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Serbian Parliamentary Election, 2008
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 11 May 2008 to elect members of the National Assembly. The election was held barely a year after the previous parliamentary election. There were 6,749,886 eligible electors who were able to vote in 8,682 voting places, as well as 157 special voting stations for refugees from Kosovo. Background The Government of Serbia had passed through weeks of severe crisis after the unilateral declaration of independence of its southern province of Kosovo on 17 February 2008. Its stability, however, was also tested and questioned before, being comprised by two very different political currents. Kosovo's independence was gradually recognized by the United States and numerous European Union countries, leading to strain in their relations with Serbia. Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) offered in late February to the Democratic Party (Serbia) (DS), which holds governmental majority, a restructuring of the gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Serbian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 January 2007 to elect members of the National Assembly of Serbia, National Assembly. The first session of the new National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia was held on 14 February 2007. The elections enabled the coalition of DS; DSS & G17+ to continue. Electoral system The d'Hondt method was used to distribute parliamentary mandates following the election. Parties and coalitions had 10 days following the announcement of the final results to decide which candidates will take their allotted seats in parliament. Parties then had three months to negotiate a government. Parties registering as ethnic minority parties (options 8, 10, 14, 17, 19 and 20) did not need to surpass the 5% threshold to gain seats in the parliament, but instead needed to pass a natural threshold at 0.4%. For the first time in a decade, Albanians in Serbia, Albanian parties from the Preševo Valley participated in the elections, but Albanians in Kosovo, Kosovo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Pásztor (politician)
István Pásztor (; ; 20 August 1956 – 30 October 2023) was a Serbian politician who served as the president of the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2012 until his death in 2023. An ethnic Hungarian, he led the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians from 2008 to 2023. Biography István Pásztor was born in Novi Kneževac, SAP Vojvodina on 20 August 1956. He graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law. In his later years, Pásztor was the chairman of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians and president of the Assembly of Vojvodina. He was once a leader of the Hungarian Coalition, which also included two other ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia. Pásztor was the candidate of the Hungarian Coalition in the 2008 Serbian presidential election. He won 2.26% of the vote in the first round, and supported Boris Tadić in the second round. Pásztor died on 30 October 2023, at the age of 67. His death received condolences from politicians in Serbia and Hungary, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unilateral Declaration Of Independence
A unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) or "unilateral secession" is a formal process leading to the establishment of a new state by a subnational entity which declares itself independent and sovereign without a formal agreement with the state from which it is seceding. The term was first used when Rhodesia declared independence in 1965 from the United Kingdom (UK) without an agreement with the UK. Examples Prominent examples of a unilateral declaration of independence other than Rhodesia's UDI in 1965 include that of the United States in 1776, the Irish Declaration of Independence of 1919 by a revolutionary parliament, Katanga's declaration of independence by Moise Tshombe in July 1960, the attempted secession of Biafra from Nigeria in 1967, the Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence from Pakistan in 1970, the (internationally unrecognized) secession of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from Cyprus in 1983, the Palestinian Declaration of Independence fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Serbia
The government of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Влада Републике Србије, Vlada Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Government ( sr-cyrl, Српска Влада, Srpska Vlada), is the executive branch of government in Serbia. The affairs of government are decided by the Cabinet of Ministers, which is led by the prime minister. The government is housed in the Government Building in Belgrade. Jurisdiction According to the Constitution of Serbia, the Government: * Determines and guides policy * Executes laws and other general acts of the National Assembly * Adopts regulations and other general acts for the purpose of enforcing laws * Proposes to the National Assembly the laws and other general acts and gives an opinion on them when submitted by another proposer * Directs and coordinates the work of public administration bodies and supervises their work * Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. It covers an area of and has a population of approximately 1.6 million. Kosovo has a varied terrain, with high plains along with rolling hills and List of mountains in Kosovo, mountains, some of which have an altitude over . Its climate is mainly Continental climate, continental with some Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean and Alpine climate, alpine influences. Kosovo's capital and List of cities and towns in Kosovo#List, most populous city is Pristina; other major cities and urban areas include Prizren, Ferizaj, Gjilan and Peja. Kosovo formed the core territory of the Dardani, an ancient Paleo-Balkanic languages, Paleo-Balkanic people attested in classical sources from the 4th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Serbia
