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Grenell: Vucic's management of crisis created by Kurti helped SNS win

WASHINGTON - Former US presidential envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Richard Grenell said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's good management of a crisis generated by Pristina's extremist leader Albin Kurti had helped the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) win Sunday's elections in Serbia.

People’s Alliance gains majority in parliament

The unofficial results of the parliamentary election on May 14 showed that the People's Alliance - formed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the New Welfare Party (YRP) and the Great Union Party (BBP) - garnered the most lawmakers in the parliament

Doubts Dog Serbia’s ‘Tougher Punishment’ Response to Violent Crime

Two days later, a 21-year-old man went on a shooting spree in the Belgrade suburb of Mladenovac, killing eight and wounding 13.

Thousands of Serbs have since taken to the streets to protest what they say is a culture of violence in Serbian society fed by irresponsible politicians and tabloid media.

Serbia: Second term for Vucic, SPP wins about 40%

The results of Serbia's presidential and parliamentary elections show that Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SPP) have won convincing victories.

In a joint forecast, election observer CeSID and the sociological organization Ipsos predict that Vucic will win a second five-year term as president, receiving almost 60% of the vote.

Emails to US Democracy Group Raise Questions about Serbian Lobbying

Freedom House is not the only watchdog to draw attention to democratic backsliding in Serbia since the Progressive Party of President Aleksandar Vucic took power in 2012.

But the official downgrade and the accusation that the Progressives have "systematically curtailed" the ability of the opposition to play a part in the business of governing struck a nerve.

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