Bojan Pajtic

Leader of Democrats set to resign

The party, that in the past gave several mayors, including Zoran Djindjic, now won 2.25 percent of the vote (18,286 votes) and will not be represented in the Assembly.

Previously, Balsa Bozovic, who headed the Belgrade board of the party and its campaign for the election, also resigned.

Former DS leader says he won lawsuit against tabloid

Former leader of the Democratic Party (DS) Bojan Pajtic says he has won a lawsuit he filed against the Belgrade-based daily Informer.

"They lied that I vacationed in a hotel on the Brionian Islands (in Croatia)," Pajtic posted on Twitter, and noting that the newspaper paid him RSD 170,000 - about EUR 1,380 - in damages.

Opposition Democrats elect new party leader

Dragan Sutanovac has been elected as the new leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DS).

Immediately in the wake of this decision, the former DS president, Bojan Pajtic, also resigned as the head of the party's parliamentary group, saying that he "does not share completely the new leadership's values and its political rationale."

LGBT Activists March with Politicians for Belgrade Pride

The third Belgrade Pride Parade, which took place under the slogan "Love changes the world", was held on Sunday with several hundred LGBT rights supporters, alongside Serbian politicians, participating in the march through the centre of the Serbian capital.

The group was protected by some 5,000 police officers who had the city centre in lockdown to ensure participants' safety.

Pajtic: Being in gov't with SNS is last thing on our minds

BELGRADE - Democratic Party (DS) leader Bojan Pajtic said in a statement to reporters after Monday's consultations on the new government that he explicitly told President Tomislav Nikolic that "being in the government with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is the last thing" on the Democrats' minds.

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