voting is on the way in serbia. wherever a pro west of coalition is hoping to gain ground against the countries, russia friendly ruling party. 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 o

people in serbia of voting and snap national and local elections, which were cold following public outrage over to mass shootings. the populace, serbian progressive party of president, the son of which price is a challenge from a pro western opposition coalition that came together during months of sweep protests triggered by mos shootings, early inmates. protesters accused authorities of allowing a culture of violence to flourish and serve you service say, election is taking place. internet sphere of intimidation and media bias. wait, it was influence from the kremlin and as well in ukraine affecting campaign. we have more now from our correspondent electronic phenomenon in bug, right. or? well, it's under which it tests manage to successfully impose and narrative that there is no alternative to him on the serbian political stage when it comes to the cannot make development of the country. in the last 10 years, his party had significant success building a modern infrastructure and attracting foreign investors and of which it's also built this image of himself as being the only one capable of maintaining this very difficult to diplomatic balancing act between having

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 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 e

of snap election was stolen. 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, but they al

a monitoring mission says that they noted several irregularities in the wind by the serbian progressive party of president alexander, which will get more of our correspondence in delray. the library got this good to have you with this on this monday. international calls for is realty skill back. it's a salt on gaza or increasing and that includes from its closest ally, the united states, defense secretary and lloyd austin, isn't telling me where he has held separate talks with prime minister benjamin at yahoo. as well as the country's defense minister go on 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 them off a group considered a terrorist organization by numerous countries. often reiterated that israel does have the right to defend itself. he also stress that it has an obligation to try to protect civilian lives, protecting palestinian civilians and gaza is both a moral duty and a strategic imperative. so we will continue to stand up for israel's bedrock right to defend itself. and we will also

is hoping to gain ground against the countries. russia friendly, ruling party and power for more than 10 years. the vote pits the serbian progressive party of president alexander who judge against the coalition formed mid anti government protest in the wake of mass shootings in may. those protesters blamed authorities for allowing a culture of violence. and serbian observers say campaigning has been held and an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias favoring the populace government. the vote was initially scheduled to be held by april of 2026. but the president who judge called a snap election dw journalist sonically, h and alexander phenomena met a serbian voters and collection observers in the capitol bell. great. 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 of 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 res

island, that is, the results of the extraordinary elections were very predictable in... the victory by a large margin of the ruling serbian the progressive party of presidentić, they won almost 50% of the voters, and on the other hand, the united opposition under the name of serbia against violence won almost 25% votes, and what was also expected in those elections is, as you said, the abuse of administrative resources, it is the control of the authorities over the means. mass media, the very large control that ukraine probably experienced during yanukovych's time, it was voter intimidation and vote-buying, which could be observed en masse on social networks, and this is all about it in the reports of international observers, but you know, this this is not shocking news from serbia, učić's party here uses such... such authoritarian methods and means to stay with authorities, and extraordinary elections have already taken place, this is almost their fourth in the last 10 years. his rule, in fact , they start talking about early elections immediately after the government is formed, and then almost a new informal campaign begins, a kind of, you can say, a pol

hoping to gain ground against the countries. russia, friends, a routing party, 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 n

of the chips progressive a part of the country is underway. do we already have any exit polls? well, we know that the serbian progressive body president bush's party is in the lead in this election, which 46.6 percent. that is, according to our projection, published by 2 posters here in serbia and according to this to projects in the united, a position under the name of serbia against violence is said to come 2nd and 3rd, we expect the socialist party of serbia to be positioned that is of course those are only preliminary data, but it's seems that to then which of spots you has a good chance of having the majority of the in the serbian paula man. and over the course of this evening, he himself seemed to be very confident before even this projection was published, he popped up in the press room, speaking about an absolute majority and show showing that he is in a very good mood. so it looks like bush is, is managing to consolidate his popped up. why, how does the, how does he do this? well, it seems that she has been quite successful in imposing the narrative that there is no alternative on the serbian political stage that he is the only need are c

the populist serbian progressive party of president alexander from the judge faces a challenge from a pro western opposition coalition that came together during months of street protests triggered by the mass shooting attacks. and may protesters accuse authorities of allowing a culture of violence to flourish in serbia, observers say the election is taking place in an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias with influence from the kremlin and it's war and ukraine impacting campaigning, dw correspondence egos. the ferry is in belgrade covering the election. i asked him if serbians appear to be behind who judge or if we're looking at a close, tightly contested election. well, everything says that the president elect under, which is it's going to have probably been the election. but uh, as to said, there has been a lot of accusations for me, the control and it's not on it. so it'd be a that a nearly most of the media are pro uh government. uh so it was not much space for a position to be seen in public and heard from the people. so there is going to be a race, of course, but uh, mostly

