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NIS

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The deadline for the sale of NIS expires: What are plans A, B and C

Today (Friday, May 22) is the deadline given by the American OFAK to MOL to buy the Serbian Oil Industry. Experts have long mentioned breaking through and extending this deadline due to complex sales and numerous problems, and the state and option B and C

Tear gas was thrown in the assembly of the city of Užice

Užice City Assembly

pre 2 sata A.P

Tear gas was thrown in the hall of the Assembly of the city of Užice

The meeting was adjourned until it was determined who threw the tear gas.

Education

pre 2 sata Sonja Ćirić/Marija L. Janković

Folk amateur from Grand Production: Who is the new acting director of the Zemun High School?

Vladimir Janković was appointed as the new acting director of the Zemun High School. As he claims, he was engaged in the production of metal haberdashery, was a merchant, and graduated in geography at the age of 50

Russia and China

pre 2 sata Roman Goncharenko (DW)

Xi had no big gift for Putin

Although the eyes of the world public were focused on the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, China did not fulfill one of the key Russian expectations.

Euroleague Final Four

pre 3 sata Aleksa Petrovski

Who will become the champion of Europe in basketball?

Olympiakos and Valencia are favorites in the semi-final meetings

Students

pre 4 sata Una Sabljaković / DW

Student meeting in Slavija - the first pre-election rally

What is the key motive of the students to organize tomorrow's meeting

Novi Sad

pre 5 sati AM

A rat bit a waitress at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Novi Sad

Rats appeared at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Novi Sad, which is why one of the Clinic's two buildings was closed.

Armed conflict in Banjska

pre 6 sati B. B.

NATO demands Serbia's responsibility for Banjska

NATO will not deepen certain aspects of cooperation with Serbia until accountability for incidents from 2023, including the attack in Banjska, is ensured

Beating of demonstrators in Valjevo, a man on the asphalt, a policeman with a baton raised

Police violence in Valjevo

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The case of police violence in Valjevo is being taken over by the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime

Criminal charges against 28 policemen on suspicion of having committed the crime of abuse and torture were filed in October last year

Bolivija

pre 7 sati David El (DW)

Bolivia on the brink of the abyss: Clashes in the streets, banks closed as a precaution

In Bolivia, highways have been blocked for weeks, and protesters have stormed public buildings and erected dozens of barricades, causing fuel and food to remain stuck in transport.

The war in Ukraine

pre 8 sati B. B.

Ukrainian army: "We killed two hundred Russians"

Ukrainian claims about such a large number of victims could not be independently verified. The Russian side has not yet made an official announcement regarding these attacks

Student protest

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Plan for the student protest on May 23: What are the meeting places and which roads will be taken to Slavija

The long-announced student protest is taking place tomorrow (May 23) at Slavija. Gatherings start at 13 p.m. at several locations throughout Belgrade. From where will the columns to the center start and which way will they go

Overview of the week

pre 9 sati Philip Schwarm

Belgrade in flames

Why above famous places? What is the role of Ćaciland, the largest gathering of criminogenic persons in the open after the courtyard of the Central Prison? And how the MUP became the umbrella organization of the confederation of mafia clans

Students

pre 9 sati Isidora Ceric

The student who clashed with Sandokan for "Vreme": I feel unsafe, the police were informed about the threats

Milan Ostojić Sandokan, a criminal close to SNS, is now allegedly threatening a student with whom he clashed at Slavia. A student talks about it for "Vreme"

Chronicle

pre 9 sati B. B.

The autopsy of the body found in the barrel may take several weeks

A body was found in a barrel unearthed on the territory of the municipality of Indjija, which Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić claims is "99% the body of Aleksandar Nešović".

Life in Serbia

pre 9 sati Katarina Stevanović

Palanka calling: Escape from crazy and expensive Belgrade

Maybe there are no cinemas, maybe party sheriffs rule... But younger people are increasingly returning to their towns in Serbia because they are looking for peace and affordable living costs

Dacic responded subtly to Vucic's discrediting of the SPS and announced that it is "a stable and politically indispensable party, without which a serious political structure in the country cannot be built." However, he added that "cooperation with Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party proved to be a guarantor of the political stability and security of the country" and that he is confident that the citizens will recognize this.

The goal of the public split in the SPS may be to test voters for the republican elections. Sending Branko Ružić on a reconnaissance mission to assess how much the SPS can win in the elections if it changes its narrative and repositions itself as the trump card is a possible SPS tactic.

Who needs whom more?

So far, the SPS has run independently in all republican elections, without the Serbian Progressive Party. In the previous two election cycles, the electorate of the SPS was overwhelmed. In the 2022 elections, they won 11,79 percent, while only a year and a half later they won 6,73 percent.

The continuous decline of support, Dacic's devotion to Vučić, which led to the loss of party identity, among voters could force the SPS to appear together with the SNS for the first time in the next parliamentary elections.

In the last local elections, SPS participated in all ten municipalities in the coalition "Aleksandar Vučić - our family!". The results of the local elections indicate that the Socialists did not have too many choices to decide in which format they would perform. In Kula and Arandjelovac, the ruling list won only one mandate more than the opposition lists. The victory of the SNS in the local elections would not have been feasible without the socialists.

The SPS is no longer the tip of the scales that decides the winner, but a party that itself seeks a balance between disappearing in the shadow of a stronger partner and the risk of being left without political weight. That choice between dependence and uncertainty will determine whether SPS will be a relevant political factor of the government or a political footnote in the future.

Position Socialist Party of Serbia in the announced extraordinary parliamentary elections, whenever they are announced, is uncertain. High-ranking officials of that party often lead a public debate on the subject. The most prominent are the president Ivica Dacic and vice president Branko Ruzic, who are guesting in the media these days, pulling the party in different directions.

SPS on a seesaw

The established dissident of the ruling coalition, Branko Ružić, has for some time been advocating for the independent performance of the socialists in the upcoming elections, changing the narrative of the SPS and opening up to everyone, as well as cooperation with student list after the election.

Ivica Dacic, although still warm to staying in power in coalition with SNS, is not immune to the fact that the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić regularly humiliates his party.

Who needs whom more?