National Assembly of Serbia

BELGRADE - The draft statute of Vojvodina, to be discussed by the Serbian parliament on Friday, does not diminish the autonomy of the province and will be adopted in the form proposed by the Assembly of Vojvodina, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said Monday that the main change proposed by the bill on amendments to the Law on National Councils of National Minorities is for the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) to be in charge of conducting council elections and not the Ministry, as was the case so far.

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.

NOVI SAD - Session of the Vojvodina Assembly dedicated to the debate on the draft Statute of the northern Serbian province, is scheduled for May 14, Vojvodina government's Public Relations Bureau released on Friday.

BELGRADE - The Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction was constituted in the Serbian parliament on Friday and Vesna Rakonjac of the Serbian Progressive Party was appointed as the committee chair.

Duma speaker grateful for "position on Ukraine crisis"

BELGRADE -- Sergei Naryshkin thanked the Serbian public on its position regarding the crisis in Ukraine, which he said was identical to the Russian stance.

State Duma speaker to visit Serbia next week

BELGRADE -- Speaker of the Russian State Duma Sergei Naryshkin will arrive in Serbia for a two-day visit on Monday, May 5.

He will meet with Serbian officials and attend scientific events related to the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I.

NOVI SAD - Members of the Vojvodina Assembly Collegium made on Tuesday “a significant step forward to the final version of the draft statute of the province," Vojvodina government's Public Relations Bureau released.

Biography of new Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić served as first deputy PM in charge of defense, security and fight against corruption and crime in the previous cabinet since September 2013.

In the same period, he was secretary general of the National Security Council.

BELGRADE – Aleksandar Senic, MP for the opposition New Democratic Party (NDS), is the candidate for chairman of the Serbian parliament’s European Integration Committee, ruling Serbian Progressive Party's (SNS) whip Zoran Babic has confirmed for Tanjug.