the populace, serbian progressive party of president alex on the voltage phases of charlotte from a pro western opposition coalition that came together during months of street protests triggered by mouth shooting, attacks, inmate serbs living and comfortable also eligible to vote. but tensions between serbia and kosovo on making it harder for them. building the boston costs of the to go and vote in election across the board. and so be a thousands of others and making the journey by con, subs make up about 5 percent of cost of those population. they used to be able to vote where they lived with the european security organization handling the logistics of transferring the pilots to sub you. but since the 2022, they were told they would have to travel to serbia in order to vote the a decision they say is on 5 or police. this is a political issue. it's not our issue. this is not right. election should be held here. we are also citizens. why should somebody treat us a 2nd class citizens? all of us have the right to vote. we move on, you know, this is not right. we do have to vote where we li

a monitoring mission has reported multiple irregularities in the when of president, alexander boot, you choose, the serbian progressive party will get more from our correspondence in bill. bring the i bring golf. it's good to have you with us. and we begin this monday with increasing international costs for is real to scale back. it's a salt on garza and that includes from its closest ally, the united states. us defense secretary lloyd austin was intel of leave on monday to talk to is really leaders about how they could better protect civilians in the war against them. off a group considered a terrorist organization by numerous countries. now, according to the home, off run the health ministry and jobs of the death toll in the gaza strip as male surpassed. 19400. a shocked and increase these people in golf. so i was sentenced to be 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 a call of equity at the us defense secretary lloyd austin, texting pro, study and ci

the city of hryndavik. in serbia. a rally was held demanding the cancellation of support for the parliamentary elections in which the ruling serbian progressive party of president oleksandr vučić is winning. several thousand people in belgrade gathered in front of the headquarters of the state election commission, chanting thieves and treason. protesters pelted the building with eggs, tomatoes and rolls of toilet paper. the entrance to the election commission was surrounded by policemen. at the same time, the opposition leaders filed. official complaints about numerous falsifications in the elections, these are the cases for the moment, i tell you, see you at 11, the news team is working, we follow what is happening in ukraine and the world, of course, you can read more about current events at to our website espresso tv, also subscribe to our channels in social networks, stay close. good morning to everyone from the espresso team, we will try to provide you with... the most interesting speakers in the near future, but let's get started, and we ask you not just to be actively with us, to watch espresso, but also to join our collection, because together with the

of the 8 organization care many thanks. indeed. thank you to serbia now where people are voting and snap national and local elections. the populace, serbian progressive party of president alexander footage, faces a challenge from a pro western opposition coalition that came together during months of street protests, which were triggered by 2 mass shootings back in may. observer say the election is taking place and an atmosphere of intimidation and media bias with influence from the kremlin and its war and ukraine impacting campaigning. let's get more on this from the w correspondent, egos of ferry, who joins us from belgrade. so ego, does it appear that most serbians are in fact behind which is, or are we looking at a close contested election so well, everything says that the president, alexander, will just show it's going to have probably been the election. but as you said, there's been a lot of accusations for me, the control and it's known it. so it'd be of that of nearly most of the media are pro uh government. uh so it was not much space for the position to be seen in public and heard from the people. so there is going to be a race, of course, but uh, mostly, uh,

bias, vote buying and ballot box stuffing the preliminary result to show the populace of serbian progressive party led by president alexander bu judge. 146.7 percent of the boat. this almost twice as much as the 2nd place opposition alliance, serbia against violence. the opposition has called for protest this evening and the capital build. great. here's what one of the election absorbers had to say about the irregularities was no fair election. we should not speak about the fear elects, and it was unfair. i can repeat that the building of the always the do it goes on. so yeah, and, and i think if you ask me is a bullet issue then that said, i think the victory in bel cannot was stolen from the persist in the clear words right there. let's go down to the w's, brussels bureau chief alexander phenomena. she joined us from the serbian capital bell grade. alexandra, the opposition says it's rejecting the result. it's called for pro chess. what's going on? we can hear something's going on where you are right now. yeah, we are under the center of belgrade in front of the live election committee and the people and maybe a

