Politics of Serbia

BELGRADE - Over the past year and a half, Serbia has pursued a policy of being a reliable partner to investors, and it will continue to do so in the coming period, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at a meeting with a delegation of construction materials maker Lafarge Serbia.

Boris Tadic and Dragan Djilas, the former and current presidents of the Democratic Party, are battling for third place in the upcoming Serbian elections.

SNS leader expects his party to win "more than 40%"

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić has said that he expects his ruling Serb Progressive Party (SNS) to win "more than 40 percent of the vote."

He at the same time added that "the number is not important, but what can be done after elections."

City election commission releases complete list

BELGRADE -- The City Electoral Commission (GIK) has released a complete list of slates for early local elections to be held in Belgrade on March 16.

Ballot papers will contain the slates of 23 parties, coalitions and groups of citizens, GIK Chairman Zoran Lukić told Tanjug on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The City Electoral Commission (GIK) has released a complete list of slates for local elections in Belgrade on March 16, which will contain the slates of 23 parties, coalitions and groups of citizens, GIK Chairman Zoran Lukic told Tanjug on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) released late Wednesday the collective electoral list for the March 16 parliamentary elections, which consists of 19 slates submitted by 19 parties, coalitions and citizens' groups.

The RIK held a session at midnight, which was the deadline for slates to be withdrawn if any of the submitters wished to do so.

BELGRADE - The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) will issue the collective electoral list for the March 16 early parliamentary elections which will comprise slates submitted by 19 parties, coalitions and civil organisations.

The RIK session will take place on Wednesday at midnight.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbian Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, opened the 4th international scientific conference Days of Archibald Reiss on Tuesday, noting that Reiss was the founder of the first state-run police school in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) will win 44 percent of votes in the March 16 elections, ahead of the coalition gathered around the Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) with 13 percent of votes, states the latest survey of the Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) published in the Monday's edition of the Belgrade-based daily Blic.

BELGRADE - Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides stated that Serbia will not have to recognise Kosovo's independence at the end of the accession talks because five EU members have not done that either.