National Assembly of Serbia

BELGRADE - The Serbian Parliament Collegium discussed Wednesday the idea of rotating the parliament speaker over the next four years, but no vote on it or talk about candidates for the position took place and the job should be done by Monday.

New parliament to hold inaugural session

BELGRADE -- Lawmakers of the new parliamentary convocation gathered on Wednesday for the first time for the inaugural session of the National Assembly of Serbia.

The mandates of the new MPs will be verified today.

BELGRADE - SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that he offered the Socialists to join the new government, where they would be represented in proportion to their strength, adding that he expects their decision regarding this offer.

BELGRADE - The only item on the agenda of the inaugural session of the Serbian parliament on Wednesday will be verification of MPs’ mandates, and after the Serbian Orthodox Easter holidays, the parliament will elect its speaker, deputy speaker and all parliamentary bodies, outgoing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) MP group leader Zoran Babic has said.

BELGRADE- The Serbian Progressive Party's (SNS) presidency reached a decision Monday to create a coalition government with the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) and to let SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic conduct talks with other parties about possible expansion of the ruling coalition.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is considering a possibility to introduce a one-year term of office for the Serbian parliament speaker in the next four years, which would make it possible for minor parties to preside over the highest legislative body, SNS Deputy President Nebojsa Stefanovic stated on Saturday.

BELGRADE - Different votes by members of the Serbian parliament's delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) are harmful, although all MPs have the right to vote as they wish, Serbia's outgoing parliament speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic stated on Saturday.

SREMSKA KAMENICA - Leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Ivica Dacic expects that over the weekend he will meet leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic to discuss in detail a government program and candidates for ministerial posts.

BELGRADE - Members of the delegation of the Serbian parliament cast different votes concerning the adoption of the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) which deprived the Russian delegation of the right to vote until January 2015.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will confer with party representatives after the Serbian parliament constitution and nominate leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic for the position of the future prime minister, president's advisor Stanislava Pak Stankovic stated on Saturday.