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The National Coalition for Decentralisation, NKD, a Serbian NGO, on Tuesday published a report saying that the country had spent 74.4 million euros on holding presidential and parliamentary elections since 2012 - more than 60 per cent of which went on snap elections.  

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Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has nominated Ana Brnabic as the country's next prime minister, making her the first openly gay premier in the Balkan region and the first Serbian woman in the top job.

Ana Brnabic, minister of state administration and local self-government in the current cabinet, will be given mandate to put together Serbia's new government.

President Aleksandar Vucic announced this during a news conference in Belgrade, held on Thursday afternoon.

The name of Serbia's new prime minister will be known on June 12, Vecernje Novosti is reporting on Monday, citing "sources close to the ruling coalition."

The name of Serbia's new prime minister will be known on June 12, Vecernje Novosti is reporting on Monday, citing "sources close to the ruling coalition."

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Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Barnabic says she "deeply respects the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC)".

Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Barnabic says she "deeply respects the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC)".

When I read that Zeynep Dinçer and Sibel Balkaya from the Gökyazı village of the eastern province of Muş achieved the highest scores in a nationwide high school admission examination, I remembered a debate that happened a few years ago, where a woman asked: "Can the votes of a professor and a shepherd be the same?" 

After Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic axed three ministers from the junior government party, the Bridge of Independent Lists, MOST, Croatia appear set for political instability and even new elections, possibly in September, a leading politica. analyst told BIRN.

State Administration and Local Self-Government Minister Ana Brnabic has denied the claim that 800,000 extra names had been included into the register of voters.