István Pásztor

NOVI SAD - The speaker of the assembly of Serbia's Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians leader Istvan Pastor died on Monday after a serious illness, aged 68.

Born in Majdan, Novi Knezevac municipality, in 1956, Pastor was a jurist by profession.

However, this has continued even after the holidays.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday with President of the Vojvodina Provicncial Assembly and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians leader Istvan Pasztor.

A new Knott Autoflex Yug plant manufacturing parts for car trailers was opened on Thursday in Becej, a town in Serbia's northern Vojvodina province.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic welcomed on Sunday in Nis, southern Serbia, a delegation of the Hungarian government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) leader Istvan Pasztor was on Thursday reelected as the speaker of the assembly of Serbia's Vojvodina province.

The decision was carried by 91 votes for and 14 against, with 13 abstentions.

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) President Istvan Pasztor said on Tuesday he expected to meet with SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic "very soon."

The meeting should produce "a deal in principle," in the wake of Vucic's announcement he would propose Pasztor as president of the Vojvodina Provincial Assembly.

The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) is counting on post-election cooperation with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at provincial level as well.

SVM leader Istvan Pasztor, who is also the president of the Vojvodina provincial assembly, made the statement on Monday, Tanjug reported.

Provincial and local elections will be held simultaneously with early parliamentary elections.

This was announced on Friday in Novi Sad by Vojvodina Provincial Assembly Speaker Istvan Pasztor and Serbian National Assembly Speaker Maja Gojkovic.

NOVI SAD - President of the Vojvodina Assembly Istvan Pastor and Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Peter Burkhard discussed in Novi Sad the current political situation in the northern Serbian province and the continuation of the partnership between the two institutions.