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Serbian Media Favour Progressives, Opposition Say

Opposition politicians in Serbia claim the ruling Progressive Party is getting most air time on televisions for its election campaign, while the opposition can only find space in alternative, social media.

"We are presented in the media by a very small percentage, if we are presented at all," Zoran Krasic, from the Serbian Radical Party, told BIRN.

Iceland's PM Resigns over Panama Papers Revelations

Iceland's prime minister has tendered his resignation two days after his name was linked to the Panama Papers offshore tax revelations, international newswires reported on Tuesday.

Sigmunder David Gunlaugsson is the first major casualty of the global Panama Papers leaks from law firm Mossack Fonseca, which have brought the world offshore finance into the spotlight.

Serbia's Opposition Fails to Unite Ahead of Polls

The former ruling Democratic Party (DS) and its splinter groups, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDS), failed to agree on a joint electoral list on Monday, meaning they will run against the popular Progressives on their own.

Their failure to agree came two days before the final session of the country's parliament under its current mandate.

Serbian Journalists Renew Protests Against 'Sexist' Minister

Serbian journalists on Monday took their protest against the country's Defence Minister to the doors of the government, and, under the slogan "Journalists do not kneel", repeated their demand that Prime Minster Aleksandar Vucic sack Branislav Gasic for making a sexist remark to a reporter.

Serbia's Opposition Parties Plot Joint Election Strategy

Serbian opposition parties have held a joint meeting to plot a common strategy just two days after Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic announced that elections will be held in spring.

The Prime Minister said national polls would be held longside local and provincial elections in the northern province of Vojvodina but did not specify a date.

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