Aleksandar Popovic

CHISINAU - Partizan Belgrade beat Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol 1-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League round of 32 in Chisinau on Thursday evening.

Partizan striker Ricardo Gomes scored the only goal of the match in the 45th minute and goalkeeper Aleksandar Popovic also produced a great performance with several brilliant saves.

Voters of Serbia are casting ballots in the presidential election on Sunday to choose a successor to their departing one-term President, Tomislav Nikolic.

Polling stations are open from 7 am to 8 pm CET (GMT+2), and the preliminary results are expected to be published by the State Election Commission, RIK, a few hours after polls close.

BELGRADE - The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) presidential candidate Aleksandar Popovic said he strongly opposed the negotiations that were "killing" the presence of Serbia as a state in Kosovo-Metohija.

Aleksandar Popovic says that PM and ruling coalition's presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic is supported by "Gerhard Schroeder and Angela Merkel."

At the same time, Popovic, the presidential candidate of the opposition DSS party, noted that he was backed by "Vojislav Kostunica and the patriots" because they care about "Serb freedom above all else."

BELGRADE - Serbian PM and Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic maintains a commanding lead ahead of the presidential elections and has great chances of a first-round victory with 53 percent support, the latest Ipsos Strategic Marketing survey shows.

SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic currently has 53 percent support and a big chance of winning in the first round of the April 2 election, according to a new Ipsos Strategic Marketing poll.

Luka Maksimovic, aka Ljubisa Beli Preletacevic, is now second with a rating of about 11 percent.

Bookmakers in Serbia say the odds are heavily in favour of the Prime Minister and head of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, Aleksandar Vucic, winning the presidential election.

The chances of him winning outright in the first round are slightly lower than his chances of winning in the second round, however, they said.

The Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) presidential candidate Aleksandar Popovic said the United States and NATO tacitly approved of Kosovo going ahead with its plan to transform the local Security Force (KSF) into a national army, in an interview to Sputnik.

The deadline for candidates to submit their applications to take part in Serbia's presidential elections has expired at midnight.

The Electoral Commission (RIK) received 12 candidatures, and to date confirmed seven.

BELGRADE - The presidency of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has named Aleksandar Popovic as the party's candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, acting DSS President Milos Jovanovic announced Friday.