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.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said Tuesday he is stepping down following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in November. “It is my unconditional decision to resign,” Vucevic said at a press conference.

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.

Demonstrations around Serbia pose a challenge to the decade-long hold on power by President Aleksandar Vucic, who spurred his prime minister to step down.

Three months after 15 people were killed in a train station canopy collapse, mass protests continue to gather momentum and even threaten to topple Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s government.

Tens of thousands of protesters led by university students have held a noisy rally outside Serbia’s state television headquarters in Belgrade to protest what they called the broadcaster’s pro-government bias.

Serbia’s populist prime minister, Milos Vucevic, resigned Tuesday in an attempt to calm political tensions stoked by weeks of massive anti-corruption protests that started after the deadly collapse of a concrete overhang at a recently renovated train station.