Politics of Serbia

NOVI SAD - Leader of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) Istvan Pasztor stated on Saturday that the party is ready to take over its share of work and responsibilities in the new government and added that he would confer with leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic on Monday, April 7.

NOVI SAD - The Assembly of Vojvodina on Friday adopted the provincial development programme for the period between 2014 and 2020, described by Vojvodina Prime Minister Bojan Pajtic as a historic document that makes it possible to draw money from EU funds and outlines the fundamental routes of development.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic opened a digital reading room at the University Library "Svetozar Markovic" in Belgrade on Friday, on the occasion of the Students' Day, and called on students to complete their studies on time and choose majors with good employment prospects.

Stanislava Pak-Stankovic, an advisor to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, said on Thursday that a new parliamentary resolution on Kosovo was needed because "the circumstances in Serbia and the world have changed".

The changes include the establishment of a Kosovo army and the impending end of the mandate of the EU's rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX.

BELGRADE - Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin noted on Thursday that Serbia had the right reaction to the events in Crimea with no adverse effects on Belgrade-Moscow relations.

NOVI SAD - Discussions on a joint position on the new statute of Vojvodina have started in the assembly of Serbia's northern province to define its constitutional status.

The draft statute has been drawn up by a group of experts appointed by the competent committee of the provincial assembly to align the provisions of the act with the Serbian constitution.

The government of the Serbian province of Vojvodina and its capital Novi Sad are soon to be transformed into an "executive council" and a "seat of the provincial authority", if a new draft statute for the province is adopted.

"The northern province of Vojvodina will no longer be in charge of establishing basic policy at the level of the autonomous province of Vojvodina," it reads.

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that the coalition he is leading has a sufficient number of competent people he can form the best possible government with.

In an interview with Deutsche welle, Vucic said that he will be striving to prevent ministries from functioning like entities that belong to parties.

"Vučić to present govt. program to party on Saturday"

BELGRADE -- SNS leader Aleksandar Vučić will present the program of his future government at the SNS presidency session on Saturday, writes a daily.

The party's leadership will also discuss the constitution of a government, and potential coalition partners.

URS party "did not siphon off money from export agency"

BELGRADE -- While in the government, the URS "did not siphon off money from the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) through party members."

This is what United Regions of Serbia (URS) Presidency member Miroslav Čučković said during a B92 TV talk show late on Sunday.