News archive of June 2016

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday began the consultations on the new government with a meeting with officials of the Socialist Party of Serbia -United Serbia coalition in the parliament building.

Vucic and his aide Ivica Kojic met with SPS and United Serbia leaders Ivica Dacic and Dragan Markovic at 2 pm.

STUTTGART - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic has ended his campaign at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart by losing 6-0, 6-2 to Denis Kudla of the United States in the first round after just 45 minutes of play.

Kudla will next face Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic.

BELGRADE - A continued cooperation between the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is in Serbia's best interest, SPS leader Ivica Dacic said Tuesday after consultations on the new government with Serbia's Prime Minister-designate and SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - The Dveri movement will not be a part of the new government, but "fierce but constructive opposition," Dveri leader Bosko Obradovic said Tuesday after consultations on the new government with Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic.

He told reporters after the meeting that the presented to Vucic Dveri's 10-point agenda for the future of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic said Tuesday after the first day of consultations on the new government that the discussions were good and open and that he had an opportunity to hear different ideas and proposals.

BELGRADE - League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) leader Nenad Canak said after Tuesday's consultations with Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic that the LSV will not be joining the new government but that he came to hear what Vucic had to say about the country's future.

MOSCOW - Internet censorship is possible, and it is very present, Tanjug Director Branka Djukic said in Moscow Tuesday at an international forum titled "The New Era of Journalism: A Farewell to the Mainstream."

BELGRADE - Enough is Enough leader Sasa Radulovic engaged in another verbal confrontation with media on Tuesday as the movement's consultations with Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic on the new government ended after about 10 minutes.

Radulovic again refused to respond to questions from Pink and Studio B reporters, branding them a part of Vucic's propaganda team.

BELGRADE - The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will be the most efficient support to anyone who wants to strengthen the European policy in Serbia, but it does not necessarily have to be in the government, LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic said Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj said Tuesday that he has informed Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic that the SRS will not be part of the future government.