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BELGRADE - In his first statement since media reports about his candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections, incumbent Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Thursday he was waiting for an agreement with PM Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - When contacted by Tanjug late Wednesday, Serbian PM and Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic responded with silence and made no comment on incumbent President Tomislav Nikolic's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections.

In exclusive reports, Sputnik and N1 said earlier in the day Nikolic had decided to run for president.

BELGRADE - The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) Presidency has unanimously decided to put Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic forward to the SPS Head Committee as the joint candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, SPS leader Ivica Dacic said late Wednesday.

The final decision will be made at a Head Committee session scheduled for Saturday, Dacic explained.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said he was mulling severing ties with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) ahead of the presidential election, in an interview to Sputnik on Friday.

BELGRADE - The Presidency of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on Tuesday unanimously decided to name Aleksandar Vucic as the party's candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.

The decision was announced by SNS deputy leader Nebojsa Stefanovic after the party Presidency met in Belgrade.

Vucic's candidacy expected to be confirmed by Head Committee

Serbians have taken to social media to poke fun at reports that the Serbian President and Prime Minister could be running against each other in upcoming presidential elections.

BELGRADE - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has become single candidate from the Serbian Progressive Party for the presidential election due in April, Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic has told reporters.

"Vucic, unanimously," the minister told reporters after a party session. Vucic himself has declined to answer the questions, saying he will make a statement later.

BELGRADE - The ruling coalition has still not made a decision on a joint candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, but the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) insists it will support a candidate who has a chance of a first-round victory, and that is Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic, says Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Ivica Dacic.

Speculation that Aleksandar Vucic will stand for the Serbian presidency mounted on Friday when the vice-president of his ruling Serbian Progressive Party, Milos Vucevic, announced that would propose Vucic as the party's candidate for the elections, expected in March or April.

Opposition New Party member and former Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic told BIRN that prosecutors should launch an investigation into health minister Zlatibor Loncar over his alleged connections with the notorious Zemun Clan, whose members were found guilty of murdering Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003.