马尔科·德罗布尼亚科维奇 贝尔格莱德，塞尔维亚 —— 在10月25日选举中，青年主导的运动战胜了长期执政的强人及其政府后，塞尔维亚首都贝尔格莱德正在经历一场“焕新”。
MARKO DROBNJAKOVIC BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia ‘s capital Belgrade has been getting a makeover after a youth-led movement ‘s victory over a long-ruling strongman and his government in Oct. 25 elections.
在该巴尔干国家的贝尔格莱德市各处及其他地区，活动人士和居民自发组织起来，粉刷覆盖选举前紧张竞选期间涂鸦在建筑物上的反学生涂鸦。
Activists and residents in various parts of the city — and elsewhere in the Balkan country — have self-organized to paint over anti-student graffiti that were scribbled on buildings during the tense campaign ahead of the ballot.
这场每天的粉刷行动几乎在“学生名单”运动推翻前总统武契奇领导的右翼塞尔维亚进步党后立即开始。这被视为在武契奇长达14年的威权统治后，席卷全国的一种团结感的体现。
The daily painting effort started almost immediately after the Students’ List movement toppled former President Aleksandar Vucic ’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party. It was seen as a reflection of a sense of solidarity that swept the country following 14 years of Vucic’s authoritarian rule.
周五，贝尔格莱德市中心三所高中的学生决定贡献自己的一份力量。数十名学生拿起滚筒刷和毛刷，随后分散到他们学校周边的社区。
On Friday, students from three high schools in central Belgrade decided to do their part. Dozens took up paint rollers and brushes before dispersing through the neighborhoods around their schools.
“我们不仅想让国家变得更好，也想让我们生活的城市变得更好，”贝尔格莱德第三高中的学生莱娅·拉迪奇说。“人们想立刻做点什么，不是10天后，不是一个月后，而是在第一天。”现年18岁、担任学校学生会主席的拉迪奇表示，他们的行动与相距几个街区的另外两所学校的学生进行了协调，后者在同一时间走出校门。
“We had this desire to make not only our country better, but also the city we live in,” said Lea Radic, a student at Belgrade’s Third High School. “People wanted to do something immediately, not in 10 days, not in a month, but on the very first day.”Radic, 18, who heads the student assembly in her school, said their action was coordinated with students from two other schools located several blocks away, who came out at the same time.
“我们都划定了各自的区域，”她解释道。拉迪奇补充说，“想法是做好事，让我们的周围环境更美好。”这场学生主导的运动在选举中击败了武契奇，此前他们针对2024年11月塞尔维亚北部火车站悲剧造成16人死亡一事中的涉嫌政府腐败问题，领导了长达两年的抗议活动。
“We all determined our zones,” she explained. The idea, Radic added, “is to do good deeds and make our surroundings nicer.”The student-led movement defeated Vucic at the ballot after leading two years of protests against alleged government corruption over a train station tragedy that killed 16 people in northern Serbia in November 2024.
武契奇、其亲政府媒体和官员将学生们斥为叛徒和外国雇佣兵。数十名学生在抗议活动中被警方和亲政府支持者拘留和殴打。
Vucic, his pro-government media and officials have branded students as traitors and foreign mercenaries. Scores were detained and beaten by police and pro-government supporters during protests.
武契奇遭遇挫败后，贝尔格莱德市民首先清理了一个被武契奇支持者占据一年多的中心公园。随后，志愿者们粉刷了一条完全被反学生涂鸦覆盖的地下通道。贝尔格莱德其他区域随之响应，其他城市和城镇也组织了类似的行动。
After Vucic’s defeat, residents first cleared up a central park in Belgrade that was taken up by Vucic’s loyalists for over a year. Then volunteers painted an underground passage that was completely covered in anti-student graffiti. Other parts of Belgrade followed as other cities and towns organized similar actions of their own.
“我们的目的和动机是覆盖仇恨言论，”17岁的高中生科斯塔·约万诺维奇说。“我们认为，年幼的学生每天上学路上，会接触到大量侮辱性的壁画、标语和文字，这对他们不利。”居民们看到学生们采取行动感到欣喜。
“Our aim and motive has been to paint over the hate speech,” said 17-year-old high school student Kosta Jovanovic. “We believe that our younger students, as they go to school every day, are exposed to a lot of murals, slogans and sentences that are insulting and that are not good for them.”Residents were delighted to see the students in action.
“我完全陶醉了，”60多岁的莱塔·拉莱维奇说。“这太美好了，美得让我想哭。”
“I am completely euphoric,” said Leta Lalevic, who is in her 60s. “This is so beautiful that it makes me want to cry.”