the progressive -a of governing party? the progressive party of aleksandar _ governing party?overning party? the progressive party of aleksandar vucic has - party of aleksandar vucic has dominated serbian politics since 2012 and the opposition, to be frank, has been in disarray for most of those years. the main opposition party splintered into smaller parties. so even if you wanted to go for an opposition party between 2012 and now you didn't have much in the way of an attractive proposition. in the serbia against violence coalition came together that attracted more possible alternative for voters. their impetus for getting together was the two mass shootings that happened on consecutive days in may in serbia, including one at a school in which nine schoolchildren and a staff member were killed. the shooting is horrified the country, caused a great outburst about rage and the opposition parties are that is a chance to get together, to claim aleksandar vucic and the progressives for implementing what they called a culture of violence and they demanded ministerial resignations,

party of rigging. the vote the clearer this moment requires that everyone in serbia stands up and fights for their own dignity. so they will not be a slave. and installed in the state where institutions have been stolen and the elections have been stolen. everything has been stolen. we will not live in such a country. we want institutions, we want the rule of law and rights. people up, he's among a handful of opposition. leaders was declared a hunger strike until the vote in the pivotal battle ground a bell. great is a note saying this is our calling. i want to thank all the citizens for support me and also those who tried to persuade me to give up the hunger strikes and it will. however, that's not possible. is your theme 20 and more? because this is a fight that's or stop the all the, the international observers noted several irregularities and the snap elections including instances of vote buying ballot, bulk stuffing, and the busing and of boulders to support the ruling party in local elections. wa

we have a fairly coherent opposition movement and they are taking on the governing progressive party,nce they took power. very much a reaction to it. the opposition parties, who got together under the serbia against violence umbrella, they say that the progressive party, president alexander vucic, and their allies in the media, were responsible for creating a culture of violence in serbia, both rhetorical and physical. they initially demanded that certain tv stations lost their licences, that certain ministers would resign. when that didn't happen, they demanded elections and the progressive party, president vucic, agreed to this. they have every reason to be confident and they proved a very slick electoral outfit. it will be interesting to see whether having the opposition coalesce under this big umbrella is going to present a coherent alternative for voters, how attractive that is going to be, and we're already seeing that, here in belgrade, the turnout is higher than it was in april last year, despite the fact that it is a cold winter day. chileans are also voting — for the second

she is that the election party of the vintage progressive party, alexandra counting, certainly leaning towards voltage. what's the latest way? not for sure. well, the rest of the party disturbing the rest of the party funded by the judge. as you just mentioned, the claim to sweeping victory with the president telling us report says that this is an absolute victory. that may seem very happy. both accounting is still under way by it, according to eliminate data he's party is in the lead in this election with the united pro western a position coming 2nd. and this is not so very surprising when you consider the election campaigns that had been voltage and were able to use resources to mobilize their supporters, that they've gone to the majority of media coverage. and that's the opposition politicians. complaint about an atmosphere of intimidation and pressure. the opposition already said tonight that there are not accepting those results that they are going to use full legal tools to fight for every vote. alexander, if it goes the way it seems, how has boot you to politically manage this t

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the projections suggest his serbian progressive party will win almost 47% of the vote. last year's election, at about 60%. our balkan correspondent guy delauney is following the story from belgrade. the projected results appear to indicate a strong result for president aleksandar vucic�*s progressive party. the president himself wasn't up for election because of course these were parliamentary and local elections, but he was very much front and centre of the progressives campaign. a lot of people are viewing this as very much a confidence vote in the man that really embodies leadership in serbia. he remains an enormously popular figure in large parts of the country, particularly outside the larger metropolitan areas and among older voters. they like the image that he projects are being a strong leader who represents serbia's interests in a very powerful way to all the international partners that serbia has to deal with over issues like eu negotiations, normalisation of relations with kosovo, and its ongoing friendship with russia, which mr vucic has refused to drop desp

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really in support of the governing serve, young progressive party, the party of alexander, of which, in the upcoming election, stay look, set to remain in power despite most protest and allegations that which its regime is eroding democracy. and the rule of law. the kremlin views, which as an ally, doing recent tensions with neighboring constable which serve you out does not recognize as an independent state. russia with quick to support which warning the situation could spiral out of control x. but say the kremlin school is to keep serbia out of nato and the e u. a maria of which as a journalist, specializing in covering different information, anti western narrative, a wide spread in serbia. she says her team has also analyzed articles on the award and ukraine in 5 major newspapers that results to boston. new for the last word will always be given by the russian military commanders or the russian president, or one of the russian officials from the headlines and from the entire text. you get the impression that russia is more powerful in this war. that ukraine is a puppet state of th