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the expulsion of many immi immigrants. >>> serbia's president is claiming a party victory in the snap parliamentary election. president alexander bucyk declared victory for the serbian progressivearty in sunday's election. polls looked like they were in favor of the president's party, though he was not on the ballot himself. it will allow the party to expand their reach in parliament after failing to take a majority in 2022. the vote comes after a difficult year in serbia with back-to-back mass shootings spawning anti-government protests. parliament must meet within two weeks of the official results being announced with just 60 days to form a new government. >>> i want to thank you for joining us. for our international viewers, "world sport" is next. for our viewers in the united states and canada, i'll be back with more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. ♪ >>> welcome back to our viewers in north america. i'm rosemary church. police have arrested a man in washington after he allegedly sprayed an unknown substance at two people while shouting an anti-semitic phrase. the 33-year-old suspect appears to have been arrested near the kesha israel congregation synagogue. washington poli

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box stuffing for luminary results shows the populist serbian progressive party led by president alexander of which 146.7 percent of the boat. that's almost twice as much as the 2nd placed opposition alliance. serbia against violence. opposition. supporters of gathering bilbry to protest against these election results. with these protests already underway in belgrade, our brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena. she is, they are, she gave me this update. 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 servers against violence, and there are here because there are saying not accepting those resolves, they think that b l, the victory at these in bellevue, i was stolen from them. and that is why there are here, and they demand from the election commission to cancel the resolve. there are no, it's okay with what's happened. they think they should have one kid in belgrade an

the elections held on december 17, the pro-russian serbian party won. the progressive party, whose leader before the election to the post of presidentmay was oleksandr vucic, but as reported by the reuters agency, international observers recognized the election as unfair, and the ruling party received an unfair advantage due to the bias of snakes, the influence of the country's president and violations during voting, such as for example, as bribery of voters. the president of serbia declares that the elections were fair and denies any violations, according to the associated press. some opposition politicians... even went on hunger strike. we will talk about the situation in serbia and probably the russian one later. kateryna shymkevich, candidate of historical sciences and head of the analytical center for balkan studies joined our broadcast. i congratulate you, katerina. good day. tell us about the background of these protests and whether their nature is really similar to the ukrainian maidans of the 4th-14th years of 14th, because the word maidan, about such phenomena, also sounds there. the opposition, as we understand, see, pro-

on december, the 17th the demonstrators accused president alexandra brutish and his ruling right wing, serbian progressive party of rigging the vote. i yeah, the not the only thing that this state had to provide you with citizens was do freely elect the ones who will leave the country level or are they stalled the elections warranty warranty. but you guys still not one but thousands and thousands of both. he's at the glass still by 10 peaches among a handful of opposition leaders on a hunger strike. who said they won't stop until the results are no. riot police moved in after demonstrators tried to storm downgrade city halls. barricading themselves inside the building, while some continued pelting it with stones and eggs. police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd and arrested dozens of demonstrators in a televised address. during the protest, the president accused the opposition of trying to destabilize the country. when it was, this is our thing, the people who vowed to fight violence confirmed once again that they are the real focus to and then they want to destroy our cities, villages, houses above all, our c

of a monument to the soviet army in the center of sofia. in the early parliamentary elections in serbia, the ruling coalition of the serbian progressive party won, and this is a big victory for serbian presidentksandar vucic. in early november, under pressure from the opposition, he dissolved parliament and ordered early elections. and now no one should have any doubt that the sympathies of the serbs are on the side of vucic, not him. opponents. sergei kholoshevsky reports from belgrade. for aleksandar vucic, this was an important victory on which he was betting. his bloc serbia must not stop, formed on the basis of the serbian progressive party. i had to 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. as for the opponents, in addition to the patriotic opposition, vučić is under powerful pro-western pre

the vote pitts, serbian president alexander, of which is ruling serbian progressive party against a pro western opposition coalition. observers say 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 voltage called a snap election with the www. the journalist sonya t. h and alexandra for nominate met serbian voters and the election of servers in the serbian capital build right portraits up 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 profound gun the are on the streets of belk rate. ever since the russians are our brothers, no doubt about that. a full slacking dog at all, most any good relationship with the foreign country is welcome. we don't have to love each other name, although 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 of brotherly people. some of these ka

