Parliament of Serbia

Politics

14.June 2023 BG

Assembly of Serbia: They do not provide a quorum, but they signed up for daily allowances

On the agenda of today's session was a proposal for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of Internal Affairs, Bratislav Gašić. SNS deputies, however, obstructed the session

Assembly of Serbia

13.June 2023 BG

The Mass Murder Inquiry Committee: Four Terms of Reference

The inquiry committee should establish the security circumstances that led to the mass murders, to examine the contribution of the media, what is the role of the education system and to examine the actions of the competent institutions before and after the tragedies

Politics

06.June 2023 Z.S.

Assembly of Serbia: Gassing up the session is an attempt to anesthetize the "Serbia against violence" protest

At the Third Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of Serbia, today's agenda includes a discussion on the REM, a proposal for a decision on the formation of the Inquiry Committee to determine the facts and circumstances that led to the mass murders in the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School and the surroundings of Mladenovac and Smederevo, as well as the dismissal Minister of Internal Affairs Bratislava Gašić. However, the MPs spent most of the time discussing who mentioned the children of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and in what context.

Politics

01.June 2023 BG

Parliament of Serbia: Unfounded accusations of progressives against N1 and Nova S

Attacks by members of the Serbian Progressive Party on these media have been going on for days. They are accused of creating an atmosphere for civil war

Politics

29.May 2023. Z.S.

Assembly of Serbia: Extraordinary session scheduled for tomorrow

The Assembly of Serbia has finished its regular spring session. However, due to the fact that the session did not move beyond the first item on the agenda, the opposition threatened that they would not leave the parliament unless an extraordinary session was allowed. The Assembly will continue its work tomorrow at an extraordinary session that begins at 15 p.m

Assembly of Serbia

29.May 2023. Z.S.

Committee for Culture: Siniša Kovačević resigned as president

MP and vice-president of the People's Party Siniša Kovačević submitted his irrevocable resignation from the position of member and president of the Committee for Culture and Information

The third protest

19.May 2023. I.Đ.

"Serbia against violence": The biggest rally ever in Belgrade

The gathering of citizens started in front of the Serbian Parliament, and then went through Kneza Miloša Street to the "Gazelle" bridge. Judging by the number of people on the streets, this is the biggest gathering ever in the Serbian capital

Politics

18.May 2023. BG

Assembly of Serbia: The session ended, Brnabić did most of the talking

The discussion on the security situation after the two mass murders practically lasted barely an hour and a half. Continuation scheduled for tomorrow

Interview

17.May 2023. Sonja Ciric

Siniša Kovačević: REM's political responsibility for the state of affairs in the country is huge

"The fact that REM defends reality programs, and that this other, more numerous side of the Committee for Culture, which accepted REM's report, does not see any problem, in my opinion, is a reason for great alarm. And I really think that these people should leave"

Politics

17.May 2023. I.Đ.

Assembly session: Government and opposition face to face after the massacre

On Thursday, MPs will discuss the circumstances that contributed to two mass murders taking place in Serbia within 24 hours, and the agenda will also include a proposal for a vote of no confidence in the Minister of the Interior, Bratislav Gašić.

Spring session of the parliament

20.April 2023 BG

Assembly of Serbia: Members of Parliament about everything, a little bit about the agenda

The first regular spring session of the Assembly started yesterday without any explanation as to why it was 50 days late. The Green-Lefts are still looking for the missing petition with the title "People's initiative to ban lithium mining" signed by 38.000 citizens, the patriotic bloc demands that the deputies declare a referendum on the German-French plan for Kosovo. Almost no one listens to anyone, the opposition MPs use the opportunity of the sessions being broadcast live so that someone can hear them until their colleagues from the ruling parties vote what they were told to vote for. It continued where it left off

Beograd

17.April 2023 S.Ć.

Discovering Belgrade: What lies beneath the Parliament

Archaeological research under Vlajkovićeva Street should reveal Roman graves, the Batal Mosque from the 16th century, one of the largest in this part of the world, and who knows what else. The fate of the archaeological discoveries found during Vesić's reconstruction of Trg Republike, hints at what will happen to those under the Assembly

Analyze

04.March 2023. S.Ć.

Open Parliament: All laws adopted as proposed by the Government

In three months, only four sessions of the National Assembly were held, all of which took place in an atmosphere of insults and attacks. The budget for this year was adopted along with 34 other items. Not a single session was held last Thursday, the day designated for parliamentary questions

Assembly of Serbia

05.February 2023. S.Ć.

Members of Parliament: About Soraja, Biedermeier, yellow sweater, tights

The work of today's extraordinary session of the Assembly of Serbia continues at 18 p.m. A vote is expected. Before the break, instead of discussing justice and laws, insults dominated

Assembly of Serbia

05.February 2023. S.Ć.

