The law explicitly states that a ballot paper is invalid if the numbers corresponding to two or more electoral lists have been circled. However, it does not guarantee that a ballot paper subsequently altered in the manner described in the post — by crossing out the previously circled list and all the other lists, then […]
A claim has circulated on social media that one of the SNS activists involved in the attack on a female student is on the party’s electoral list. The attack took place in Novi Sad on the night of 27–28 January 2025. The identities of the four defendants were publicly known, and their names had also […]
The first part of the report states that opposition figures have been subjected to unlawful wiretapping and police operations that give rise to suspicions of political motivation. The frequency of incidents — 49 recorded during the first three weeks of the campaign — has been accompanied by manipulative messages from political actors and the media […]
Although the number of voters registered abroad for the upcoming parliamentary elections is almost three times higher than at the previous elections, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) adopted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ proposal to open only 12 more polling stations than in 2023. Voting will therefore take place at 93 polling stations, despite the […]
From the moment the Student List submitted its list of candidates for the upcoming elections, pro-government media launched a wave of attempts to discredit it. Ilija Srdanović, the lead candidate on the list, soon became the main target of these attacks. He was accused of violence and of targeting students, of alleged ties to the […]
Author: Tjaša Feher The political crisis that followed the November 2024 Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse has produced something Serbia has not seen for years: sustained civic mobilisation, new networks of trust and participation by large numbers of people outside conventional opposition structures. But moving from the streets to the ballot box changes the […]
Moving from the office of president to that of prime minister and/or vice versa, while appointing a loyal successor in the vacated position, is not a new phenomenon. Sometimes it is a one-off solution to “get through” a term in office. If it successfully serves its purpose – retaining power, it can also be repeated […]
News of the arrest of R.T. (1980) from Istok on suspicion of espionage was published by the media on July 30. The arrest, captured by cameras, involved several units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in cooperation with the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Kraljevo and the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA). “The arrested individual, R.T., […]
Named after the endangered bird populating the peninsula, these protests contest the investment of more than one billion euros made by Donald Trump’s son-in-law to develop a luxury tourist destination, including up to 10 000 hotel rooms and villas. Key issues at stake for Albanian citizens started with the destruction of a protected wildlife zone, […]
After two mandates, the centrist Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan led the parliamentary elections polls as well as its preliminary results despite Russian pressure, indicating his likely pursuit as a pro-EU head of the government of Armenia. Pashinyan’s political choices to diversify its trading partners, through partnerships with UAE, Azerbaijan and China, and strengthen ideological ties […]
