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NOVI SAD - Members of the Vojvodina Assembly adopted on Friday a draft amendment to the voting system, and in future the members of the provincial parliament will be appointed according to the proportional representation system, which is already being employed in the appointment of members of the Serbian parliament and councilors in local self-governments.

Democratic Left (DIMAR), the former junior partner in the coalition which saw its support plummet in last month's European Parliament and local authority elections, was dealt another blow on Friday when prominent MP Vassilis Oikonomou announced that he was quitting the party to become an independent.

MPs adopt conclusions on work of independent bodies

BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament adopted its committees' conclusions and recommendations on regular annual reports by independent regulatory bodies on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Tatjana Babic, director of the Anti-Corruption Agency, stated on Thursday that in 2013 the Agency was nearly 10 times more active in the sphere of control of property and incomes of public officials compared to the previous period, and announced that an initiative for the adoption of a new law on the Agency will be submitted by the end of June.

Representatives of independent regulatory bodies in Serbia walked out of the Serbian parliament on Wednesday after the Commissioner for Public Information, Rodoljub Sabic, was not allowed to speak.

The session had been due was to hear reports filed by independent regulatory bodies detailing their work in 2013.

Commissioner barred from speaking "by mistake"

BELGRADE -- Representatives of independent regulatory bodies walked out of a parliament session late on Wednesday after Rodoljub Šabić was not allowed to speak.

Greek MPs on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of expanding a criminal investigation against neofascist Golden Dawn after the party’s leader Nikos Michaloliakos made his first appearance in Parliament since he was jailed pending trial eight months ago, using the opportunity to curse the government and hail GD’s strong showing in last month’s elections.

Macedonian leaders are contemplating holding new elections for seats vacated by the opposition in parliament.

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski who is holding talks on forming a new government, on Tuesday said that after the opposition MPs resigned, parliament "has no choice but to verify those resignations at the next session and call fresh elections for the vacant seats".

Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Çiçek has returned a Republican People’s Party (CHP) motion demanding a parliamentary inquiry into Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in relation to a wave of corruption probes.

A prosecutor has sent a case file to Parliament regarding corruption accusations against Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis and MPs will decide whether to lift the New Democracy official’s immunity in the next three months, Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou told the House yesterday.