Voting underway at all 90 polling stations in Kosovo
Source: Tanjug
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- OSCE Mission in Kosovo Spokesman Nikola Goan told Tanjug the second round of the presidential vote in Kosovo was being carried out peacefully.
A polling station in Kosovo (Tanjug)
All 90 polling stations opened at 7:15 CET on Sunday.
A total of 109,000 registered voters will be able to vote for Serbian president at 90 polling stations in Kosovo.
Gaon said that the elections would be organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and monitored by proper observers, adding that NGOs and diplomatic representatives would be allowed to visit the polls and make sure that the elections were carried out smoothly.
Local police is deployed in the vicinity of the polling stations so as to ensure public peace and order.
OSCE flags are hoisted in front of the polls and polling station staff is comprised of five persons appointed by OSCE.
The first information on voter turnout will be released by OSCE after 14:00 CET.
The polls will be open until 20:00 on Sunday when the ballot boxes will be sealed and transported to the count centers in the southern Serbian towns of Raška and Vranje.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 23:53 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Boris Tadić has conceded defeat adn congratulated his opponent Tomislav Nikolić on the victory in the presidential election runoff.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 23:47 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Russian ambassador to Serbia has commented on the Serbian presidential election to say that his country "respected the choice of the Serbian people".
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 23:46 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
NOVI SAD --
Democratic Party (DS) Vice President Bojan Pajtić says the party won 42 seats in the Vojvodinaassembly in the second round of the provincial elections today.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 23:43 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (44) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolić has won the presidential runoff with 50.21percent of the votes, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) has announced.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 22:44 | Source: B92, Tanjug | Comments: (26) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The winner of the Serbian presidential election Tomislav Nikolić thanked the citizens who brought him victory in the second round of voting.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 21:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- OSCE Spokesman Nikola Gaon said late on Sunday that all polling stations in Kosovo had been closed at 20:00 CET.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 21:15 | Source: B92, Beta | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Deputy leader of the Serb Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vučić announced that Tomislav Nikolić won in the second round of the presidential election.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 20:58 | Source: B92 | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Several hours before the polling stations closed in Serbia, statements of top EU officials were released congratulating Tomislav Nikolić.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 20:32 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić said on Sunday he was "not interested in the prime minister's office for himself, but expected that the election results would be respected".
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 20:23 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidate Boris Tadić has said that today's elections were "very important as they are to confirm the country's democratic capacities".
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 20:21 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolić (SNS) said on Sunday after casting his ballot that he wished for today's elections in Serbia to be fair.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 20:17 | Source: B92, Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Polling stations in the second round of the Serbian presidential election closed across the country at 20:00 CET on Sunday.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 13:43 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Two presidential candidates in the run-off election cast their ballots in Belgrade on Sunday.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 13:07 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The second round of presidential elections in Serbia on Sunday is being monitored by about 1,300 observers from several domestic and foreign organizations.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 11:19 | Source: Politika, Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Army (VS) Peacekeeping Operation Center Head Colonel Jelesije Radivojević says 150 VS members will be sent on a peacekeeping mission to Lebanon.
nedelja 20.05.2012 | 10:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Polls opened at 7:00 CET across Serbia in the runoff elections on Sunday.
subota 19.05.2012 | 16:10 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) has requested from Public Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac to submit additional information about a sack of stolen ballots.
subota 19.05.2012 | 15:16 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (13) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Kosovo Police (KPS) will on Sunday strengthen its presence in northern Kosovo due to the Serbian presidential run-off, KPS regional spokesman Besim Hoti says.
subota 19.05.2012 | 14:02 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- After the new government is formed in Serbia, a new format of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue will follow, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak has said.
subota 19.05.2012 | 13:01 | Source: Beta | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) has given mandates to MPs who were elected in the May 6 parliamentary elections.
subota 19.05.2012 | 11:31 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- The Kosovska Mitrovica Municipal Court has remanded Jovica Miljković in custody for 15 days.
subota 19.05.2012 | 11:28 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (19) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian citizens who live in the U.S., Canada and Great Britain will vote in the second round of the presidential election on Saturday.
subota 19.05.2012 | 10:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (50) | Send comment
PRIZREN, BELGRADE -- Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanović said on Friday that an idea of “Greater Albania” was still alive.
petak 18.05.2012 | 16:56 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
PRIZREN -- A common reading primer for Kosovo and Albania was presented Friday in Prizren in Kosovo.
petak 18.05.2012 | 15:42 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BUJANOVAC -- Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said on Friday that the attack on the police checkpoint near the southern town of Bujanovac was a shot at common life.
petak 18.05.2012 | 14:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BERLIN -- The number of Serbian citizens seeking asylum in Germany has more than halved in April, the German Interior Ministry has stated.
petak 18.05.2012 | 11:52 | Source: B92 | Comments: (6) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- A new protest against the arrest of Jovica Miljković will be held in northern Kosovska Mitrovica at noon on Friday.
petak 18.05.2012 | 11:00 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (17) | Send comment
JAGODINA -- Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac has said that the attack on a police checkpoint near the southern Serbian town of Bujanovac was a terrorist act.
petak 18.05.2012 | 10:30 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian citizens in the country and abroad will vote for the new head of state in the presidential runoff on Sunday, May 20.
petak 18.05.2012 | 09:31 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (40) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Army (VS) Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Ljubiša Diković says that the situation in Kosovo is sensitive and that it could become even more complex.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 20:57 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Boris Tadić said on Thursday that the May 20 election was a referendum on where Serbia was headed, on the future of the country and the region.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 20:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The campaigning for the second round of presidential elections in Serbia - to be held on May 20 - ended at midnight on Thursday.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 18:09 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The presidential runoff will be a referendum on the EU, say the Democrats, whose leader Boris Tadić will seek his third term in office on May 20.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 17:24 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić has urged the citizens to go to the polls on May 20, vote for him and thus punish his rival presidential candidate Boris Tadić (DS).
