Dragan Markovic

Higher Prosecutor's Office in Jagodina in central Serbia told BIRN that it will examine claims that veteran MP and senior municipal official Dragan 'Palma' Markovic was involved in parties at which underage girls were sexually exploited.

The Higher Prosecutor's Office in Jagodina in central Serbia told BIRN that it will examine claims that veteran MP and senior municipal official Dragan 'Palma' Markovic was involved in parties at which underage girls were sexually exploited.

The foreign minister and SPS party leader said the gathering will last several hours, starting at 16:00 CET, and will be "ten, fifteen times more massive" than the opposition rally held in Belgrade last Saturday.

This is according to the latest poll published by daily Vecernje Novosti.

According to the same poll, of the 24 participants in the election, only three others will cross the five percent threshold.

As he was the only from the ruling coalition not to vote for the new cabinet, it is unclear today whether Dragan Markovic is still a member of that coalition.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said Tuesday she expected the new government to be elected at the end of next week - by June 30 at the latest.

BELGRADE - United Serbia (JS) leader Dragan Markovic Palma said Monday he stood by the position that "Ana Brnabic is not his PM" but that his party's coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) was not at stake as a result.

"I will not vote for," Markovic told Tanjug.

JAGODINA - The Serbian government's new policy will be one of growth and incentives for investment and development, PM Aleksandar Vucic said in Jagodina, central Serbia, at a cornerstone-laying ceremony for a new plant of Italian auto parts maker Aunde.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday began the consultations on the new government with a meeting with officials of the Socialist Party of Serbia -United Serbia coalition in the parliament building.

Vucic and his aide Ivica Kojic met with SPS and United Serbia leaders Ivica Dacic and Dragan Markovic at 2 pm.

Serbia's Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) late on Wednesday proclaimed the collective electoral list, containing a total of 20 lists.