Vojvodina

Five Serbia cities among 10 European cities of future

BELGRADE - The magazine fDi Intelligence has included 5 Serbian cities in its list of top 10 European cities and regions of the future, and it also presented officials of those cities with awards in Cannes, France.

The awards were given out to Zajecar, Zrenjanin, Sremska Mitrovica, Ruma and Vranje. They were picked out of a pool of 468 cities in Europe.

SVM prepared to take part in government

SUBOTICA - The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) is prepared to take part in the government if the party programme presented in the election campaign is part of the programme of the next government, SVM leader Istvan Pastor said on Thursday.

He told a news conference in Subotica that Hungarians and other ethnicities will vote for the SVM at the snap parliamentary poll on Sunday.

Bunjevci back SNS slate

SUBOTICA - The Bunjevac political and national organizations backed the slate of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) for early parliamentary elections on March 16, it was said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Canak: We will not allow foreigners to buy our land

RUSKI KRSTUR - The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) is against the sale of arable land to foreigners since new land cannot be generated, LSV leader Nenad Canak has said.

At the party's pre-election rally, Canak said in Ruski Krstur on Sunday evening that the LSV will stand in the way of those who want to sell the little that is left in Vojvodina.

RIK releases collective electoral list

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The RIK held a session at midnight, which was the deadline for slates to be withdrawn if any of the submitters wished to do so.

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