New Serbia

The new Serbian government, elected on Thursday, held the first session in Belgrade on Friday, and decided to to appoint Novak Nedic as its secretary-general.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) group in the parliament will later in the day put in parliamentary procedure a bill amending the Law on Ministries, SNS official Nebojsa Stefanovic said Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) official Maja Gojkovic was on Monday re-elected as the speaker of the Serbian parliament.
   

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Monday continue consultations on the new government with representatives of the electoral lists that made it to the parliament in the April 24 early elections.

The consultations began on Thursday, with Nikolic meeting with Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic.

The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) announced the final results of the snap parliamentary elections on Thursday evening.

The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led list won the highest number of votes - 1,823,147 (48.25 percent) or 131 seats in the national parliament.

The right-wing Democratic Party of Serbia-Dveri coalition passed the five per cent threshold and got into parliament after re-run votes on Wednesday at 15 polling stations.

The votes were held again after the Republic Electoral Commission, RIK, decided to cancel the results from the 15 polling stations at the April 24 parliamentary elections due to complaints of irregularities.

A new Serbian government is expected to be formed after an extraordinary meeting the Serb Progressive Party (SNS) assembly, set to take place on May 28.

SNS leader and head of the outgoing government Aleksandar Vucic said this on Monday afternoon.

The Nova Srbija (New Serbia, NS) party will sign a coalition agreement will this coming weekend with the SNS, in order to go to early elections together.

NS leader and cabinet minister Velimir Ilic announced this on Friday.

MIONICA/LUCANE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) pulled off convincing victories in the local elections that were held in the municipalities of Mionica and Lucane, central Serbia, on Sunday.

According to a statement from the Election Commission, the SNS-led coalition won 64.71 percent of the votes.

Incidents during local elections; SNS-led coalition wins

BELGRADE -- A coalition gathered around the Progressives (SNS) has won 25 out of the 39 seats in the municipal assembly of Mionica.

These results were announced on Monday by the Municipal Election Commission. This small town in western Serbia went to the polls on Sunday in early local elections.