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Vojislav Mihailović, the president of the Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia (POKS) and former mayor of Belgrade, said that "in the local self-government of Belgrade, we do not decide over the Franco-German agreement and other national issues" and that "he does not see what can be disputed about the idea of unity of the ...
Local elections in 65 cities and municipalities in Serbia were held on 17 December 2023. Initially scheduled to be held in 2024, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, announced, first in September and again in October 2023, that local elections could be held in December 2023, concurrently with the provincial and parliamentary elections.
Demonstrators protesting next to the City Assembly of Belgrade. In May 2023, the Belgrade school shooting and a mass murder near Mladenovac and Smederevo occurred. [16] [17] The government of Serbia responded by adopting measures such as stricter regulations on gun ownership and hiring 1,200 police officers to schools, [18] [19] while it was also criticised, particularly due to the statement ...
The Mayoral Council is a political body in England that brings together ministers from the UK Government, the Mayor of London, and combined authority mayors. [1]
The mayor may also have veto rights over council votes, with the council able to override such a veto. Conversely, in a weak-mayor system, the mayor has no formal authority outside the council, serving a largely ceremonial role as council chairperson and is elected by the citizens of the city. The mayor cannot directly appoint or remove ...
Following the vote of no confidence in 2013, Dragan Đilas was dismissed as mayor, [3] and a temporary body was set up by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), who has ruled Belgrade since then. [4] The current session of the City Assembly was elected in 2018 , after SNS, Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and United Serbia (JS) formed a majority ...
The mayor and city council serve part-time, with day-to-day administration in the hands of a professional city manager. The system is most common among medium-sized cities from around 25,000 to several hundred thousand, usually rural and suburban municipalities. Under the mayor-council system, the mayoralty and city council are separate offices.
The mayor has a deputy who replaces him or her in case of an extended absence and/or due to any other reasons that prevent the mayor to perform the duties. The mayor appoints and dismisses the deputy mayor based on the approval of the City Assembly. [2] The mayor is concurrently the chairman of the city council with the right to vote. [2]