Zoran Živković

The opposition gave the authorities six days to fulfill their demands.

The Democratic Party will mark the anniversary of democratic changes in Serbia with an exhibition at the party premises in Vracar that will be attended by its leader Zoran Lutovac, the president of the New Party, Zoran Zivkovic. and the president of the Social Democratic Party, Boris Tadic.

BELGRADE - European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn spoke with officials of a number of Serbian opposition parties at the seat of the EU Delegation to Belgrade on Thursday.

Two opposition members of the Serbian National Assembly have asked for a group of protesters to be allowed to attend Tuesday's session from the balcony.

But Assembly President Maja Gojkovic denied this request filed by deputies Zoran Zivkovic and Marinika Tepic (NS).

New Belgrade's Hala Sportova on Sunday hosted a gathering that marked the beginning of former Citizens' Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic's presidential campaign.

Those who showed up at the packed sports venue included the numerous public figures who previously signed an appeal to Jankovic to run, as well as officials from several opposition parties.

While most political parties in Serbia, including the ruling Progressives, have yet to name their candidates for April's presidential elections, Sasa Jankovic officially launched his presidential campaign on Tuesday.

"In the name of the citizens, I want to be the president of Serbia as the protector of all of us," Jankovic said. 

Opposition New Party member and former Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic told BIRN that prosecutors should launch an investigation into health minister Zlatibor Loncar over his alleged connections with the notorious Zemun Clan, whose members were found guilty of murdering Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003.

New Party (NS) leader and MP Zoran Zivkovic said on Thursday that it is "obvious" the opposition will not go to early elections "in a single column."

He said his party is ready to participate in the parliamentary election, yet to be called, either independently or "in some natural coalition, where we won't have to explain why we're a member ."

Opposition and ruling party MPs clashed in Serbia's parliament on Tuesday about potential wrongdoings in the forthcoming parliamentary elections broadly scheduled for late April.

Zoran Zivkovic, president of the opposition New Party, said that his party, like most citizens in Serbia, feared electoral fraud.

Opposition New Party (NS) leader Zoran Zivkovic said on Tuesday there were "obvious preparations for theft in the upcoming election."

According to him, "that is why around 2,000 people have moved to (central Belgrade municipality) Vracar."