meanwhile, early elections were held in serbia, which united around the ruling progressive party. place, well... that the global picture will not change, before the final election results are announced, in principle there are still a few days left, according to serbian laws, the cec has 96 hours to announce the final result. it is clear that aleksandar vucic’s party is gaining an absolute majority in parliament, depending on the final alignment, this could be 129-130 mandates out of 250; the night before at the party headquarters, aleksandar vucic called this exact result successful. i hope that all the players in this election race will behave rationally, seriously, although i am not entirely sure of this, i expect that serbia will have important tasks in the future, so i expect a landslide victory, this is very important a precondition for our country to continue on the path of prosperity and success. in addition, the president of serbia in the evening at headquarters noted that the country would soon face difficult negotiations through the mediation of the european union and no

the vote pitts serbian president alexander which is ruling serbian progressive party against a pro western opposition coalition. observer se campaigning has been held in an atmosphere of intimidation and under heavy influence of russia. the vote was initially scheduled to be held by april 2026, but president who teach and called a snap election dw, use journalists. sonya a key. i huge and alexandra for nominate met serbian voters and election observers in the capital bel, great portraits of the russian president next to t shirts with the letters the a symbol for rush us war on ukraine. only a few examples of how visible the kremlin and its proof. i've gone to our on the streets of bell. great. ever since the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full slacking dog, but all most, any good relationship with the foreign country is welcome. we don't have to love each other, but we can cooperate and respect each other. yeah, as an individual have a good opinion of russians. i love russian. i love orthodoxy, and i consider them a brotherly people. some of these kathy boast, lubbock na

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box stuffing, preliminary results show the populace survey and progressive party led by president alexander, which is 146.7 percent of the road. it's almost twice as much as the 2nd place, oppositional lines, serbia against violence. on the streets of bel grade. these protesters are angry over an election. they say what stolen will do to that the guard booth just doing was things been during the 1990 s o if it needs to be a that has never happened before. and then we never saw somebody stealing in the election. this openly evaluated, they'll be the police didn't react to prosecutor's office, didn't react to either my also. so why should we take part in election if they always deem election and literally nothing happens off of that. are there any deductible on that is on sunday, serbian president alexander boot judge said his party had won an absolute majority in the snap elections. he had called 2 months prior to me. i can't say we lost these 2 months because it was part of an important democratic process. the cousin, but we do have to devote how selves to the country because the progress o

that'd be in progressive party led by president alexander footage 146.7 percent of the vice almost twice as much as the 2nd place. opposition the lines. so it'd be against watts on the streets of bel grade. these protesters are angry over an election. they say what stolen will do to that the gordon is doing was things been doing the 1990 s o b a that has never happened before. and then we never saw somebody stealing an election. this openly evaluated, they'll be the police didn't react to prosecute this office didn't react to either my also. so why should we take part in election if they always the, the election and literally nothing happens off the dock. are there any deductible from that is on sunday, serbian president alexander boot judge said his party had won an absolute majority in the snap elections. he had called 2 months prior to the me. i can't say we lost these 2 months because it was part of an important democratic process. but we do have to devote how selves to the country progress of the country and the continued progress of alice's for observers have heavily criticized the

party against a pro western officer. some population of service say campaigning has be held in and out in the sphere of intimidation under heavy influence of russia. elections were condition scheduled to be held by the 30th of april 2326. apple president called a snap election dw, said journalist sonya at t i each and that is on the phone number that serbian voters and the election observers in the capital, downgrade the portraits of the russian president next to the t shirts with the letter z, a symbol for rush us war on ukraine, only a few examples of how visible the kremlin and its proof. i've gone to our on the street, south belk rate. it was the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full so i can drop it off most any good relationship with the foreign country as well. kind of we don't have to love each other, but we can cooperate and respect each other. yeah. as an individual, i have a good opinion of russians. i love russian. i loved orthodoxies, and i consider them a brotherly people. somebody's kathy,

the alleged presence in the country are really in support of the governing, serbian progressive party, the party of alexander which in the upcoming election, stay look, set to remain in power despite mass protest and allegations that which it's regime is eroding democracy. and the rule of law, the kremlin views, which as an ally, doing recent tensions with neighboring costs of will, which serve you, does not recognize as an independent state. rochelle, with quick to support which warning the situation could spiral out of control. experts say the kremlin school is to keep, so it'd be out of need to end the you a maria of which as a journalist, specializing in covering different information, anti western narrative, a wide spread and serve. yes, she says her team has also analyzed articles on the war and ukraine in 5 major newspapers. the results to boston, new for the last word will always be given by the russian military commanders or the russian president, or one of the russian officials from the headlines and from the entire text. you get the impression that russia is more powerful i

