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The Student List won about 2.2 million votes to about 1.7 million for the SNS, taking a projected about 138 of 250 seats, after nearly two years of protests that began with the Novi Sad canopy collapse.
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Hungary refused at a Brussels meeting on Tuesday 27 October 2026 to approve the screening results for Ukraine's final two EU accession clusters. Kyiv is counting on their opening by the end of 2026 — but Budapest's position, diplomats say, has not changed. Here is what was blocked, what the two clusters cover, and why the next move matters more than this meeting.
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