If Serbian President Aleksander Vucic hoped the resignation of his hand-picked prime minister would get students to end nearly three months of anti-corruption protests, he didn’t have to wait long for an answer.

Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November

Serbia's Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has resigned following protests triggered by the deadly collapse of a canopy in November.

The protests were spawned by the deadly collapse of a train station roof in Novi Sad that became a flashpoint for wider discontent.

The resignation of Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic is unlikely to quell the massive protests of recent weeks, putting the country's all-powerful president, Aleksandar Vucic, under unprecedented pressure.

After the collapse of part of the Novi Sad train station, which killed 15 people in November, thousands of students have been regularly protesting in Serbia. Under pressure, Prime Minister Miloš Vučević resigned January 28.

Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević has announced his resignation, according to the local newspaper Večernje novosti.

By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic floated the possibility of a snap election in April after his prime minister resigned on Tuesday amid growing anti-government protests.

Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned following weeks of massive anticorruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November.

By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking official to step down amid a wave of anti-corruption protests that have spread across the Balkan country.