and the governing party, the progressives, agreed.vre, asking the government for an election. the progressive party has a very well oiled election machine, it's a very coherent proposition and people know what and who they are voting for. even though this is the progressive party, their figurehead is very much president alexander vucic, who presents himself as a strong leader that serbia needs to regain prosperity. and move the country forward. that is a very appealing proposition for voters as against a coalition of 15 fairly unrelated opposition parties who had gathered under this umbrella, serbia against violence. it didn't work out the way the opposition would have liked. what were the main issues that people were campaigning on? the economy was a big one, we have had high inflation here in serbia, reaching as high as 15% within the past year and it is now down to about 8%. the cost of living was concerning people. mr vucic and the progressives took measures to try and alleviate people's fears and some the opposition said were not

a monitoring mission reports, multiple irregularities in the wind by the serbian progressive party of president, alexander boot church will get more from our correspondents in belgrade and germany's military. and they'll see that they will be stationing 5000 troops outside its own borders in lithuania, as part of the deal that germany's defense minister, as described as his store, the brit golf. it's good to have you with this on this one day. international calls for is real to scale back. it's a salt on gaza are increasing and that includes from its closest ally, the united states defense secretary lloyd austin, has intel a b for he has held separate talks with prime minister benjamin at yahoo. and with israel's defense administered a lot at a press conference. austin said that they had discussed ways to transition from major combat operations to lower intensity warfare in the battle against moss mos. you may remember for a group considered by terrorists, considered a terrorist organization by numerous countries. austin reiterated that is real, does have the right to defend itself, b

"the sevpian progressive party won the extraordinary parliamentary elections. sergei kholoshevsky about how alexander vucic outplayed his opponents. in the altai village, after the closure of an emergency school, local residents set up an alternative school with their own hands. but not everyone liked the people's initiative. vlada kopylovskaya about what they learned lessons, school and life. hello, on ntv news in the studio..." and our task is to preserve this common multinational heritage as much as possible and enrich it with new content. therefore, it is quite natural that during russia’s chairmanship in the commonwealth, which will begin on january 1, we plan to continue and develop the practice carrying out a wide range of joint events in a variety of areas of art, education, science, including using the resources of the interstate fund for humanitarian cooperation of the cis. the president focused on the topic of joint counteraction to attempts to falsify history, with the upcoming one, aimed at continuing the closest cooperation on issues of preserving

, the vote fits the serbian progressive party of president of it, signed a voltage against a coalition form during anti government protests. demonstrate as blamed authorities for allowing a culture of violence in serbia of service. a combining has been held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media by us favoring the populace. government w journalist sunday are clear yet sean, does that sound a phenomenon report from the capital above grade portraits of the russian president next to t shirts within that towards the symbol for rush us war on ukraine? only a few examples of how visible the kremlin and it's profound gun the are on the street, south belk rate. the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full slacking dog, but all most, any good relationship with the foreign country is welcome. we don't have to love each other, but we can cooperate and respect each other. yeah. as an individual, i have a good opinion of russians. i love russian. i loved orthodoxies and i consider them of brotherly people. somebody's kathy. both slavic nations have a long tradition of close ties c

that'd be in progressive party led by president alexander boot judge 146.7 percent of the by almost twice as much as the 2nd placed opposition the lines. so it'd be again spots on the streets of bel grade. these protesters are angry over an election. they say what stolen will do to that the gordon which is doing was things been doing the 1990 is also need to be at this never happened before. and then we never saw somebody stealing an election. this openly evaluated, they'll be the police didn't react to prosecutor's office, didn't react to either my off myself. why should we take part in election if they always the election and literally nothing happens off the dock. are there any deductible on that is on sunday, serbian president alexander boot judge said his party had won an absolute majority in the snap elections. he had called 2 months prior to me. i can't say we lost these 2 months because it was positive and important democratic process. the cousin, but we do have to devote how selves to the country progress of the country and the continued progress of alice's for observers have hea

the projections suggest his serbian progressive party will win almost 47% of the vote.on, at about 60%. our balkan correspondent guy delauney is following the story from belgrade. the projected results appear to indicate a strong result for president aleksandar vucic�*s progressive party. the president himself wasn't up for election because, of course, these were parliamentary and local elections — but he was very much front and centre of the progressives�*s campaign, and a lot of people were viewing this as very much a confidence vote in the man who really embodies leadership in serbia. mr vucic remains an enormously popularfigure in large parts of the country, particularly outside the larger metropolitan areas and among older voters. they like the image that he projects of being a strong leader who represents serbia's interests in a very powerful way to all the international partners that serbia has to deal with over issues like eu negotiations, normalisation of relations with kosovo, and its ongoing friendship with russia, which mr vucic has refused to drop, despite