were marked by both buying ballots, stopping at the proper influence of president alexander, of which the results mean his governing serbian progressive party holds a parliamentary majority. president has condemned the attempted violence pink homer you thought it was because what i believe you listed in the pocketbook for days. we want to this is a living international parties. many were refusing to acknowledge what was being planned either our intelligence services responded, although knowing exactly what the trouble makers were playing with, we wouldn't let them stabilize countries or simply put them on the 16th police of using excessive force. thousands of people have been arrested. serbia's grappling with a year of political unrest, sparked by demonstrations against mess, shootings which involve to protests against the rising, replacing, and allegations of government corruption acts as i'm gonna reach out to 0. go ahead and i'll just say or will tell me why danish trends full jain mask has decided to resume shipping through the red sea. the deadly fires rage out of control olivia's amazon regions with the climate phenomena . nino hittin

were marked by both buying ballots, stopping at the proper influence of president alexander, of which the results mean his governing, serbian progressive party holds a parliamentary majority. the president has condemned the attempted violence. colmer because what i believe you're telling me fucked. the days we want to this is a living international parties. many were refusing to acknowledge what was being planned either our intelligence services responded. although knowing exactly what the trouble makers were playing with, we wouldn't let them stabilize countries simply pretty much after the 6 years police of using excessive force, thousands of people have been arrested. serbia's grappling with a year of political unrest, sparked by demonstrations against mess, shootings which involve to protests against the rising, replacing, and allegations of government. corruption acts as i'm gonna reach out to 0. just before we go, i'm going to bring you some recent pictures from some piece of square in rome. this is where the pope has been and making a speech on christmas day for the christian community. he has said that he deplores the quote, desperat

serbians to go live and vote in parliamentary and local elections on sunday . the election is picking the serbian president's alexander, who could as a ruling, serbian progressive 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, bro. slavic nation

marred by both buying ballots, stopping at the proper influence of president alexander, of which the results mean his governing serbian, the progressive party holds a parliamentary majority. the president has condemned the attempted violence. take colbert. he thought it was because it only used 20 fuck the days we wounded. this is losing international parties. many were refusing to acknowledge what was being planned either our intelligence services responded, although knowing exactly what the trouble makers will play english, we wouldn't let them stabilize that countries simply put them up after the successfully. so using excessive force, thousands of people have been arrested. serbia's grappling with a year of political unrest, sparked by demonstrations against mess, shootings, which involve to protests against the rising, replacing, and allegations of government. corruption acts as i'm moving out to 0 a. hi. it's take you some live pictures coming out of bell grades right now. i understand those of protests is least some of them students withhold have gathered outside government buildings. so upset with the way the elections have gone. se

of the campaign was about internal problems in serbia rather than foreign policy. given the results that basically gave a landslide victory to president vukic�*s serbian progressive partys on an internal level. but equally i don�*t think we will see lots of changes in the foreign policy as 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 def

on the one hand, by the ruling coalition led by the progressive party of serbia, the president. don't have much support among the general population serbianation, which today is very patriotically nationally oriented. serbia under vucic wants calm and neutrality, it has contracts with russia, countries of the middle east, china is building a railway from belgrade to budapest. there is enough work for everyone, salaries have doubled, however, being in europe, serbia cannot live without investments from the european union, namely them. brussels threatens to take it away if the country does not recognize kosovo's independence. the kosovo problem is now very seriously on the agenda in europe, and accordingly, in serbia. the thing is the fact that today europe is already speaking openly, speaking without actually camouflaging its goals, and is giving an ultimatum to serbia to recognize the independence of kosovo. despite the activity of the eu and us ministers, vuchit is delaying making a decision as much as possible, given how quickly events are developing and western politicians are changing their shoes. nevertheless, according to political

the ruling coalition led by aleksandar vucic's serbian progressive party. second place, according to opinion polls, may be taken by a group of pro-western movements. the presidentby saying that serbia needs to maintain stability and unity. this spring, the country was rocked by two mass shootings. the liberal opposition used spontaneous civil rallies and began to put forward political requirements. well, i’ll add that at the same time as the parliamentary elections, municipal elections are also being held in serbia. in the gaza strip , a french foreign ministry employee was killed as a result of a strike by the israeli army . the diplomat was taking refuge in the house of colleagues from the consulate general when the israeli air force struck. paris condemned the attack and demanded that the israeli authorities disclose the circumstances of the incident. meanwhile, the idf reports that the military found weapons in one of the enclave’s medical centers. according to the israeli army, hamas used hospital as a command center, too. during the raid, secret communications documents were discovered. benjamin netanyahu promised to continue to put pressure on hamas. acc

