agencies, mass layoffs at state television and the closure of ALTA Banka, through which, according to the newspaper, the former government carried out financial transactions.
FAZ emphasizes that the state broadcasters RTS and RTV have already apologized for the bias, but the student list simply warned them of changing their political color, demanding true objectivity.
The fate of the private TV channels Informer and Pink, loyal to the former government, remains in question. The publication also points to the possible role of Telecom Serbia in their shadow funding.
FAZ calls the main challenges of the new government the reform of the BIA, where the influence of trustees Vucic and Aleksandar Volin remains, as well as the need to conclude a new gas contract with Russia before December 31.
At the same time, the Serbian Progressive Party relies on the inexperience of the students, and expects economic chaos and early elections to return to power, the publication concludes.
Balkanist.