the progressive party, which has been in power since 2012, is facing a coalition made up of 15 partiesnt guy de launey, is in belgrade and he explained who the main contendors in this election are. the progressive party are led by the president alexander rukh inch —— aleksandar vucic, who will tell anyone that will listen that his party are the only ones who can be trusted to govern serbia responsibly. on the other hand, you have this coalition, so be against violence. 15 different parties in there. this is the proverbial big tent. you have everybody in there from eager activists through to centre—right parties. they have one or two things in common. one of the big ones is of course that they want to get rid of the president and his progressives. they also say they are pro—european, although that applies to the progressive party as well. everybody wants to join the european union. so the big thing the coalition against violence have is that they are talking about this culture of violence which they say has been allowed to be created in serbia both rhetorically and physically under the

and given the great party of the serbian progressive party that will remain after these elections, ias well. they were not really the key issues that were analysed or discussed during this electoral campaign, but also given a very similar parliament we are going to be the income i�*m not expecting any substantial changes was there any substantial changes was there any surprise that this snap election has seen mr mrvucic been victorious very definitively? yeah of course, generally speaking, even outside the serbian context, to be in powerfor 11 years and then have an absolute majority in such a large landslide is something that rarely happens and then when you add the two massacres, then when you add the two massacres, the corruption levels, the general lack of freedom of the press, the general dissatisfaction, huge protests we have seen this year, many hoped that even if mr vucic�*s party stayed in power they would not be winning with this landslide. the results are even more of a defeat for the opposition when it comes to belgrade. many were pretty sure that in the belgrade election

the vote pits the serbian progressive party of president alexander food chits against the coalition folds during anti government protest demonstrates his brain to socrates for allowing a culture of violence inserted. the server site containing has been held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media by us favoring the populist governments. do you have your general as sonya cabbage? and i think some of the phenomena report from the capital, both white portraits of the russian president next to t shirts within that towards the a symbol for rush us war on ukraine. only a few examples of how visible the kremlin and its proof. i've gone to our on the streets of bell. great. ever since the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full slacking dog, but all most, any good relationship with the foreign country is welcome. we don't have to love each other, but we can cooperate and respect each other. yeah. as an individual, i have a good opinion of russians. i love russian. i love orthodoxies, and i consider them of brotherly people. some of these can boast, lubbock nations have a long tr

party.lace is the opposition pro-western bloc. actually, the very idea of ​​holding early elections comes from vucic. he explained this by saying that serbia needs to maintain stability and cohesion. this spring, the country was rocked by two mass shootings. the liberal opposition used spontaneous civil rallies began to put forward political demands. read more about the voting results and what will or will not change now. which is translated from serbian as serbia should not stop, is gaining 47% of the votes, these are the latest data announced by the central committee, the main competitor of the presidential coalition, the pro-western opposition bloc serbia against violence is gaining without one hundredth 23% of the votes and is in second place, in third place coalition ivica dacic, prime minister of serbia with a result of more than 6%, is the serbian socialist party, a traditional partner vucic's party. the election races will be conducted rationally , seriously, although i am not entire

the vote. pits of president alexander, which is a serbian progressive party against this be against violence coalition, formed mid protest, sparked by 2 deadly shooting rampages in may, observer se campaigning has been held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias favoring the populace. government that has held power for more than attack in the vote was initially scheduled to be held by april 2026, but president booth judge called a snap election dw journalist sonya key h n. alexander von neumann met serbian voters and electron observers in the capital bel, great portraits of the russian president next to the t shirts with the letters the a symbol for rush us war on ukraine. only a few examples of how visible the kremlin and its profound gun the are on the street, south belk rate. it was the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full slacking dog, but all most, any good relationship with the foreign country is welcome. we don't have to love each other, but we can cooperate and respect each other. yeah. as an individual, i have a good opinion of russians. i love russian. i

box stuffing, preliminary results show the populace. serbian progressive party, led by president alexander boot judge winning 46.7 percent of the votes, almost twice as much as the 2nd placed opposition alliance, serbia against violence, opposition supporters and gathered in bel grade to protest the election results. here's what one of the election absorbers had to say about those irregularities. it was no fair election to be sure not to speak about fair election. it was, i'm for you. i can repeat that the building of the always the do it was on say, uh and, and i think if you ask me as a politician then they said, i think the victory in belgrade was stolen from the bushes. dw is brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomenal. she gave me this update from the great yeah, we are in the center of the live election committee and the people and maybe all the time rahman martin could show you're a bit around the people that you see around are those. so there are supporters and members of the pro western opposition, united under the name therapy against violence. and there are here because there ar

