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Hungarian Prime Minister Vikor Orban will attend the September 27 opening of a football academy in the northern Serbian village of Backa Topola, which has been funded by the Hungarian government with 9.5 million euros.

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) leader Istvan Pasztor was on Thursday reelected as the speaker of the assembly of Serbia's Vojvodina province.

The decision was carried by 91 votes for and 14 against, with 13 abstentions.

SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that other than the SVM, his party "may not have other partners in the republic (state) parliament."

A coalition with the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) would give the Progressives (SNS) a majority of 135 deputies, Vucic remarked, speaking in the town of Indjija.

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) President Istvan Pasztor said on Tuesday he expected to meet with SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic "very soon."

The meeting should produce "a deal in principle," in the wake of Vucic's announcement he would propose Pasztor as president of the Vojvodina Provincial Assembly.

The Democratic Party (DS) has won 8.6 percent of votes in Sunday's elections for the provincial assembly of Vojvodina.

The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) is counting on post-election cooperation with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at provincial level as well.

SVM leader Istvan Pasztor, who is also the president of the Vojvodina provincial assembly, made the statement on Monday, Tanjug reported.

Former Serbian deputy prime minister, Subotica mayor, and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) party leader Jozsef Kasza has passed away.

The subotica.com website reported this on Wednesday. Hungarian media also carried the news, saying the 71-year-old died in the hospital in Subotica, and that his health had deteriorated over the past several years.

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.

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 - President of the Vojvodina Executive Council Bojan Pajtic said on Monday that even without the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM), there was still a majority in the provincial assembly that would vote in favour of making changes to the council's composition.