The National Assembly ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ), fully the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (), is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The assembly elects a president (speaker) who presides over the sessions. Wikisource: Constitution of Serbia The National Assembly exercises supreme legislative power. It adopts and amends the Constitution, elects Government, appoints the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia and other state officials. All decisions are made by majority vote of deputies at the session at which a majority of deputies are present, except for amending the Constitution, when a two-thirds majority is needed.National Assembly of SerbiaInformer (This text is in the public domain as the official material of the Republic of Serbia state body or a body performing public functions, under the terms of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
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Mirko Cvetković
Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia, prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from 2011 to 2012. Cvetković became the prime minister as an Independent politician, nonpartisan politician endorsed by For a European Serbia coalition, which declared Accession of Serbia to the European Union, Serbia's accession to the European Union (EU) as its main goal. During his government run, the EU has abolished Travel visa, visas for Serbian citizens traveling to the Schengen Area countries, Serbia received an Future enlargement of the European Union#Recognised candidates, EU candidate status, as well as, completed obligations to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The period of his premiership was marked by the challenges of the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Koso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Serbia
The prime minister of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, премијер Србије, premijer Srbije; feminine gender, feminine: премијерка/premijerka), officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, председник Владе Републике Србије, predsednik Vlade Republike Srbije; feminine: председница/predsednica) is the head of the government of Serbia. The role of the prime minister is to direct the work of the government, and submits to the National Assembly (Serbia), National Assembly the Government policy statement, government's program, including a list of proposed Minister (government), ministers. The resignation of the prime minister results in the dismissal of the government. The first officeholder was Matija Nenadović, who became prime minister on 27 August 1805. The current prime minister, Đuro Macut was nominated by the President of Serbia, president of the Republic, Aleksandar Vučić, and elected and appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Coalition Of Preševo Valley
The Albanian Coalition of Preševo Valley (, abbr. KShLP; , abbr. KAPD) is a coalition of groups representing the Albanian inhabitants of the Preševo Valley in South Serbia. Electoral results It ran as list number 17 in the election in January 2007, winning 16,973 votes, equalling 0.42% of the national vote, and gaining one seat. In the election in May 2008, they won 16,801 votes, equalling 0.41% of the national vote, and gaining again one seat. In the election in May 2012, they ran as list number 15 winning 13,384 votes, equalling 0.30% of the national vote, and gaining again one seat. Rezultati izbora 2012 Parliamentary elections See also * Preševo Valley * Preševo * Bujanovac * Medveđa * Insurgency in the Preševo Valley * Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac * Albanians in Serbia Albanians in Serbia (; ) are a recognized national minority in Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of ethnic Albanians in Serbia is 61,687, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List For Sandžak
The List for Sandžak (, LZS) was a minority coalition representing ethnic Bosniaks in Serbia. It was led by Sulejman Ugljanin and included: * Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak * Bosniak Democratic Party of Sandžak * Social Liberal Party of Sandžak * Sandžak Reform Party * Sandžak Social Democratic Party At its foundation on 7 October 1996 and the general election in 1997, it won three new seats in the National Assembly. In 1998, the coalition accused Slobodan Milošević's government of "hatred, hostility and continuing discrimination" against Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God .... At the legislative election in 2007, it has won two seats in the National Assembly. References {{DEFAULTSORT:List for Sandzak Bosniak political parties in Serbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Coalition
The Hungarian Coalition ( (MK); , ''Mađarska Koalicija'' (MK)) was a political coalition composed of 3 ethnic Hungarian political parties in Serbia: the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, the Democratic Party of Vojvodina Hungarians, and the Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. The leader of the Hungarian Coalition was István Pásztor. Political goals The Hungarian Coalition advocates the creation of an autonomous multiethnic region in northern Serbia (see: Hungarian Regional Autonomy), which would include municipalities with a Hungarian ethnic majority (Kanjiža, Senta, Ada, Bačka Topola, Mali Iđoš, Čoka), as well as ethnically mixed municipalities of Subotica and Bečej and municipality of Novi Kneževac, in which the majority of population are Serbs. The center of this autonomous region would be Subotica. Participation in elections State elections In 2008 Serbian parliamentary election, the Hungarian Coalition won 4 seats in the Serbian parliament. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
