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Together For Vojvodina (party)
Together for Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Заједно за Војводину, Zajedno za Vojvodinu, abbr. ZZV) is a political party in Serbia, representing the Rusyn minority in Vojvodina. It has been led by Olena Papuga since its formation in 2011. In the National Assembly of Serbia, ZZV was represented by Papuga until 2020, while following the 2022 parliamentary election, ZZV has been represented by Aleksandar Olenik. ZZV retains close relations with the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, which Papuga is a member of. It is an autonomist party, while it also declares itself to be in favour of multiculturalism and the accession of Serbia to the European Union. History Together for Vojvodina (ZZV) was founded on 1 November 2011 and it was registered as a political party on 8 December 2011. Olena Papuga, a League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV) member of the National Assembly, became the president of the party; she stated that she would retain her membership in LS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Papuga
Olena Papuga ( sr-cyr, Олена Папуга; born June 10, 1964) is a Serbian politician. She served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2008 to 2020 as a member of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV). She is a member of Serbia's Ruthenian (also called Rusyn) community and also serves as an elected member of the Ruthenian National Council. Early life and private career Papuga was born in Ruski Krstur, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Philosophy, with a focus on Russian and Serbo-Croatian language and literature. Papuga previously worked for the publisher ''Ruske slovo'' and is currently a columnist and translator. Her ethnology, ''Old Ruthenian House'', has been published by the Society for Ruthenian Language in Novi Sad and by ''Društvo Rusina'' in Rijeka, Croatia. Political career Papuga has been a member of the LSV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choice For A Better Life
Choice for a Better Life ( sr, Избор за бољи живот, Izbor za bolji život) was a political coalition in Serbia, headed by Boris Tadić and his Democratic Party. They competed in the 2012 parliamentary election and won 22.07% of the popular vote. In the presidential election of the same year, Tadić won a plurality of votes in the first round, but narrowly lost to Tomislav Nikolić and the Let's Get Serbia Moving coalition in the second round. Members The coalition was composed of the following political parties: See also * |
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II, the organization implemented the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system: its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War, NATO operated as a check on the perceived threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans, the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa. The organization's motto is ''animus in consulendo liber'' (Latin for "a mind unfettered in deliberation"). NATO's main headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium, while NATO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomislav Žigmanov
Tomislav Žigmanov ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Жигманов; born 12 April 1967) is a Serbian politician serving as Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue (Serbia), minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue since 2022. An ethnic Croat, he has been the president of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV) since 2015. He served in the National Assembly of Serbia from 2016 to 2020, and again from 1 August 2022 to 25 October 2022. Early life, private career, and community activism Žigmanov was born the son of Ružica () and Kalman Žigmanov, who were a tractor driver and a housewife respectively, in Donji Tavankut, Tavankut, Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). He was raised in that community and in nearby Subotica and later graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. He is a professor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressivism
Progressivism holds that it is possible to improve human societies through political action. As a political movement, progressivism seeks to advance the human condition through social reform based on purported advancements in science, technology, economic development, and social organization. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human societies everywhere. Progressivism arose during the Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new empirical knowledge to the governance of society.Harold Mah''Enlightenment Phantasies: Cultural Identity in France and Germany, 1750–1914'' Cornell University. (2003). p. 157. In modern political discourse, progressivism gets often associated with social liberalism, a left-leaning type of liberalism, in contrast to the right-leaning neoliberalism, combining support for a mixed economy with cultural liberalism. In the 21st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojvodina's Party
The Vojvodina's Party ( sr-cyrl, Војвођанска партија, Vojvođanska partija; , VP) is a political party in Serbia that operates in Vojvodina. Party platform It calls for a change of the Constitution of Serbia, which would reform the current republic with two autonomous provinces, into a state with at least two federal units, Vojvodina and Serbia Proper. It supports renaming Vojvodina to Republic of Vojvodina. It has been accused of separatism, although the party has denied the claims. It stated its support for the "Together for Vojvodina" ballot list in the 2022 general election.{{Cite web , date=2022-03-18 , title=Vojvođanska partija podržala listu "Zajedno za Vojvodinu - Vojvođani" , url=https://rs.n1info.com/izbori-2022/parlamentarni-izbori/vojvodjanska-partija-podrzala-listu-zajedno-za-vojvodinu-vojvodjani/ , access-date=2022-03-20 , website=N1 , language=sr-RS History The party was formed in 2005 by unifying several democratic autonomist politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance Of Croats In Vojvodina
The Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina ( hr, Demokratski savez Hrvata u Vojvodini, DSHV; sr-cyrl, Демократски савез Хрвата у Војводини; ДСХВ) is a political party in Serbia representing the Croat ethnic minority in the province of Vojvodina. History Over time, some party members were unsatisfied with party's policy, so they separated and formed new Croat parties: * Hrvatski narodni savez ( Croatian National Alliance) – in 1998 (this fraction has been reincorporated into DSHV on February 29, 2004) * Hrvatska bunjevačko-šokačka stranka ( Croatian Bunjevac-Šokac Party) * Demokratska zajednica Hrvata (Democratic Union of Croats) – in 2007 In 2009 DSHV negotiated with another ethnic Croat party from Syrmia region of Vojvodina, the Hrvatska srijemska inicijativa / Hrvatska sremska inicijativa ( Croatian Syrmian Initiative). It was planned that HSI and DSHV unite on June 5, 2009 on the meeting in Sremska Mitrovica. It has occas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora. , Novi Sad proper has a population of 231,798 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 277,522 inhabitants. The population of the administrative area of the city totals 341,625 people. Novi Sad was founded in 1694 when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsburg military post. In subsequent centuries, it became an important trading, manufacturing and cultural centre, and has historically been dubbed ''the Serbian Athens''. The city was heavily devastated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Serbia
United Democratic Serbia ( sr, Уједињена демократска Србија / Ujedinjena demokratska Srbija) was a liberal and Pro-European political coalition in Serbia that participated in the 2020 parliamentary election. The coalition was headed by Marko Đurišić, the President of Serbia 21. History Political parties that were a part of this coalition were: Serbia 21, Party of Modern Serbia, Civic Democratic Forum, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Vojvodina's Party, Montenegrin Party, Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina, Together for Vojvodina and the Union of Romanians of Serbia. This coalition was formed with a goal to accelerate the integration of Serbia into EU, euroatlantic integrations, to form good relations with the Western powers and resolve the Kosovo question. Members Election result {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" , +National Assembly of Serbia !Year !Popular vote !% of popular vote !# of seats !Seat change ! rows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojvodina Front (Serbia)
Vojvodina Front ( sr, Војвођански фронт, Vojvođanski front, abbr. VF) was a parliamentary group in the Assembly of Vojvodina. It was chaired by Saša Šućurović while Aleksandar Odžić served as deputy chairman. Formed as a political coalition in 2019 between League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, Vojvodina's Party, and Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV), VF later became a member of the nation-wide United Democratic Serbia coalition that also included parties like Serbia 21, Civic Democratic Forum, and Party of Modern Serbia. In the parliamentary election, VF failed to cross the 3 percent electoral threshold, losing all of its seats in the National Assembly of Serbia, however, it won 6 seats in the provincial election. VF did not take part in the 2022 parliamentary election and it instead stated its support to the DSHV–Together for Vojvodina coalition. VF lost its seats in the 2023 provincial election and ceased to exist in February 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)
The Liberal Democratic Party ( sr-cyrl, Либерално демократска партија, Liberalno demokratska partija, LDP) is a liberal political party in Serbia. It is led by Čedomir Jovanović. History The Liberal Democratic Party was founded on 5 November 2005 by former members of the Democratic Party, led by Čedomir Jovanović, who were expelled in a party purge in 2004. Jovanović had become critical of the new direction of the Democratic Party and its newly elected president, Boris Tadić. The LDP gained its first seat in parliament after Đorđe Đukić defected from the Democratic Party. Members of the foundation board were: Nenad Prokić, Nikola Samardžić, Branislav Lečić and Đorđe Đukić. in 2007 the Civic Alliance of Serbia merged into the LDP. The LDP has a long-standing relationship with the Social Democratic Union and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina. Ideology LDP is a liberal party, and it is supportive of secularism and multicultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Serbian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four more years of stability so that it is ready to join the European Union". The elections were held simultaneously with provincial elections in Vojvodina and nationwide local elections. Voter turnout was 56%. Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party-led coalition retained its majority, winning 131 of the 250 seats. In contrast to the 2014 elections, a record-breaking seven non-minority lists passed the 5% threshold. Several parties returned to the National Assembly, including the Serbian Radical Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Serbia, while three parties entered for the first time; the liberal Enough is Enough, the conservative Dveri (in coalition with the Democratic Party of Serbia) and the Green Party (as a Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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