Belgrade local election

As he was the only from the ruling coalition not to vote for the new cabinet, it is unclear today whether Dragan Markovic is still a member of that coalition.

BELGRADE - United Serbia (JS) leader Dragan Markovic Palma said Monday he stood by the position that "Ana Brnabic is not his PM" but that his party's coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) was not at stake as a result.

"I will not vote for," Markovic told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) group in the parliament will unanimously back the proposal for Ana Brnabic to become the next PM, but its position is that the majority required to elect her must be ensured by other parties that were on the "Aleksandar Vucic - Serbia is Winning" electoral list, SNS whip Aleksandar Martinovic said Monday.

Serbia's ruling Progressives (SNS) would win 53 pct of the vote if early parliamentary elections were held on Sunday, according to a poll published on Friday.

The Faktor Plus survey shows that the ruling Socialists (SPS) and the opposition Democrats (DS) would win 9.1 and 8.3 percent, respectively.

BELGRADE - For the ruling coalition, it is important to have a joint presidential candidate, as that candidate will win the presidential elections, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic, who is also the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), said Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Friday he would be surprised if PM Aleksandar Vucic ran for president, adding that he would never be Vucic's electoral opponent.

Cabinet minister and high ranking ruling SNS leader Zorana Mihajlovic says she "votes in favor" of Aleksandar Vucic becoming a presidential candidate.

Mihajlovic wants the prime minister and head of the SNS to run in the elections that should take place in the spring as the party's candidate, she told Belgrade daily Blic.

BELGRADE - The position of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) is that continuing the cooperation with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is still in Serbia's best interest, but no discussions have as yet been held on this with SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic, says SPS leader Ivica Dacic.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Monday continue consultations on the new government with representatives of the electoral lists that made it to the parliament in the April 24 early elections.

The consultations began on Thursday, with Nikolic meeting with Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Thursday start consultations on the formation of the Serbian government with a meeting with Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the "Aleksandar Vucic - Serbia is winning" electoral list, which won the most seats in the April 24 early parliamentary elections.