Politics of Vojvodina

BELGRADE - Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Bojan Pajtic said Monday that the provincial and local elections cannot be held before the spring of 2016, when, due to the situation in the country, a snap parliamentary election should also take place.

Ljajic's party wants provincial elections in December

SREMSKA MITROVICA -- Leader of the SDPS Rasim Ljajic says the party, a member of the ruling coalition, wants provincial elections in Vojvodina to be held in December.

According to Ljajic, who is also a cabinet minister, "this would be the only solution to a serious political crisis in Vojvodina."

SREMSKA MITROVICA - Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) Rasim Ljajic stated that his party, a member of the ruling coalition, requests that provincial elections be held in December, since this would be the only solution to a serious political crisis in Vojvodina.

BELGRADE - A total of 18 political parties and 14 groups of citizens have submitted their annual financial reports to the Anti-Corruption Agency so far, the Agency has told Tanjug, adding that the deadline for submitting electronic reports expires at midnight Wednesday.

NOVI SAD - Bojan Pajtic, president of the Vojvodina government, and Canadian Ambassador to Serbia Philip Pinnington agreed on Tuesday that there are numerous possibilities for promotion of the economic cooperation between the Serbian northern province and Canada.

SUBOTICA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) leader Istvan Pastor have discussed "economic and spatial development plans" prepared by SVM experts.

SUBOTICA - The relations between Serbia and Hungary have never been as harmonious as they are now and that benefits the Vojvodina Hungarians the most , President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) Istvan Pastor has said.

NOVI SAD - The Democratic Party (DS), League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM), which form the ruling coalition in the parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, dicussed on Monday the future of the coalition.

NOVI SAD - Vojvodina Prime Minister Bojan Pajtic and US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby have discussed the current situation in Vojvodina and ways to improve the conditions for attracting investments.

Member of DS party presidency detained, then released

NOVI SAD -- A member of the Democratic Party (DS) presidency and vice-president of the Assembly of Vojvodina, Milivoj Vrebalov, was detained on Monday.

He was released early on Tuesday after a court in Zrenjanin, in the province of Vojvodina, decided there were "no elements" to keep him in jail for up to 30 days.