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DS party leader expects "shadow cabinet" to be formed soon

BELGRADE -- The leader of the opposition Democrats (DS), Bojan Pajtic, has told B92 that his party will soon form a shadow cabinet.

Patic, who also serves as head of the provincial government of Vojvodina, believes that "fear rules Serbia," and that it was his party's duty "to free Serbia from it."

SNS wins in early local vote in eastern town

MAJDANPEK -- The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) has won convincingly in early local elections held on Sunday in the town of Majdanpek in eastern Serbia.

The SNS has received 47 percent of the vote and will have 17 out of 31 councilor seats in the municipal assembly.

Three Serbian politicians who quit their original parties are due to officially register their new parties in the coming weeks and months.

The former Democratic Party leader and Serbian president, Boris Tadic, is preparing to register his New Democratic Party.

Sasa Vukasinovic, a deputy for the Progressive Party in the local assembly of Sabac, in western Serbia, has embarrassed the ruling party by saying he had now left after it failed to offer his son a job.

Vukasinovic, who was formerly a member of another political party, the United Regions of Serbia, URS, switched to the Progressives after the party took power in 2012.

Tadic and Vucic in coalition at local level

The SNS shall form a coalition with the NDS in Prokuplje.

BELGRADE - The Presidency Collegium of the United Regions of Serbia (URS) decided on Tuesday the URS would continue to function as a political party, adding that they would discuss cooperation with other parties in order to create a stronger political organization.

"Fate of URS party to be known next week"

KRAGUJEVAC -- United Regions of Serbia (URS) coordinator and Mayor of Kragujevac Veroljub Stevanović has said that "the fate of the party" will be known on Tuesday.

URS party "did not siphon off money from export agency"

BELGRADE -- While in the government, the URS "did not siphon off money from the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) through party members."

This is what United Regions of Serbia (URS) Presidency member Miroslav Čučković said during a B92 TV talk show late on Sunday.

BELGRADE - During their time in the government, the United Regions of Serbia (URS) did not syphon money out of the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) through party members, URS Presidency member Miroslav Cuckovic has said.

Parties spend equal amount in shorter campaign

BELGRADE -- Although the recent election campaign was shorter than the one in 2012, about the same amount of money has been spent, said Transparency Serbia.