The opposition SNS party leader says that the government will face protests should it fail to call early elections. If the government chooses to ignore the party’s demands, “including the most important one which refers to calling early elections within two months”, SNS will launch protests until the demands have been met, Tomislav Nikolić stated on Tuesday.
Posts Tagged ‘elections’
Final results of Kosovo elections
January 31st, 2011 |
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The Kosovo Central Election Commission announced on Sunday evening the final results of the early elections held in Kosovo.
According to this, 34 madates were won by Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo, followed by the Democratic League of Kosovo with 27.
Elections repeat in K. Mitrovica
January 23rd, 2011 |
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The repeated parliamentary elections in Kosovska Mitrovica are going smoothly and there have been no incidents, said Kosovo police (KPS) Spokesman Besim Hoti.
He explained that 500 KPS officers were securing the polling stations and providing security to the citizens.
Mufti: Mistake to repeat council elections
January 20th, 2011 |
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It would be a great mistake by the authorities to repeat the April 17 elections for the Bosniak ethnic council, says Muamer Zukorlić. This, because it would allow the elected council to deal with issues not regulated by law, the head of one of the Islamic communities – the Islamic Community in Serbia – stated on Wednesday.
Russia: “Senseless” to speculate about 2012 elections
January 19th, 2011 |
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Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich on Wednesday described speculation over who would run in the 2012 presidential elections as “senseless”. He made the statement during an interview with the Gazeta.ru news site, RIA Novosti reports.
“Kosovo elections were manipulated”
January 11th, 2011 |
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European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek says the recent elections in Kosovo were “manipulated”. “These elections cannot be expected to bring about stable institutions, and the future Kosovo parliament should take into account that they were elected through an irregular process,” Lunacek stated in an interview for the PriÅ¡tina-based daily Koha Ditore.
EP in statement on elections in Kosovo
January 10th, 2011 |
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A delegation of the European Parliament (EP) has issued a statement regarding the Kosovo elections held on December 12 and January 9. The voting was characterized by several serious flaws, which indicates a lack of political will with regard to staging proper elections that would be in line with international standards and good electoral practice, said the statement.
Elections repeat in six Kosovo municipalities
January 9th, 2011 |
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Elections will be repeated in six Kosovo municipalities on Sunday since the Central Election Commission observed irregularities in the December elections.
Parliamentary elections will be repeated in municipalities of Srbica, Glogovac and DeÄani, and at some polling stations in Lipljan, MaliÅ¡evo and Kosovska Mitrovica.
U.S.: Ivory Coast president stole elections
January 6th, 2011 |
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The U.S. is renewing its call for Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to yield power to the internationally recognized winner of the November election.
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Gbagbo’s continued hold on power amounts to election theft.
Polls close in Kosovo elections
December 12th, 2010 |
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47.8 percent of voters cast their ballots by the end of voting in the Kosovo elections today, the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) said. CEC’s Valdete Daka said that mobile polling stations were open in northern Kosovo as well, adding that the turnout in these locations was “lower”.
“Elections to deepen divisionsâ€
December 12th, 2010 |
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Kosovo Ministry State Secretary Oliver Ivanović says there is a possibility that the elections in Kosovo could deepen divisions within the Serbian community.
“Unfortunately, representatives of Kosovo Serbs who are running in the elections either did not see this or did not want to see it,†he told Novi Sad-based daily Dnevnik.
German FM: Belgrade-Priština talks after elections
December 11th, 2010 |
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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle expressed his belief on Saturday that the Sunday elections in Kosovo would be a successful day for democracy.
“I hope that, soon after the elections, the new government in PriÅ¡tina will start direct talks with Serbia in order to begin solving everyday problems,†Westerwelle said in view of Kosovo elections, the German Foreign Ministry announced.
Zardari told US “we are here because of you†after winning elections
December 8th, 2010 |
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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had thanked the United States government for its support of credible parliamentary elections, which brought his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to power in September 2008, according to some classified US diplomatic cables released by whistleblower website Wikileaks. In a cable about a meeting of US Representatives, Adam Schiff and Allyson [...]
“Govt. should back K. Serbs in elections”
December 6th, 2010 |
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Radmila Trajković of the United Serb List has stated that the Serbian government should back Serbs in Kosovo who want to take part in the forthcoming elections. The voting has been scheduled for Dec. 12, and is organized by the Kosovo Albanian authorities.
Tadić: Elections in 2012
December 4th, 2010 |
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Elections will be held in March of 2012, said Boris Tadić at a Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) convention on Saturday.
He also said that Serbia could join the EU within the next ten years.
DSS: Kosovo elections could be rigged
December 4th, 2010 |
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Representatives of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) urged Kosovo Serbs on Friday to refrain from voting in the early parliamentary elections on December 12.
They warned that there could be manipulation in reporting Serb turnout.
“Elections should be held in north as well”
December 3rd, 2010 |
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U.S. Ambassador in Priština Christopher Dell says the Dec. 12 Kosovo elections should be held in the north as well. The north is predominantly populated by Serbs who reject the authority of the Kosovo Albanian government in Priština, which is organizing the ballot.
NGOs call on K. Serbs to vote in elections
December 2nd, 2010 |
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Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia and Biljana KovaÄević-VuÄo Foundation called upon Serbs today to vote in parliamentary elections in Kosovo.
Representatives of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia launched a campaign yesterday in order to encourage Kosovo Serbs to vote in the elections on December 12.
Call elections or face protests, warns opposition leader
November 25th, 2010 |
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SNS party is requesting urgent meetings with those in power in order to reach an agreement with the opposition regarding early parliamentary elections. The opposition party’s leader, Tomislav Nikolić, told reporters in Belgrade on Monday that Serbia has never been in a worse condition, and warned that poverty and unemployment rates were increasing daily.