Vojvodina

Speaking in Novi Sad on Sunday, the head of the provincial government of Vojvodina, added it was !preserved as an ideal and as "a realistic framework within which other principles can be exercised."

Serbian opposition parties have rejected the proposition of the former Democratic Party president, Bojan Pajtic, to adopt a "radically different approach" to political struggle and boycott parliament, as they did during the era of President Slobodan Milosevic.

After the pro-government Serbian tabloid Informer again attacked BIRN project coordinator Slobodan Georgiev - calling him one of those "paid by the EU" to cause "chaos" in Serbia - journalists say such attacks are probably intended to pressurize donors to stop financing them.

NOVI SAD - Branislav Bogaroski, deputy president of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, stated on Monday that the draft declaration on the change of Constitution does not offer ready-made solutions, but rather states the facts the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia has to change and that the current Constitution lacks functionality.

BELGRADE - A woman, Marija Obradovic of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), has been appointed chair of the Serbian parliament Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs on Thursday for the first time in history of Serbian parliamentarism.

Media freedom questioned in Serbia

Several incidents in Serbia have raised questions about whether media freedom in the country is in jeopardy.

Regulatory bodies should take more decisive steps against the media that violate journalistic codes, experts said. [Nikola Barbutov/SETimes]