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In Serbia, a political era may be drawing to a close. Since two thousand twelve, Aleksandar Vucic has defined the country's direction, but a student-led movement is now challenging that order in ways that go far beyond a typical election cycle. This looks less like a change of government and more like a generational reckoning.
Across Europe, Spain's housing crisis is deepening in ways that expose a fundamental contradiction. House prices climbed nearly eighty five percent between two thousand fifteen and two thousand twenty five, while wages grew by less than twenty eight percent. The result is a country where holding down a job is no longer enough to secure a roof over your head, and experts are calling for structural reform.
And from the world of fine watchmaking, the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, marking its twenty sixth anniversary this year, has announced it will scrap its gender-based award categories. Organizers are framing it as a breath of fresh air, a recognition that craft and innovation don't sort neatly along those lines.
Three very different stories, but each one about systems under pressure and people pushing back. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
