A Serbian Election Erodes Democracy (The New York Times)
With Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s decisive victory in the presidential election on April 2, Serbia has edged closer to autocracy. Though the presidency is largely ceremonial, Mr. Vucic can now handpick his successor as prime minister and consolidate his power, since Parliament and the judiciary are all but locked up by Mr. Vucic’s Serbian Progressive […]
Read More →Aleksandar Vučić: ‘Tito was a very smart guy’ (Politico)
Serbia’s president-elect on his critics, Merkel and the outlook for the region. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić sat down with POLITICO on Wednesday for his first extensive interview since winning his country’s presidential election in a landslide. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU leaders regard Vučić, 47, as the guarantor of stability in an unstable […]
Read More →Kosovo as a casual topic in the Serbian presidential elections (KIM radio, Kontakt plus radio)
During the election campaign Kosovo was not much of a topic for the presidential candidates in Serbia. Some have visited Kosovo but without much fanfare, and the winner although he announced his Leposavić’s election rally, dropped out of the visit. According to the head of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić, Vučić has […]
Read More →Đurić: Vučić won 80 per cent of the vote in Kosovo (KIM radio)
Deputy SNS Marko Đurić said that from so far processed causes the current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has won 80 per cent of votes at polling stations in Kosovo. Đurić says that Vučić won nearly 33 000 votes, adding that it is 10 per cent more than in the previous parliamentary elections. The next is […]
Read More →Election Win ‘Toughens Vucic’s Grip on Serbia’ (Balkan Insight)
Political analysts said Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s presidential election victory gives him almost unassailable power and means the opposition must change its strategy. Analysts giving instant reactions to Vucic’s first-round poll win on Sunday suggested that his triumph puts the Progressive Party leader in an unprecedentedly strong position to take the country in his […]
Read More →Easy morning run of Aleksandar Vučić (N1)
Political analyst Cvijetin Milivojević and editor of daily Danas Dragoljub Draža Petrović estimate that opposition candidates in the presidential election have not done enough to fight for fair electoral conditions. Whoever thought that would beat Vučić in such circumstances was or naive or was joking, said Milivojević. Petrović said that these elections looked like “Vučić’s easy […]
Read More →Ballots from Kosovo arrived to Vranje and Raška (N1)
Votes from Kosovo arrived to Vranje and Raška this morning around 1.30, RTS reported. As previously announced by the OSCE in Kosovo, there were no security conditions for the counting of votes at polling stations, so they have transported ballots to Vranje and Raška following the Instructions on the implementation of the presidential elections within […]
Read More →Vucic declares first round victory in presidential elections (B92)
SNS leader and Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic has declared his victory in the presidential elections held in Serbia on Sunday, April 2. The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) announced on Monday that based on 90.86 percent of electoral material, Vucic won 55.09 percent of the vote. He is followed by Sasa Jankovic (16.26 percent), Luka Maksimovic […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 3 April
• Vucic claims victory in Serbian presidential elections (dailies)
• Government ready to submit border deal to Assembly (Koha Ditore)
• Haliti: Government will not submit border deal without securing votes (Zeri)
• COMKFOR: Kosovo army, political issue (Zeri)
• Haradinaj doubts France will extradite him to Serbia (Telegrafi)
• Apostolova: Freedom of expression, the most cherished European value (Zeri)
• Turkey concerned Thaci’s son is attending Gulen school (Koha Ditore)
Braathu: Serbian elections in Kosovo going smoothly (Telegrafi)
The head of the OSCE in Kosovo, Jan Braathu, said in a visit to the north of Kosovo that the OSCE is pleased with the way the Serbian presidential elections are going. “A lot of people have come out to vote and if it continues like this, we will be very happy. The OSCE staff […]
Read More →Selimi: Kosovo ministers and MPs voting in Serbian presidential elections (Indeksonline)
Vetevendosje MP, Rexhep Selimi, said that the government of Kosovo is accessory to Serbia in undermining sovereignty of Kosovo. He said the situation whereby Kosovo ministers and MPs vote in Serbian presidential elections today is “intolerable”.
Read More →Uniformed men monitoring Serbian elections in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)
Klan Kosova reports that there is a large interest of Serb voters to take part in Serbian presidential elections at the polling stations opened across Kosovo and that at the largest polling station, the technical high school in Mitrovica North, uniformed men were seen monitoring the voting process. These men are reported to be wearing […]
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