Politics of Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday elections for the Belgrade city assembly and the remaining local polls in Serbia would be held simultaneously on June 2, in line with an opposition demand granted thanks to an appeal by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to demonstrate constructiveness so that "work can be continued after the elections."

Vui pointed out that the process of constitution of authorities started after the December elections, and in accordance with the Constitution, he held consultations with all political parties.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who is also a Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Presidency member, announced on Wednesday evening the party had decided to put Ana Brnabic forward as the new parliament speaker and Aleksandar Sapic as Belgrade mayor.

BELGRADE - Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica Dacic said on Monday the SPS-led Ivica Dacic - PM of Serbia electoral list stood ready to continue to cooperate with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and announced that all state bodies would be formed in the weeks to come.

This marked the official start of the consultations for Prime Minister designate, announced by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui.
After the meeting with representatives of this list, Vui will talk, as announced, with representatives of Slobodan Nikoli's "Russian Party" electoral roll.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a courtesy visit from Portugal's newly-appointed ambassador to Serbia, Jose Rui Baptista Borges Velez Caroco, on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday evening consultations about the next Serbian government would begin next Monday.

NOVI SAD - The new assembly of Serbia's Vojvodina province was constituted on Friday after the mandates of all its 120 members were approved.

The constitutive session was chaired by the oldest member of the assembly, Miroslav Spanovic.

At the summit in Brussels, EU leaders will call on Belgrade and Pristina to calm tensions, hold elections, implement the Agreement on the Road to Normalization and form the CSM.

The fact that the "big five" came to Pristina and Belgrade means that we are further from the status quo and that we are getting closer to either peace or war, says Professor Nejmedin Spahiu.