Government of Serbia

SMEDEREVO - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Sunday announced elections for "September at the latest".

"You want elections? I will inform the people on May 26, we are going to elections. That means the elections will be held in September at the latest," Vucic told reporters in Smederevo in response to opposition demands for his resignation.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday he would not be travelling to Reykjavik for a Council of Europe (CoE) conference and that Serbia would abstain in a vote on a resolution on protection of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.

The protests were launched after two tragic incidents of mass murders in Serbia, but, as the media reports, the question can be asked, what did the opposition, that is, their representatives, actually do to prevent this violence, and what did the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, do after the terrible crimes that shook Serbia.

"In the silence of the three-day national mourning, as a responsible and well-mannered person, professional in the performance of all previous public duties, as a parent and citizen of the Republic of Serbia, which is always a priority for me, and in accordance with Article 23 of the Law on Government, I adopted a rational and an honorable decision in these circumstances.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Chen Bo on Friday.

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after last night's shooting spree in Mladenovac that left eight people dead, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he had proposed a reinstatement of the capital punishment but that the government was against the move.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received a farewell visit from Japanese Ambassador to Belgrade Takahiko Katsumata on Thursday.

Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Belgrade elementary school Vladislav Ribnikar where eight pupils and one security worker were killed in Wednesday's mass shooting - and later on at Belgrade's Cvetni Trg [Flower Square], after which they went to the Education Ministry to hold a protest.

Belgrade woke up this morning with terror and grief. Three days of national mourning have been announced from tomorrow, and all schools will begin classes with a minute's silence.

All night people gathered in front of the school to light candles and bring flowers, toys, icons, treats in memory of the children killed by a 13-year-old boy.

POJATE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the weekend there was 4.35 bln euros in the state coffers and that Serbia's liquidity was at an all-time high, and announced that the country would undertake as many infrastructure projects as possible to ensure economic growth.