Matjaž Nemec

STRASBOURG - At the proposal of rapporteur Matjaz Nemec, the European Parliament on Tuesday approved visa liberalisation for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate for Kosovo-Metohija, which operates as part of the Serbian Interior Ministry.

BRUSSELS - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Elvira Kovac urged European Parliament members on Tuesday to open new clusters in Serbia's EU accession talks to give the country impetus in the process.

Kovac and a delegation of 20 Serbian MPs who are in their first terms as members of the National Assembly are in Brussels for a two-day study visit to the European Parliament.

BELGRADE- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Belgrade with MEP and rapporteur for Serbia Vladimir Bilcik and MEP Matjaz Nemec, who is a member of the Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee.

BELGRADE - MEP Matjaz Nemec, who is a member of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee, and MEP and rapporteur for Serbia Vladimir Bilcik met with Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic in Belgrade on Friday.

BRUSSELS - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic kicked off a visit to Brussels on Tuesday with a meeting with MEPs.

Dacic met with shadow rapporteur Demetris Papadakis and the European Parliament's mediator in the dialogue with the Serbian parliament, Matjaz Nemec.

BELGRADE - MEPs Vladimir Bilcik and Matjaz Nemec will be visiting Belgrade on January 26-27, their offices have confirmed to Tanjug.

Confirming the visit, the Serbian parliament said they would meet with Speaker Vladimir Orlic to discuss further cooperation between the National Assembly and the European Parliament.

The Bulgarian MEP Elena Yoncheva was unable to win the post of Vice-President of the European Parliament.

The MEP from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Elena Yoncheva, is one of the candidates for the position of Vice President of the European Parliament, which until recently was held by Eva Kaili, Politico reports. The group will elect her deputy today at a closed meeting.

Ljubljana – The police have fined Pavel Gantar, a former parliamentary speaker and minister, over a tweet he posted about the 5 October protest in Ljubljana, which comes after Police Commissioner Anton Olaj reported to the police an unknown perpetrator over a tweet he deemed offensive to the police and police officers.

Ljubljana – Interior Minister Aleš Hojs told commercial broadcaster POP TV on Sunday that the possibility of an early election was completely justified. The ruling Democrats (SDS) are discussing this possibility a lot, he said, adding that going to the polls a few months earlier would make no difference as the government was practically at the end of its term.