Progressive Party

Icelanders opted for stability in a general election, results showed on Oct. 30, with the anti-establishment Pirate Party falling short of expectations and the junior partner in the outgoing government emerging on top. 

Serbia's opposition Democratic Party, DS, has filed a draft law seeking termination of the agreement on cooperation between Belgrade and the United Arab Emirates, UAE, signed in February 2013, claiming it is unconstitutional and damages the public interest.

MPs from Serbia's ruling Progressive Party, SNS, and the nationalist Serbian Radical Party, SRS, slated Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic during the parliamentary discussion of his report for 2015 on Wednesday, claiming he was not doing his job but was acting like a politician.

After April's general elections in Serbia, which the governing Progressive Party won handsomely, the embattled and weakened pro-European Democratic Party, DS, is entering internal elections that could lead to a new president and determine the party's course ahead of Serbia's presidential elections in 2017.

BELGRADE - European Parliament's rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister congratulated Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on the victory in Serbia's parliamentary elections and lauded the democratic spirit of the Serbian people.
    

BELGRADE - According to preliminary data of Serbia's Republic Election Commission (RIK), the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) won in Serbia's early parliamentary elections with over 55 percent of the vote, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) amassed about 11 percent of the votes and the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) was supported by 7.7 percent of the electorate.
    

Serbia's pro-western Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won a resounding endorsement in the April 24 general election for his policy of pursuing European Union membership, securing four more years in power with a parliamentary majority. 

But he will have to contend with a resurgent ultra-nationalist opposition which rejects integration with the EU and demands closer ties with Russia. 

Early parliamentary elections along with elections for the assembly of the autonomous province of Vojvodina and for most local assemblies are taking place in Serbia on Sunday.

Polling stations opened at 7 o'clock (CET) and the voting will last until 20 o'clock (CET).

A total of 3270 candidates on twenty electoral lists are competing to win one of the 250 parliamentary seats.

Voters in Serbia on Sunday choose new national and provincial parliaments as well as the largest number of local asemblies.

In the parliamentary elections, 20 political lists with a total of 3,270 candidates will be competing for 250 seats.

Some 15 election lists are taking part in the race for 120 seats in the assembly of the autonomous northern province of Vojvodina.

Why did the left-right grand coalition of tiny Turkish Cyprus collapse? There are lots of tales but the short answer is quite simple: Gross mismanagement. At a time when Cuba has changed, the Turkish Cypriot left has insisted on remaining loyal to a Stalinist anti-private sector doctrine.