Oppsition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) Leader Tomislav Nikolić told B92 that gathering of signatures in order to force early elections continued. SNS has gathered one million signatures of citizens who are in favor of the holding of early elections, but the party’s leader says he is aware that the initiative itself will not lead to the vote.
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SNS says it has one million signatures
March 15th, 2010 |
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Opposition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić said that over a million people have signed the petition for early elections. He said that SNS will submit the petition to the government in ten days.
SNS delegation visits Hungary
February 25th, 2010 |
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Opposition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić met in Budapest with opposition Fidesz party leader Viktor Orban.
According to a statement from SNS, the two talked about the need of good relations between Serbia and Hungary, and Nikolić and Orban agreed on the importance of Serbia’s European path, reports said.
“Ex-DS mayor to join opposition partyâ€
January 25th, 2010 |
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Former Mayor of Zrenjanin Goran Knežević will soon become a member of Serb Progressive Party (SNS), Belgrade daily VeÄernje Novosti writes. Knežević is accused of defrauding the town’s budget of RSD 150mn.
Coalition agreement signed in Voždovac
January 17th, 2010 |
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SNS, DSS and New Serbia officials signed an agreement for forming the local government in the Belgrade municipality of Voždovac. The assembly speaker will be Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) official Milan Rajković, and his deputy will be Democratic Party of Serbia-New Serbia (DSS-NS) coalition official Marko Sarić, while the Secretary will be SNS official Danica Simeunović and DSS-NS official Branislav Nedeljković (DSS-NS) will be her deputy.
SNS, DSS-NS reach agreement
December 15th, 2009 |
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The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia and New Serbia (DSS-NS) reached agreement on Voždovac today. The parties announced that they would be forming the new local government in this Belgrade municipality.
SNS: Serbia needs serious actions, not marketing tricks
November 1st, 2009 |
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The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) said that Serbia needs a serious fight against organized crime, not a marketing trick used by the government for promotion.
“SNS demands that government officials stop using the fight against organized crime to promote their parties and increase their ratings,†SNS official Marko Äurić said, regarding the Interior Ministry’s Morava action, in which over 500 people were arrested.
SNS official equates extremist group with Otpor
September 24th, 2009 |
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Speaking to B92, senior Serb Progressive Party (SNS) official Oliver Antić equated Otpor with the ultra-nationalists from the 1389 Movement. Antić, a professor at the Law Faculty and a member of the SNS Presidency, voiced his doubts over a possible ban on organizations that propagate violence, stating that they might just be being targeted because they were not to the government’s liking.
SNS: Further debts lead to problems
August 23rd, 2009 |
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The Serbia Progressive Party (SNS) stated that the government is getting the country into more and more debt instead of solving economic and social problems. SNS legal team member Marko Äurić said at a press conference, that the government is claiming that it has found a universal recipe for every problem in taking out more loans and shoveling new debts on the shoulders of the citizens.
SNS calls for new elections
August 2nd, 2009 |
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The Serb Progressive Party (SNS) stated that the best solution for getting Serbia out of “this deep parliamentary crisis†would be to announce new elections. SNS official Marko Äurić told reports at a press conference that the parliament’s explanations for postponing the voting on the 24 bills on the agenda, including the Public Information Law, are “unconvincing.â€
“Early elections have no alternative”
July 31st, 2009 |
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Serbia has no alternative but to go to the polls early, opposition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) Vice-President Aleksandar VuÄić stated on Friday. He said the postponement of a parliament vote on a controversial media law, and an agreement reached by the DS, G17 Plus and LDP, all show that the state is in a “total chaos†and that it is clear new elections must take place as soon as possible.
Zemun government constituted
July 22nd, 2009 |
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The Zemun municipal assembly was constituted today after verification of new councilors’ mandates and the appointment of an assembly speaker and secretary. The new Zemun assembly speaker is Branislav Tutus from the Democratic Party of Serbia-New Serbia-National Party (DSS-NS-NP) coalition, while Života JoÄić from the Serb Progressive Party (SNS) member was appointed secretary.
“SNS official will head Zemun govt.”
July 20th, 2009 |
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Serb Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolić said that the municipal president of Belgrade’s Zemun municipality will be from their party. He announced that a meeting will be held on Monday regarding the formation of the local administration in this municipality.
SNS emerges as most popular party
July 18th, 2009 |
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Less than a year after it was established, the opposition Serb Progressive Party (SNS) has taken over the ruling Democrats (DS) in the polls. The SNS was formed when several Serb Radical (SRS) top officials broke off to established their own party.
SNS: No protests if Mladić arrested
July 16th, 2009 |
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Serb Progressive Party deputy leader Aleksandar VuÄić says that the party will not hold a protest if and when Ratko Mladić is ultimately arrested. He told Belgrade daily Danas that officials from his party had protested the arrest of Radovan Karadžić because of the manner in which it had been carried out.