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During the United States elections, 2012—following media reports that tied ODIHR international electoral observers to the United Nations and accused them of having plans to interfere in the election—the observers, who said they were in the United States to review several benchmarks of democratic elections, were blocked from polls in nine of the 50 states—Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Iowa ...
Parallel to the protests, Vučić launched the "Future of Serbia" campaign, organizing rallies in all districts of Serbia. [ 20 ] After the largest opposition protest on 13 April, a non-partisan expert group was introduced that later formulated the demands of the protests, concluded there were no conditions for free and fair elections, and ...
A populist coalition, led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), came to power after the 2012 election, along with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS). [1] [2] Aleksandar Vučić, who initially served as deputy prime minister and later as prime minister, was elected president of Serbia in 2017 and re-elected in 2022.
Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milošević, in 2001. The reformers, led by former Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica , have been unable to gain control of the Serbian presidency because three successive presidential elections have failed to produce the required 50% ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. [1] 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 European Commission stated in its Serbia 2018 report that the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media had failed to address imbalances in media coverage during the presidential campaign. One day before the beginning of the election silence , seven major newspapers covered their entire front pages with adverts for Vučić. [ 4 ]
The constituent session of the Assembly of Belgrade was postponed again to 3 March as councillors from SPS, SNS and Mi-GIN did not show up again. [25] Šapić announced that SNS would negotiate with MI-GIN until 3 March. [26] Nestorović, however, re-confirmed MI-GIN's position of not supporting the SNS-led government. [27]
25 May 2019 – the European Commission stated in the Serbia 2019 Report that overall peaceful protests, demanding freedom of the media and free and fair elections, grew over time. [78] They criticised election conditions, which include the lack of transparency of party and campaign financing, the blurred distinction between party and state ...