Politics of Serbia

Selakovic said the government was keen to uncover - and divulge - the broader political context of the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic. "I am convinced that we [the government] are absolutely ready for it," Selakovic said.

BELGRADE - Head of the west Sweden trade union office Krister Anderson said on Wednesday he believed Serbia would overcome all obstacles in EU integration stemming for the harmonization with EU standards, and he stressed that Serbia had strong trade unions.

He met with members of the Serbian parliament and said a joint project and cooperation would be of great use for both countries.

BELGRADE – Serbian citizens believe that the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a coalition gathered around former Serbian president Boris Tadic, as well as the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Democratic Party (DS), will pass the threshold at elections scheduled for March 16.

NOVI SAD - The movement Dveri wants to give power back to the people and stop tycoons and political parties from continuing to rob Serbia, leading candidate on the movement's slate for the parliamentary election Bosko Obradovic has said.

BELGRADE - The coalition gathered around the New Democratic Party (NDS) headed by Boris Tadic submitted to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) the list of MP candidates for the early parliamentary elections scheduled for March 16.

BELGRADE – Serbian government officials said Tuesday that strengthening the rule of law is an absolute priority in the country’s European integration process, as the efficiency of reforms in all other segments of society is highly dependent on that.

BELGRADE - Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Cedomir Jovanovic said that his party does not want to wage a war in the election campaign but instead to collaborate with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its leader Aleksandar Vucic.

NOVI SAD - Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica Dacic said at an election rally of the SPS-PUPS-JS coalition on Sunday the coalition wanted reforms, but not those that would "eat people," that Vojvodina needed elections and that Serbia needed a presidential election.

BELGRADE - Elections in Serbia are not slowing down European integration, Tanja Miscevic, Serbia’s chief negotiator in the talks with the EU said Sunday, adding, however, that reforms that Europe demands necessitate rapid formation of institutions after the elections.

BELGRADE - Democratic Party (DS) and political organization Third Serbia submitted to the Electoral Commission of the City of Belgrade (GIK) Thursday their lists of candidates for the early City Assembly elections, scheduled for March 16.