Serbian Progressive Party

Twitter is reported to have suspended the accounts of at least 16 political figures in Serbia, all of them either members of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party or holders of senior state posts.

Svetozar Andric, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army's Birac Brigade and later the chief of staff of the Drina Corps during the Bosnian war, was officially elected as a new member of the Belgrade City Council on Thursday.

Beginning of protest against Euro Pride in Belgrade. Screenshot: N1

According to local media reports, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 people present at the protest. The demonstrators began walking from in front of the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarchate offices and, after passing through city centre streets, ended up in front of Saint Marko Church.

MP of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Vladimir Orlic was elected parliament speaker in an open ballot, with 154 votes in favor and 76 opposed, out of 230 MPs present.
"154 voted in favor, 76 opposed, while there were no abstentions," MP Vladeta Jankovi announced at 9:30 p.m. as the chairman of the constitutive session of the parliament.

According to the President of the RIK Vladimir Dimitijevi, final results show that the list of the Serbian Progressive Party "Aleksandar Vui - Together we can do everything" will have 120 MPs, "United for the Victory of Serbia" 38, SPS 31, the NADA coalition 15, the "Moramo" coalition 13, and Dveri and Zavetnici 10 MPs each.

First results suggest an ethnic Albanian coalition has secured a seat in Serbia's parliament, ending a marathon battle that began with the April Serbian general elections.

"Both constructive [proposals] and criticism, we will listen to them - you can get a message from criticism and become better," Belgrade mayor Aleksandar Sapic told public broadcaster Radio-Television Serbia, RTS on Tuesday in his first interview after being elected

Officials from Serbia's ruling Serbian Progressive Party on Monday called for an investigation into Defence Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic after a former Interior Ministry official, Dijana Hrkalovic, who is currently on trial for alleged influence-peddling, accused him of gaining access to transcripts of covertly-recorded phonecalls involving President Aleksandar Vucic.

Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening that if the largest opposition coalition in Belgrade, United for Serbia, wants to have new elections in the capital, he will propose it to the main board of his ruling Serbian Progressive Party, SNS.

Basking in the glow of another election win on April 3, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Serbs he was "the proudest man in the county."

The reason for such pride was the 59.3 per cent he notched up in the presidential election, or roughly 800,000 more than all the other candidates combined.