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In just a day, the 50th National Assembly will begin its summer vacation, which is only scheduled to be interrupted once for the swearing in of the caretaker government. At the beginning of September, the deputies will briefly reconvene in the plenary hall before breaking again for the upcoming election campaign.

Raya Nazaryan, the Speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament, announced that she would decline any potential invitation from the President to lead a cabinet.

Following recent constitutional changes, the President can now select an acting prime minister from a restricted pool of senior civil servants, including the Speaker of the National Assembly.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic received EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi on Wednesday to discuss topics including reforms and alignment of national regulations with European laws.

Brnabic said that, in her new post, she would continue to advocate strengthening institutions and democratic principles in Serbia, an official statement said.

The European Parliament must release information on the allowances and expenses claimed by MEP and convicted criminal Ioannis Lagos, who was elected to the European Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group in 2019, EU judges have ruled.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic has called for Wednesday, May 1, a special parliament session at which MPs will elect the new Serbian government, with the PM and the members of his cabinet to take oaths of office.

According to an official statement, the session is scheduled to begin at 12 pm.

The Greek Parliament's Ethics Committee has unanimously voted to lift the immunity of Xanthi MP Brouchan Baran, following allegations that, during the period 2013-2014, he issued illegal prescriptions while practicing as a doctor.

Baran appeared before the committee to present his defense and also requested the lifting of his parliamentary immunity.

BELGRADE - A Collegium meeting called by Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic to discuss further ODIHR recommendations for improving the electoral conditions concluded in the Serbian parliament on Monday afternoon.

It was attended by the whips of the political groups of both the ruling coalition and the opposition.

“Yesterday’s vote in Parliament, but mainly the preceding discussion, I believe provided answers for those who followed it”

The first and second day of the debate on the no confidence motion tabled by the opposition PASOK party (socialist) will last well past midnight, Parliament speaker Konstantinos Tassoulas announced Tuesday.

Tassoulas said the session will be expended because nearly every one of the 300 MPs have expressed interest in taking part on the debate.

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Maja Popovic dismissed on Monday as untrue and malicious claims that there are constitutional obstacles to Ana Brnabic's candidacy for, and election as, new parliament speaker.