Vladimir Goati

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic remains the only head of state in the Balkan region to lead a political party, having not followed the example of his predecessor, Tomislav Nikolic, who quit the Serbian Progressive Party to assume his new office.

Serbia on Monday said that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit the US this week to meet, among others, Vice-President Joe Biden and John Kerry, Secretary of State.

Vucic will also meet Christine Lagarde, IMF managing director, and Jim Yong Kim, the President of the World Bank.

Vladimir Goati thinks that the footage showing Ivica Dacic and top MUP officials with Rodoljun Radulovic "could speed up early elections."

The Serbian government believes that the new law will not only boost the fight against crime and corruption, but also ensure that people regularly report their income and pay taxes.

However, watchdog organisation Transparency Serbia warned that the outcome might not meet these expectations.

Their leaders have paid their respects to the victims, begged forgiveness "on their knees," and deplored a "heinous crime," but Serbia and Serbs still stubbornly refuse to call the Srebrenica massacre a genocide, experts say.

BELGRADE - Transparency Serbia (TS) backed Friday amendments to the Public Procurements Law, stating that the provision of the additional requirements for bidders should be limited, as it can be a source of corruption in practice.

"Cabinet reshuffle could be much ado about nothing"

BELGRADE -- Transparency Serbia President Vladimir Goati has said he "doubts whether the announced cabinet reshuffle will in fact take place."

Serbia mounts diplomacy drive

Boosting bilateral relations with Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia is a priority for Serbia.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic (left) meets with his Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski (right) on February 16th ahead of a joint summit in Skopje. [AFP]

"President and prime minister clash openly"

BELGRADE -- An analyst says that the exchange between Zorana Mihajlovic and Stanislava Pak "points to an open clash between Aleksadar Vucic and Tomislav Nikolic."

Pak is a presidential adviser, while Mihajlovic serves as a cabinet minister.

BELGRADE - At 41, Serbia's score in the Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2014 saw a slight fall, and ranked 78th among 175 countries, Serbia is still a highly corrupt country, Transparency Serbia (TS), TI's national chapter in the country, told a press conference in Belgrade Wednesday.