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 17:00 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (22) | Send comment
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Kosovo police have detained Jovica Miljković, suspected of participating in an attack in Kosovska Mitrovica a month ago.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 14:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (12) | Send comment
BUJANOVAC -- The attack on a police checkpoint in the southern village of Dobrosin took place at 01:45 CET on Thursday and was "probably carried out by three attackers".
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 11:36 | Source: Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Newly elected French President Francois Hollande has given his support to Boris Tadić in the presidential run-off election, daily Blic has learnt.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 10:52 | Source: Blic | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Nothing is over when it comes to the UN General Assembly presidency until the votes are counted on June 8, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić told daily Blic.
četvrtak 17.05.2012 | 09:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (40) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidates took part in a TV debate on Wednesday night ahead of the second round of the election on May 20.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 20:58 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- A diplomat serving as deputy ambassador of the United States to Serbia has said that "Serbia itself should decide whether to become a member of NATO".
sreda 16.05.2012 | 19:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BRUSSELS -- European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schulz supported Wednesday presidential candidate of DS-led coalition Boris Tadić.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 18:41 | Source: Beta | Comments: (12) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Ministry for Kosovo official Oliver Ivanović says a concrete agreement on the status of Kosovo, and its northern part, can be reached only through dialogue.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 15:56 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Outgoing Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović confirmed Wednesday that the body had received the request by the Dveri Movement.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 15:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and the Serb Progressive Party (SNS) signed an agreement on Wednesday on the DSS support to Tomislav Nikolić.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 14:32 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Outgoing Parliament Speaker and acting President Slavica Đukić-Dejanović has said that the inaugural session of parliament would be scheduled by June 8.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 13:50 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (13) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- After Croatia's EU entry, a natural pause in the enlargement process will follow, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert told Tanjug.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 12:06 | Source: Beta, Danas | Comments: (5) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidates Boris Tadić and Tomislav Nikolić will take part in a Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) TV debate on Wednesday evening.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 11:19 | Source: Danas, Tanjug | Comments: (12) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led coalition presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolić says "there will be no chaos" in the presidential run-off elections.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 11:09 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (59) | Send comment
ORAHOVAC -- A group of ethnic Albanian youths provoked and threw a stone at Serb Orthodox Christian monk Dionisije in Kosovo on Tuesday.
sreda 16.05.2012 | 09:12 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (11) | Send comment
NOVI SAD -- Democratic Party (DS)-led coalition presidential candidate Boris Tadić urged voters Tuesday to give their support to him in the May 20 presidential runoff.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 16:02 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić says Boris Tadić and the Democratic Party (DS) used legal, political and other forms of violence to destroy independent institutions.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 15:34 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (22) | Send comment
KLINA -- Serb returnees feel intimidated after flyers were distributed in their villages in Metohija, calling for them to once again be driven out of their homes.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 14:36 | Source: Beta | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić today met with representatives of Russian Cossacks and Serb diaspora in Russia, and expressed his gratitude to that country.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 12:29 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- A government airplane malfunction kept outgoing PM Mirko Cvetković from traveling to Brussels on Tuesday, it has been announced.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 12:19 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić has said that it was "normal" for his to support DS leader Boris Tadić in the second round of the Serbian presidential elections.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 11:32 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The candidates in the Serbian presidential runoff have three days left to campaign before the election silence rule is enforced.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 10:55 | Source: Beta, Tanjug, Večernje novosti | Comments: (16) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić says he wants to win in the presidential runoff in order for the truth about election fraud, privatizations and affairs to come to light.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 09:37 | Source: RTS, Tanjug | Comments: (15) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Boris Tadić warned that talk about the use of physical force in the electoral process was "unnatural and not suitable for establishment of a democratic system".
utorak 15.05.2012 | 09:26 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send comment
NEW YORK -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned in his latest report on Kosovo that tensions and confrontations constitute a serious risk for its stability.
utorak 15.05.2012 | 09:20 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (23) | Send comment
NEW YORK -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić agreed with the assessment of the UN secretary-general that the room for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue may be "narrowed".
ponedeljak 14.05.2012 | 16:14 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (10) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić on Monday rejected claims made by the Public Prosecutor's Office that no electoral theft took place on May 6.
ponedeljak 14.05.2012 | 14:44 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has announced that it believes "it is evident" that election theft occurred on May 6 in Serbia.
ponedeljak 14.05.2012 | 14:27 | Source: B92 | Comments: (27) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- 20 sacks full of ballot papers went missing after May 6 elections - but there was no election fraud, "because these ballots were taken after they were counted".
ponedeljak 14.05.2012 | 12:33 | Source: Tanjug, Press | Comments: (20) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidate Boris Tadić says the presidential election runoff on May 20 will see Serbia "definitely set its course for the next five years".
ponedeljak 14.05.2012 | 09:25 | Source: B92 | Comments: (17) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić remains in the presidential race, while his party will prove that election theft happened in Serbia on May 6, says Jorgovanka Tabaković.
ponedeljak 14.05.2012 | 09:10 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (14) | Send comment
BELGRADE -- The UN Security Council will meet today in New York for a session where the regular, three-month report of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, will be presented.
