Tomislav Nikolic

President Tomislav Nikolic and his associates on Christmas Eve brought the badnjak - an oak branch - into the Serbian Presidency building in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - If he runs for president, Aleksandar Vucic could win the presidential elections in the first round already, while Tomislav Nikolic could have major problems in a run-off vote, shows a recent survey conducted by the Politika daily and the Faktor Plus opinion poll company.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will not travel to Kosovo and Metohija, where he was to spend Friday, January 6, Christmas Eve.

Serbian Orthodox Christians will celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian Calendar.

Tomislav Nikolic - Photo: Predsednik.rs

BELGRADE - Responding to Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said he had no intention of giving up on a January 9 visit to Banjaluka for the Republika Srpska Day celebrations.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said he had no intention of giving up on a January 9 visit to Banja Luka for the Serb Republic (RS) Day celebrations.

PHOTO: TANJUG/ SAVA RADOVANOVIC

SARAJEVO - The Bosniak member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, on Wednesday urged Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to reconsider his visit to Banjaluka for the January 9 Republika Srpska Day celebrations.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic could win in the first round of presidential elections, that should be held in Serbia in the spring, a new poll has shown.

At the same time, according to the Faktor Plus/Politika survey that, among other issues, looks into the chances of potential candidates, President Tomislav Nikolic "could have problems" if he qualified to the second round.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Republika Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik on Thursday discussed ways to improve the Serbia-RS cooperation pursuant to the Dayton Agreement, and Nikolic accepted Dodik's invitation to attend the January 9 RS Day celebrations in Banja Luka.

BELGRADE - The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) is ready for discussions with the Serbian Progressive Party about a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, says SPS leader Ivica Dacic, noting that incumbent Tomislav Nikolic was now not a joint candidate.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic received the Chairman of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency Mladen Ivanic on Wednesday, expressing commitment to preserving regional peace and stability and noting that the Serbia-BiH ties were good.