Politics of Vojvodina

BELGRADE – Serbian parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic postponed a parliament meeting to discuss the draft statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina for Monday, the Serbian parliament said in a release on Thursday.

NOVI SAD - The assembly of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina on Wednesday adopted the proposed amendments to the provincial statute, which are also to be discussed in the Serbian parliament on Friday.

Ninety-nine out of the 120 assembly members voted for the amendments, with six voting against.

Vojvodina assembly adopts amendments to statute

NOVI SAD -- The assembly of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina on Wednesday adopted the proposed amendments to the provincial statute.

The draft will now be discussed in the Serbian parliament on Friday.

99 out of 120 assembly members voted in favor, while six were against.

NOVI SAD - The Serbian constitution must be amended because it does not comply with European standards, Vojvodina Prime Minister Bojan Pajtic said on Wednesday.

Aniko Muskinja Heinrich, Ombudsman for Vojvodina, on Wednesday said introducing so-called "language patrols" - to determine how many members of the Hungarian minority do not speak Serbian - could damage community relations in Serbia's northern province.

BELGRADE - The draft statute of Vojvodina, to be discussed by the Serbian parliament on Friday, does not diminish the autonomy of the province and will be adopted in the form proposed by the Assembly of Vojvodina, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said on Tuesday.

New statute "won't diminish Vojvodina's autonomy"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojković has said that the new draft of the Statute of Vojvodina does not diminish the province's autonomy.

This official from the ranks of the ruling Progressives (SNS) added that the draft should be presented to MPs on Friday.

NOVI SAD - The international conference "Slovaks and Serbs - History and Present" is organized with an idea to further strengthen the historical ties between Serbia and Slovakia, Ana Tomanova Makanova, Vice-President of the Vojvodina Assembly and chair of the National Council of the Slovak national minority underlined Friday in Novi Sad.

NOVI SAD - Session of the Vojvodina Assembly dedicated to the debate on the draft Statute of the northern Serbian province, is scheduled for May 14, Vojvodina government's Public Relations Bureau released on Friday.

NOVI SAD - The Vojvodina Assembly's Committee on Issues of Constitutional and Legal Status of the Province adopted on Thursday the final version of the draft Statute, which will be brought before MPs of the provincial parliament in the session scheduled for May 13.