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Speaker: Regional cooperation one of Serbia's priorities [Apr 26, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? stated on Thursday that regional cooperation was one of the priorities of Serbia's foreign policy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Eastday-Serbian presidential election called on May 6 [Apr 06, 2012] BELGRADE, April 5-- Serbia has set to elect a new president on May 6, as the country's Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic Dejanovic signed an official decree on Thursday following the formal resignation of Boris Tadic. [via YahooNews] More >>

EP: Serbia must open secret files [Apr 02, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia is the last country in Europe that still has not opened its secret services? files and the European Parliament (EP) has called on Belgrade to do so soon. [via YahooNews] More >>

Speaker: Still no news about presidential elections [Mar 17, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? has stated that it is still unknown whether early presidential elections will be held in Serbia or not. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia to hold parliamentary, local elections on May 6 [Mar 13, 2012] Belgrade (dpa) - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Tuesday called regular parliamentary elections for May 6. The country will hold provincial and local polls on the same date.The last elections for the Serbian national parliament, the legislature in the northern autonomous province of Vojvodina and for municipal authorities were held in May 2008.Some 7 million people are eligible to vote. The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Committee on Kosovo to debate dialogue agreements [Mar 08, 2012] BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament Committee on Kosovo will hold a session Thursday to consider the agreements between Belgrade and Pristina reached in Brussels. [via YahooNews] More >>

Thousands in Kosovo protest the EU-brokered deal with Serbia [Feb 27, 2012] Pristina/Belgrade (dpa) - Several thousand Kosovar Albanians protested Monday in Pristina against the European Union-brokered agreement with Serbia, saying it undermined the independence of Kosovo.The protest was called by the Vetevendosje, or self-determination, party, the third largest in the Kosovo parliament, which vehemently opposes any deals with Belgrade.Kosovo, a predominantly ethnic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbian, Romanian MPs discuss "minority issues" [Feb 24, 2012] BELGRADE -- Members of the Serbian parliament friendship group with Romania visited Bucharest and discussed to talk "improved cooperation between the two countries". [via YahooNews] More >>

Speaker: Elections won?t be held in northern Kosovo [Feb 22, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia will not call elections in northern Kosovo municipalities, Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Time ?not right? for EU enlargement [Feb 09, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia deserves the candidate status but I believe that now is not a good moment for the EU enlargement, European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz says. [via YahooNews] More >>

Speaker praises parliament's role in EU integrations [Jan 30, 2012] BELGRADE -- Parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? said on Monday that the Serbian parliament was a "champion of EU integrations". [via YahooNews] More >>

EU stance on Serbia ?more positive than in Decemeber? [Jan 29, 2012] BELGRADE -- EU?s stance on Serbia?s candidate status is slightly more positive than in December, Serbian parliament's EU Integration Committee Chairman Laslo Varga says. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia deserves candidate status in March ? EP president [Jan 26, 2012] BELGRADE -- Newly-elected European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz has stated that Serbia deserves to be granted the EU candidate status in March. [via YahooNews] More >>

Greens of Serbia protest demanding ban on GMO [Jan 19, 2012] BELGRADE -- Supporters and members of the Greens of Serbia party staged a protest in front of the House of the Serbian parliament on Thursday in Belgrade. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia sends protest note to Montenegro [Jan 18, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia has sent a protest note to Montenegro over an article published by Andrej Nikolaidis, who acts as adviser to the Montenegrin parliament speaker. [via YahooNews] More >>

EP rapporteur: Serbia deserves EU candidate status [Jan 12, 2012] BELGRADE -- European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur Jelko Kacin stated Wednesday Serbia deserved both the candidate status and a date for the beginning of the talks. [via YahooNews] More >>

Govt. sends Development Bank bill to MPs [Jan 11, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbia could soon get a development bank, as the Serbian government forwarded on Wednesday a relevant bill to the county's parliament. Minimum capital of the bank will be RSD 400 million, partly provided from the republican budget, and Serbia must be the majority owner. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia bans alcohol in parliament [Jan 07, 2012] The Serbian parliament has banned alcohol after media reports of excessive drinking, a top official said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Serbia parliament bans alcohol [Jan 06, 2012] BELGRADE (AFP) - The Serbian parliament has banned alcohol after media reports of excessive drinking, a top official said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Candidate status in March ?uncertain? [Jan 04, 2012] BELGRADE -- Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? has stated that it is uncertain that Serbia will get the EU candidate status in March. [via YahooNews] More >>