Early elections 2014 – Vučić’s triumph At the congress of the SNS on February 26, 2014, the larger of the two governing parties decided to hold early parliamentary elections on March 16 of the same year on the proposal of its chairman and deputy prime minister Aleksandar Vučić. The decision was preceded by the successful…
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Historic Change of Serbia Government in Summer 2012
Parliamentary and presidential elections were held in Serbia on May 6, 2012, under difficult domestic and foreign political conditions. The minority government of the non-party Prime Minister Cvetković, which in any case only ruled through the support of the LDP, was further weakened in the course of its mandate by the departure of smaller coalition…
Serbia Domestic Issues
Domestic political discussions in Serbia in the past decade were largely characterized by disputes about the legacy of the Milošević regime – the ideological, political, institutional, socio-economic, and thus about the path of catching-up democratic and market-economy transformation on which the country is heading came after 2000. Domestic disputes were shaped by questions about the…
Serbia Corruption
Corruption is one of the central political problems in Serbia, with far-reaching, negative effects on the functioning of the political system, state institutions and the Serbian economy. The systemic corruption in Serbia in the first lines of a legacy of the Milosevic era. In the context of ethnic warfare, international sanctions and the expansion of…
Serbia Parliamentarism
The political system of Serbia is characterized by structural problems that still hinder the democratic and constitutional transformation, which is why the transformation processes after the 1990’s were not linear, followed by negative, authoritarian setbacks in recent years. A good indicator of development is the Freedom House Freedom Index for Serbia. Due to political developments,…
Serbia Political System
The Milošević legacy The political system in Serbia has remained (partly) determined by the legacy of the Milosevic era since the regime change in 2000. This was determined by the authoritarian transformation of the socialist regime with the simultaneous formal introduction of party pluralism, competitive elections, a (limited) media pluralism and the separation of powers….
Serbia Judiciary
The Serbian judiciary consists of a Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, 30 district courts and 138 municipal courts. There are also special courts such as administrative courts and commercial courts. The Belgrade District Court has a special chamber for the prosecution of war crimes, as well as a public prosecutor’s office for war crimes –…
Serbia Constitution and Administrative Structure
Independence Day: June 05, 2006 Head of state: Aleksandar Vucic Head of government: Ana Brnabić Political system: parliamentary democracy Democracy Status Index (BTI): Rank 36 (from 137 – 2020) Corruption Index (CPI): Rank 91 (from 180 – 2019) Constitution The Serbian Constitution of 2006 defines the Republic of Serbia as a parliamentary democracy and defines…
Serbia Main Political Parties Part II
Democratic Party (DS)(Demokratska Stranka) – The largest opposition party in Serbia since the parliamentary elections and the subsequent formation of a government in 2012. The DS was one of the two major opposition parties of the Milosevic era. Its murdered President Zoran Đinđic played a decisive role in creating and shaping the campaign of the…
Serbia Main Political Parties Part I
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)(Srpska Napredna Stranka). The SNS is the largest parliamentary party and the largest ruling party in Serbia. As a result of the independence of Kosovo, which was supported by the West, a group of 15 MPs, led by the then chairman and former Šeselj confidante, Tomislav Nikolić, split off from the extremely…