Social Democratic Party of Serbia

SREMSKA MITROVICA - Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) Rasim Ljajic stated that his party, a member of the ruling coalition, requests that provincial elections be held in December, since this would be the only solution to a serious political crisis in Vojvodina.

BELGRADE - A total of 18 political parties and 14 groups of citizens have submitted their annual financial reports to the Anti-Corruption Agency so far, the Agency has told Tanjug, adding that the deadline for submitting electronic reports expires at midnight Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The government and opposition parties in Serbia agree in their assessment that the ruling passed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which decided to drop the mutual genocide suits filed by Croatia and Serbia, opens the doors to the search for a solution left over from the war in the territory of former Yugoslavia.

KIEV - Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDS) leader Boris Tadic has met with Ukrainian officials in Kiev to discuss possible solutions to the Ukrainian crisis, noting that that the solutions can only be found through an agreement between Russia and the West that takes the interests of both sides into account.

BELGRADE - An economic caucus was established in the Serbian parliament on Thursday, with Social Democratic Party of Serbia MP Vladimir Marinkovic elected as its president.

NOVI SAD - President of the Vojvodina Executive Council Bojan Pajtic said on Monday that even without the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM), there was still a majority in the provincial assembly that would vote in favour of making changes to the council's composition.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government will discuss the bill of amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure whereby the participation of Serbian volunteers in war clashes abroad would be treated as a criminal act, Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic told the Belgrade-based daily Politika.

Govt. seeks to criminalize participation in wars abroad

BELGRADE -- The government will discuss amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure that would treat participation of Serbian citizens in wars abroad as a criminal act.

Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajić announced this in an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Danas.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday Serbia was not involved in the conflict in Ukraine and added that Serbian citizens who got paid to take part in the hostilities were hurting Serbia.

BELGRADE – The Serbian parliament has so far fully constituted 12 of a total of 19 of its committees in the new session.

One committee has still got no chair, one does not have deputy chair, and four committees currently have neither chair nor deputy chiar.