president vucic�*s progressive party has been in power since 2012.her following mass shootings earlier this year. live now to our balkans correspondent guy de launey, who's in belgrade. he is outside a polling station. what is the choice here for voters? is he said, we have this 15 party coalition, serbia against violence. that pulls together most of the pro—eu opposition parties in serbia in other words, these are parties who see serbia's path going forward becoming a member of the european union rather than maintaining its closeness with russia, which is well known here in serbia. under the hand, you have the progressive party, very much the dominant force in serbian politics for more than a decade. is the first time they have faced a coherent opposition, they have been so dominant. the progressives also are ostensibly pro—eu, but president vucic is always keen to maintain that serbia has the right to maintain its friendship with russia, business links with china and non—recognition of kosovo into the bargain. they are a bit ideologically slippery,

, the vote, pitts president, alexander lucas vickers, serbian progressive party against the serbia against violence. a coalition formed mid protest, sparked by 2 deadly shooting, rampages in may, absorber shape. campaigning has been held in an atmosphere of intimidation and media buys favoring the populace government that has held power for more than a decade. the vote was initially scheduled to be held by april 2026, but president boot judge called a snap election dw journalist sonya clia each and alexander von domine met serbian voters and electron observers in the capital bel, great portraits of the russian president. next to the t shirts with the letters the a symbol for rush us war on ukraine. only a few examples of how visible the kremlin and its profound gun the are on the streets of belk rate. it was the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full slacking dog, but all most, any good relationship with the foreign country is welcome. we don't have to love each other, but we can cooperate and respect each other. yeah. as an individual have a good opinion of russians. i lov

so it'd be in progressive party. we'll get more from that correspondence in belgrade. and japan and south korea site. north korea has lost to me solve capable of hitting a target anywhere in continental united states, the imagining how it welcome to the program. we begin with increasing international calls for each route of scale back. it's a salt on gas and that includes permits closest ally, us us defense, secretary lloyd austin was in television today to talk to is riley latest about how they could better protect the civilians in a war against the mastic were considered a terrorist organization by numerous countries according to the homeless run health ministry, the death told in casa, as nasa passed 19400 postings or shocked and increase these people in god's authenticity updated by the more and the loss of their loved ones. and as in many of the past is strive the strikes. many of those who are children seems like these are increasing pressure and it's trying to predict civilians. according of accord at the us defense secretary lloyd austin, texting palestinian ci

elections, projected results suggest the populace, it'd be, it'd be in progressive party is on track to win about the pro western opposition. so it'd be against violent says it does not recognize the projections, but the opposition and election monsters have more of serious regularities during the vote, including claims of unregistered voters from other countries. the deputies alexander phenomena just following the election for us in belgrade. earlier, she told me how boot judge has been able to hold on to pell. as it appears that she has been very successful in imposing and narrative, that there is no alternative that he is the only one who is capable of guaranteeing prosperity and economic growth in the country. some things that, of course, most of the people who are interested in even more than in joining the european union, which is however, claimed that he is a, he wants to concrete, the joint that you are paying the same time that he wants to maintain a relationship with russia, which is still very popular in the last years, however, we have to say that she has ties his grip on

party was imposed there, which created , in fact, from a test tube in the image of the us democraticred american military instructors there, there are several hundred japanese military instructors there, there the island is stuffed with american weapons, the island is going completely in line with this policy, and when xidingping told biden that, in fact, taiwan is ours, but this is how it can be characterized, that is this presents us with the idea that he went to negotiate, shake hands, restore relations, but in essence sidinprin came to biden and said: i will return taiwan, i will return it when i want, and the chinese people give me this right, in essence he says , that: you and this crypto-colony of yours will be expelled, we will remove you from there , we will take taiwan from you, because there was something of this nature, accordingly , a statement, and the fact that now the m12 east highway is openly evidenced is colossal a breakthrough, well, first of all, i can say that this is a breakthrough towards china, because the route is being built to china, then it is yekaterinbu

