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Gracanica: A dozen buses departed to Belgrade (KIM radio)

In Gracanica, in the early morning hours, many people gathered in front of the ETC market, which in an organized manner in buses departed to Belgrade, reports KIM radio.

A dozen of buses are transporting people to the rally ''Future for Serbia'', organised today in Belgrade by the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), reports KIM radio.

Vecernje Novosti: Elections in Serbia to be called on 9th May, voting in June?

Another option "in the game" is to go to the polls on 30th June, and in this case the elections would be called on 16th May, writes today Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti.

If Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) goes with a decision to call the extraordinary parliamentary elections, most likely they will be called on May 9th, and the voting will take place on June 23rd, according to Vecernje Novosti.

Report: Vucic to decide on elections after Berlin and China (Blic, Tanjug, B92)

Blic daily writes that Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader and President Aleksandar Vucic will decide on the date of parliamentary elections in Serbia after important meetings abroad. According to the article, Vucic has spoken with his closest associates to tell them he would not accept any ultimatums of the opposition.

The newspaper added that Vucic addressed a video conference with presidents of 25 districts and eight city boards (of his party) in Belgrade and sent them a message ahead of a large SNS rally on Friday in the Serbian capital.

SNS has 55 percent support, opposition alliance 11.8 – poll (Tanjug, B92)

Nearly 55 percent of voters would vote for the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) if parliamentary elections were held on Sunday, according to Faktor Plus's latest poll.

The opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) would receive 11.8 percent of the vote, and the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) a member of the ruling coalition would get 10.1 percent, Tanjug is reporting from "the Political Barometer April 2019."

The opposition Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) would also win seats in the National Assembly with 5.4 percent of votes.

Klacar: Early elections in Serbia "unlikely during spring" (Prva TV, B92)

There's more chance of early elections in Serbia being held after the summer than during the spring, Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) Executive Director Bojan Klacar told Prva TV.

Explaining the reasons for this, Klacar said there was no visible progress on Kosovo that could speed up the dynamics around elections, while the opposition "has taken a firm stance to boycott elections, which is not a good solution for the (ruling) Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)."

Djindjic would today stand with Vucic, SNS official claims (Kurir, Tanjug, B92)

Goran Vesic said the Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who was assassinated in 2003, would today stand with President Aleksandar Vucic. Vesic is a member of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Presidency and former senior official.

"Djindjic would be on the side where the problems are being solved and the things he dreamed about are being done. To put it clearly, he would be with Vucic," Vesic said.

Third anti-government protest in northern Kosovo (N1, KoSSev)

For the third time, about a hundred of Kosovo Serbs gathered in the divided town of Mitrovica for #1in5million protests and walked to the place where their opposition leader Oliver Ivanovic was riddled with bullets on January 16, 2018, the portal KoSSev reported.

They were joined for the first time by activists of the Popular “Fatherland” Movement and members of the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) opposition group.

Dveri MPs almost caused incident in Serbian Parliament over Kosovo (BETA)

Member of opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) Dveri Movement MPs Bosko Obradovic and Marija Janusevic raised the banners saying, “No Division, No Surrender”, “You Betrayed Kosovo” and “Kosovo is Serbia” at the beginning of a meeting of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, BETA news agency reported. The banners also included “One in Five Million” slogan used by the civic protests across Serbia.

Djilas says situation bad for Kosovo Serbs who don’t support Vucic (N1, Beta)

Serbian opposition leader Dragan Djilas said during his visit to Kosovo that he understands what local Serbs have to go through if they don’t support President Aleksandar Vucic.

“After the organized verbal assault and insults by local bullies, I realized once again what people living in Kosovo go through if they don’t support Aleksandar Vucic,” Djilas told Belgrade daily Danas. The Alliance for Serbia founder visited Kosovo on Tuesday and Wednesday.