Continuation of the parliamentary session: Who is and who is not a criminal and who should be in prison

Borislav Novaković accused the president of the state of being the boss of the mafia and asked if the proceedings against Zvonko Veselinović were not initiated because it was clear who supported him. Biljana Pantić Pilja said that he should be in prison, Milenko Jovanov called him a former prisoner, and Minister Maja Popović defended Veselinović

Serbia

04.February 2023. S.Ć.

Extraordinary session of the Assembly: On the influence of politics on the judiciary

While the Minister of Justice claims that the adoption of a set of judicial laws would mean the depoliticization of the judiciary, the SRCE movement announces that judges and prosecutors will continue to be inadequately protected and exposed to pressure from the president of the court, and asks the Government to withdraw the laws it proposed

Debate on the 2023 budget.

08.December 2022. S.Ć.

MPs of the opposition: We will ask for an interpellation because of Sinisa Mali

Deputies of the opposition parties in the Serbian Parliament announced today that they will submit an initiative for interpellation due to the statement of Finance Minister Sinis Malog that they are "traitors and foreign mercenaries, who work against their own country".

Personal attitude

07.December 2022. Pavle Grbović

We are in the mud and it is uncomfortable, but we will fight

It's easy to be a democrat in a one-party assembly. With the presence of the opposition, they migrated back to their natural habitat - radical toadstool

Debate on the 2023 budget.

07.December 2022. S.Ć.

Radomir Lazović: This is no good, people

In response to the ruling party's remark that the opposition amendments to the budget serve only to attack the SNS, Lazović listed seven amendments that concern the improvement of life and standards of the population. Of course, there were also harsh words and insults

Debate on the budget for 2023

07.December 2022. MN

Assembly of Serbia: As before the boycott

A heated discussion, then a forced break, then an even more heated discussion and a premature departure for lunch. This is how the morning session in the Assembly, where the budget for 2023 proposed by the Government was supposed to be discussed

Assembly of Serbia

05.December 2022. MN

Debate on the 2023 budget: Fake environmentalists and more

The Serbian Parliament is currently debating the budget for 2023 and about thirty other items on the agenda. In this, and in the rescheduled session, the opposition is rejecting the established progressive practice of obstructing the normal work of the Assembly.

News

27.November 2022. S.Ć.

Serbian Government: Tomislav Nikolić is again the president of the National Council

Parliament again extended the existence of the National Council for Coordination of Cooperation with Russia and China, although since this body was established in 2017, it is not known what it does. Tomislav Nikolić was appointed as president again, which means that he will continue to use the former presidential villa in Dedinje

In the new issue: Interview - Radomir Lazović, We are not drowning Belgrade

24.November 2022. Radomir Markovic

I'm not going to fall for Udba's lies

"Instead of answering about the link between the state and crime, about which more and more knowledge is emerging, they turn things around according to the principle of 'attack is the best defense' and accuse the opposition through the tabloids. It's a trap they set so that you are suddenly accused and have to defend yourself. And not even me, but my dead father. It doesn't occur to me to participate in that"

Interview: Radomir Lazović, We are not drowning Belgrade

23.November 2022. Radmilo Marković

I'm not going to fall for Udba's lies

"Instead of answering about the link between the state and crime, about which more and more knowledge is emerging, they turn things around according to the principle of 'attack is the best defense' and accuse the opposition through the tabloids. It's a trap they set so that you are suddenly accused and have to defend yourself. And not even me, but my dead father. It doesn't occur to me to participate in that"

Overview of the week

11.November 2022. Philip Schwarm

The Progressive Humiliation of Women: Noise, Rage, and Plainness

Regime appearances seem to be created by the producers of obscure reality shows. Everything is there: vulgarity, drama, arrogance, primitivism, violence... Their goal is to turn political life into a puddle from which no one can come out clean.

News

22.October 2022. S.Ć.

Parliament of Serbia: Four new ministries were voted in

From Tuesday noon to Friday almost before midnight, Serbian MPs voted on amendments to the Law on Ministries and decided that the future Parliament will have 25 ministries. Not one of the 65 mandates was adopted. This vote created the conditions for the formation of a new government, whose ministers will be announced tomorrow, after the session of the Serbian Progressive Party

News

16.August 2022. S.Ć.

Kosovo: Reports of war crimes against the vice-president of the Serbian Parliament

Today, the Association for War Crimes in Djakovica submitted three criminal charges against the Deputy Speaker of the Serbian Assembly, Božidar Delić, to the Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo. He is charged with alleged crimes from the period when he was the commander of the 549th Motorized Brigade of the Yugoslav Army in Kosovo.