box stuffing, preliminary results show the populace. serbian progressive party led by president alexander, who judge, 146.7 percent of the boat, that's almost twice as much as the 2nd placed opposition alliance. i got the survey against violent one from the opposition is called for protest this evening in the capitol bill. great news, here's what one of the election absorbers had to say about those irregularities was no fair election should not speak about fair election. it was, i'm for you, i can repeat that the building of the always the do. it was on say how and, and i think if you ask me as a politician then they said, i think the victory in belgrade was stolen from the bushes. approach is already underway in bel grade, the w's brussels bureau chief alexander from nom, and she gave me this update from bill gray. yeah, we are in the center of the election committee and the people, it may be all a time or i'm not going to show you a bit around the people that you see around us. so. so there are supporters and members of the pro western opposition. united under the name servers against v

party is on track for an absolute majority and columns. of the opposition coalition is disputing his class and coming up in sports, can anyone still live at kids? and in the bonus like, i went again to keep the on vacant record and stay full points to clear. at the top of the time the . i'm anthony, are welcome to the program. pardon me. is wireless facing increasing pressure up to scale back? the fighting in jobs are a civilian casualties mount the president. benjamin netanyahu is failing to keep up military pressure on have us, which is classified as a territory by germany. the european union and the us international allies are urging is route to do more to protect civilians trapped inside the territory. that netanyahu stays these countries ground and they are offensive is the best way to ensure the safer to of the hostages and the destruction of i'm us in collecting and burying the dead now with daily ritual in the gaza strip. for those able to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones, many remain trapped under the rubble of bombed out b

but even though this is the progressive party, their figurehead is very much president aleksandar vucica needs to regain prosperity and move the country forward. that's a very appealing proposition for the voters, as against a coalition of 15 fairly unrelated opposition parties who had gathered under this umbrella, serbia against violence. yes, it's certainly not worked out the way the opposition would have liked it. what were the main issues, though, that people were campaigning on? well, the economy was a big one. we've had high inflation here in serbia. it was reaching up as high as 15% within the past year. it's now down to about 8%. but, obviously, the cost of living was was concerning people. and mr vucic and the progressives took measures to try and alleviate people's fears, some of which the opposition said were not on, like they were giving handouts to all sorts of different people — pensioners, students, reducing prices of certain goods in the supermarkets. the opposition was calling that helicopter money. they were saying in essence it was buying votes. but these were all way

his serbia must not stop bloc, formed on the basis of the serbian progressive party.prove , first of all, to my western partners that it was not yet worth rocking the boat in the country. the voting results confirmed this; by the evening, vucic’s bloc had taken the lead. our victory in these elections is even more convincing than we expected. we will continue to follow the european path, defending our national interests, including territorial integrity. i mean kosovo. this day for vučić began in line at the polling station. in the morning. serbia should not stop, there is no independence for kosovo and there are no sanctions against russia, do you think people will support you? i think people will answer all these questions, yes, we are the only ones who presented a real program for the development of the country, unlike our opponents. as for the opponents, in addition to the patriotic opposition, vučić is under powerful pro-western pressure, they brought people out on the streets after terrible tragedies with mass executions, and they are again using the same techniq

the projections suggest his serbian progressive party will win almost forty—seven percent of the votepercent. 0ur balkan correspondent guy delauney is following the story from belgrade. the projected results appear to indicate a strong result for president aleksandar vucic�*s progressive party. the president himself wasn't up for election because, of course, these were parliamentary and local elections — but he was very much front and centre of the progressives's campaign, and a lot of people were viewing this as very much a confidence vote in the man who really embodies leadership in serbia. mr vucic remains an enormously popularfigure in large parts of the country, particularly outside the larger metropolitan areas and among older voters. they like the image that he projects of being a strong leader who represents serbia's interests in a very powerful way to all the international partners that serbia has to deal with over issues like eu negotiations, normalisation of relations with kosovo, and its ongoing friendship with russia, which mr vucic has refused to drop, despite appeals fr

of president bush's the progress of party, of saying, even uh, calculating figures like around the 8 the euros to what i'm worried cuz there are, uh, but uh, there were also other reports say that they are trying to buy votes, manipulate, uh is the chair membership, validate. and so they said that some of both costs between $70.80 euro plus there have been a lot of, uh, uh, things going on and scandals, uh for adult position uh for sale by the governing 5 days in order to make it possible to been for the leading part of that, so dw corresponding us affairs in belgrade. many things to go some of the other stories now making use around the world. trans transitional president mohammed is debbie. it know has cast his vote in a referendum on a new constitution. it seen as a step towards the return of civilian rule that his military went to has promised, but parts of the opposition or boycotting the vote. shane it is designed to cement these rule. the winds migration agency says $61.00 migrants including women and children, have drowned following a ship, rac off the coast of libya, the int

