Serbian Assembly

The Belgrade City Assembly will on Thursday pass decisions to name several streets and squares in the Serbian capital.

In the municipality of Vracar, a street will be named after Russian diplomat Nikolai Hartvig, while the former Financial Park in Savski Venac will be named after Gavrilo Princip.

A monument to Princip is already located in the park.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has condemned the visit of a group of Serbian Assembly members ("people's deputies") to Crimea.

Kiev also summoned the Serbian ambassador to Ukraine and asked him to provide "explanations regarding the matter."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has condemned the visit of a group of Serbian Assembly members ("people's deputies") to Crimea.

Kiev also summoned the Serbian ambassador to Ukraine and asked him to provide "explanations regarding the matter."

The opposition DJB movement has launched an initiative in the Serbian Assembly to put a no confidence motion against the government on the parliamentary agenda.

In a statement on Monday, the movement said this has been prompted by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's decision to join the presidential race as a candidate while still serving as the head of the country's government.

The Serbian Assembly on Thursday rejected putting on the agenda a motion to set up an inquiry committee on the assassination of PM Zoran Djindjic.

The motion was proposed by the opposition Serb Radical Party (SRS).

The Serbian Assembly on Friday ratified an agreement between the Serbian and the Chinese governments on abolishing visas for citizens of the two countries.

167 members of the Assembly voted in favor of ratifying the agreement, signed in Riga on November 5, and none voted against.

BELGRADE - An Inter-Parliamentary Union roundtable in Geneva has commended Serbia for building mechanisms enabling free access to information, as well as for progress made in strengthening parliamentary capacities.

The commissioner Rodoljub Šabić said that the disclosing of the name of the prosecutor in the Savamala case did not affect the conduct of the proceedings.

Serbian Assembly President Maja Gojkovic, who was reelected on Monday, says she will treat all parliamentary groups equally.

The Serbian Assembly adopted the law on remedying the consequences of seizure of assets of Holocaust victims with no living legal heirs on Friday.

Under the law, financial support for the Union of Jewish Municipalities is provided from the Serbian budget in the form of payment of monetary sums totaling EUR 950,000 over a calendar year, for a period of 25 years, starting from 2017.