and the governing party, the progressives, agreed.he progressive party has a very well oiled election machine, a very well oiled election machine, a coherent proposition and people know what and who they are voting for. even though this is the progressive party, theirfigurehead is very much president alexander ljutic who presents himself as a strong leader that serbia needs to regain prosperity —— alexander vucic. that is a very appealing proposition for voters as against a coalition of 15 fairly unrelated opposition parties who had gathered under this umbrella, serbia against violence. it under this umbrella, serbia against violence. �* ., ~' under this umbrella, serbia against violence. �* ., ~ ., under this umbrella, serbia against violence. �* ., ~' ., violence. it didn't work out the way the opposition _ violence. it didn't work out the way the opposition would _ violence. it didn't work out the way the opposition would have - violence. it didn't work out the way the opposition would have liked. i the opposition would have liked.

party is on track for an absolute majority in parliament . the opposition coalition is disputing his plan and how come maybe a mobile and price and not proceed active. this give me life goes on trial. badging accuses him of conspiring with foreign forces. bonds groups the cold in the case and attacked on press for the i'm anthony, how it welcome to the program as well as pricing, increasing pressure to scale back the fucking and gaza as civilian casualties mount about president benjamin netanyahu is valley to keep up military pressure on a mass which is classified as a territory by germany, the european union, and the us international allies. the urging is route to do more to protect civilians trapped inside the territory. but netanyahu says these countries ground and they are offensive, is the best way to ensure the safer to an of the hostages and the destruction of a mass collecting and burying the dead. now with daily ritual in the gaza strip, for those able to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones, many remain trapped under the rubble o

so been progressive party, declared victory in the snap elections bought a course of local and national up, so was, have condemned the ward fighting a stream over the latitude. demonstrations like this one outside the headquarters of serbia's election commission in belgrade are happening on an almost daily basis since the countries parliamentary and local elections. on december, the 17th opposition leaders of accused president alexander boot judge at his ruling right wing serbian progressive party of rigging. the vote. the clear up this moment requires that everyone in serbia stands up and fights for their own dignity . so they will not be a slave and installed and state where institutions have been stolen and elections have been stolen. everything has been stolen and we will not live in such a country. we want institutions, we want the rule of law and rights. people up, he's among a handful of opposition. leaders were declared a hunger strike until the vote in the pivotal battle ground. a bell. great as a note saying this is our calling. i want you to sign the citizens for support me a

party for whittemore from pap correspondence in belgrade. and japan and south korea site. north korea has launched a missile capable of hitting a target anywhere in the continental united states. the i'm anthony ad. welcome to the program. we begin with increasing international calls for each route to scale back. it's a cellphone, gaza that includes from its closest ally, the us, us defense secretary lloyd austin, was intel of it today to talk to us by the latest about how they could better protect civilians in the war against a mass like were considered a terry group, a by numerous countries, according to the have most run health ministry, the death told and gaza has now surpassed $19400.00 palestinians. shocked and increase. these people in golf, boston to city of theaters by law, mourning the loss of their loved ones. and as in many of the past astride he strikes, many of those who are children seems like these are increasing pressure on his trying to predict civilians. a goal of equity at the us defense secretary lloyd austin, texting pa

party.n second place is the opposition pro-western bloc. read more about this. 7 % of the votes, these are the latest data announced by the central committee, the main competitor of the presidential coalition , the pro-western opposition bloc serbia against violence , gains less than one hundredth of the votes and is in second place, in third place is the ivicadacic coalition, the prime minister of serbia with a result of more than 6%, this is the serbian socialist... the absolute majority is clear that the party of aleksandar vucic is gaining in parliament, depending on the final arrangement, it could be 129-130 mandates out of 250; the night before at the party headquarters , alexander vucic called this result successful. i hope that all the players in this election campaign, so i expect a landslide victory, this is a very important precondition for our country to continue on the path of prosperity and success. in addition, the president of serbia in the evening at headquarters noted that

of party of saying, even calculating figures like around 8 the you were us, the water board there. uh, but uh, there were also other reports say that they are trying to buy votes, manipulate, uh is the chair membership validus. and so they say that part of both costs, between $70.80 euro plus there have been a lot of, uh, uh, things going on and scandals, uh for the position uh for sale by the governing 5 days in order to make it possible to been for the leading part of that, so dw corresponding us a ferry in belgrade. many things to go a brief look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the u. n's migration agency says $61.00 migrants including women and children, have drowned following a ship, rac off the coast of libya, the international organization for migration, quoted survivors. as saying the boat had the part of the libyan city as well. right headed for europe was around $86.00 people on board. a vatican court has sent a instant italian cardinal to 5 and a half years in prison for financial crimes, including several accounts of embezzlement, a former

the dpp support the progressive party, these are alien govants, but the fact that the united states hasd, is the law on relations with taiwan, there is one hut with documents. always decided with china, at least the americans, this is an issue that concerns arms supplies, now lately they have been pumping them up, but that is why, in fact, for the americans it is now very important that charles called, because the americans are not crystallizing there one , but two conflicts, yanbu, as i understand it, the chinese have already bought everything, well, that’s all there, everything seems to be not completely completed, but it seems to be already there. in the farthest east, instead of one around taiwan, a second one still grows americans have a conflict, a serious conflict that they cannot leave in the care of , so i’m telling them in the care of the koreans and japanese, but there is no conflict, there is a conflict, a big conflict, because?

of party of saying even uh, calculating figures like around a 3 euros to water board there. uh, but uh there were also other reports say that they are trying to buy votes, manipulate, uh is the chair and the technologies. and so they said that some of both costs between $70.80 euro plus there have been a lot of, uh, uh, things going on and scandals, uh for the position uh for sale by the governing 5 days in order to make it possible to been for the leading part of that, so dw corresponding us a ferry in belgrade. many things to go think this is a brief look at some of the other headlines making use around the world. at this hour, the u. n's migration agency says $61.00 migrants including women and children, have drowned following a ship rec, off the coast of libya, the international organization for migration, quoted survivors. as saying the boat had the part of the libyan city of this war headed for europe with around 86 people on board. the vatican court has sentenced in italy and cardinal to 5 and a half years in prison for financial crimes, including several accounts of

with his serbian progressive party he is holding his third assembly elections in 4 years. without actuallyg its objectives, and issues an ultimatum to serbia to recognize the independence of kosol. despite the activities of the eu and us missars, you are doing as much as possible. makes decision-making difficult, given how quickly events are developing and western politicians are changing their shoes. nevertheless, according to political scientists, it is important for him to strengthen his positions within the country before the decisive battle, they will help elections to the assembly. it seems to me that they fought more than ever, i feel it in the people, people felt the danger that those who are the worst want to rule again and want to return serbia to the past. we will not allow them to return serbia to the past, we want to see. when in the cis, who actually came to the meeting of heads of government. boris ivanina will talk about how the traditional christmas tree of wishes event is taking place this year. the children at the confectionery factory are breathtaking, there are so many

the progressive party.y're led by president aleksandar vucic, who even though he isn't up for election himself because these are parliamentary, not presidential elections, he's been the big figure in the progressive party campaign telling everybody he'll listen, that his is the only party that can be trusted to govern serbia responsibly. 0n the other hand, you've got this coalition, serbia against violence, 15 different parties in there. now, this is the proverbial big tent. so you've got everybody in there from eco—activists through to centre right parties, and they've got one or two things in common. one of the big ones, of course, is that they want to get rid of president vucic and his progressives. they also say that they're pro—european, although that applies to the progressive party as well. everybody wants tojoin the european union. so the big thing, perhaps, that the serbia against violence coalition has is the they're talking about this culture of violence which they say was allowed to be created i

, and there its leader, he left democratic progressive party at one time, he was former taib, so he saidcandidates, so to speak , two candidates, one from gomedan, the other from - this taiwanese people's party, in fact, they quarreled, there was a terrible scandal, representatives of gomedan left, it all fell apart, as a result, into presidential there are three elections going on, three candidates, three candidates, one means from the government, the second is coming from here - yes, this is from. taiwan people's party and the third is this very vice president, who the taiwanese have a very very interesting system, they still recognize them there, paraguay recognizes them, belis recognizes them, they are going to the united states, well, as if passing through, that is, they are going like would be in belize, as if in paraguay, but they come to the united states and there, it means they communicate unofficially, by the way, back in july, this one - a representative of taiwan came and just asked for weapons and, so to speak, said that taiwan should not become ukraine and for this you mus

party.us all this, and we know that there are accusations that there were falsifications... falsifications, that there were these carousels, buses were brought from bosnia and herzegovina, and you say that the predicted results, these falsifications are also predicted they simply had an impact on a small percentage, or something more serious, or they predicted that they would happen such falsifications? well, falsifications are a very common, as they say, serbian phenomenon. elections and special elections, as i spoke about, almost these ordinary decent elections were only one in 10 years, i think that now there is no condition for the serbian maidan, although you could see, in the summer in serbia, the protesting potential grows, protesting because of environmental problems, because of organized crime , that's why... actually the opposition, the serbian opposition, united around the protest that took place in the summer, and this is in connection with the tragic shooting at a school in belg