the proper influence. so president alexander, of which the results mean his governing serbian, a progressive party holds a parliamentary majority. the president has condemned the attempted to violence. take colbert because it only us 20 fuck the days we want of this is a living international parties. many were refusing to acknowledge what was being planned either our intelligence services responded, although knowing exactly what the trouble makers were playing with, we wouldn't let them stabilize countries or simply put them on extra. this is police of using excessive force. thousands of people have been arrested. serbia's grappling with a year of political unrest spark by demonstrations against mess, shootings, which involve to protests against the rise and replacing and elegance of government corruption acts as i'm moving out to 0. this is 118 people have been rescued, trying to cross the mediterranean. the n g o. c watch helped to boats and distress on sunday. a dozen children including a 3 year old on board. the whole been transferred to the sea watch 5 ship, which is south of the italian island of non

the president alexander, of which its ruling serbian progressive party, has received more than 50 percent of the preliminary votes and parliamentary elections. according to the republic, in the election commission, 15 percent of ballots had been tallied so far. this not the lectures were announced by positive which each last month and that considered a test of these kinds guffman to meet escalating political pressure from domestic politics and the united europe. union savvy has been trying to more closely integrate with b e u, while also maintaining needs for addition to the close size. with moscow, we spoke to the professor steven gauge bees, the needs of european studies. he says, of the west coast for a new government in serbia is in part because of its refusal to fall in line with nato's agenda in the region. that's done. i think that the main baffle will happen in the day. and here i would say even in weeks, maybe months after the elections and because of the elections are happening in a very specific international environment in which the western countries, primarily c probably sees

student support the physician boxes with testing since the elections accusing girly serbian progressive party officer being president valli some of the movies over the corner of fraud, including fictitious educational waters from serbia and abroad. 2 addresses here in belgrade. the previous slide to v o position protest escalated into a clash with the police, resulting in new york as almost 40 demonstrators after i'm su, attempted to enter the beverage embassy during the incidents of windows and entrances, door were broken and the police inside the building used to your gas and separate sprayed, the police report of injury is to age of their officers. the all position for lucian, serbia, against wireless. this claim the responsibility for the incident of the process, claiming that the disturbance were close by holding guns sent by the government. ukrainian orthodox christians of celebrated christmas on december the 25th for the 1st time. the tradition of the name on christmas on january the 7th. it's just like russia and then to like the government on the crating of don't judge officially change the dates in the parents not to ru

parliamentary elections which are seen as a test of the president and his progressive party which have been in charge since 2012. the projections suggest his serbianf the vote. turnout appears to have been similar to 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 w

election of december the 17th, which was won by the serbian progressive policy, the policy of alexander lucas, the president. and he went with something like 47 percent of the vote. now the opposition party traveled in 2nd place was 23 percent of the vote. and nationally, by making allegations of electro folders taking the heavy, the routing people being bossed in from different parts of the country to cause to have votes here. so they've turned up here now the, the rallies volunteered at 6 pm local time. 3 across the, across the city, big closely, haldeman building where they were a number of speeches from the opposition. politicians. now we have decided, attendance has be much lower than previous demonstrations. of course. on sunday we sold around 2000 people outside the building. the hosts the electoral commission and we so violent savings that we sold, the windows being smashed them torches, and fires and clashes with police. not today's demonstration has been largely a peaceful so fall. there is no police present the capital of the rotors to allow the party to march uh, a few 100 yards away from, from the center where we have these speeches. now there are a lot of empty voltage, cha

main opposition alliance is accusing the governments of allowing essex serves from bosnia to vote illegally. president, alexander, of which is serbian progressive party secured a narrow when in parliament. earlier this month, russia says and ukrainian striking the ritz border has killed one person. the defense of industry says 13 missiles were intercepted around bells road. it follows the largest russian assault on ukraine this year. 31 people were reported to have been killed on friday. and during that attack, poland says a russian missile briefly crossed its air space. warsaw, which is a member of nato, has summoned moscow's diplomatic representative for an explanation. russia says there is no proof of a board or violation. argentina has withdrawn his planned entry into the expanding bricks club of nations. presidents have you emulate says the decision which was taken by the previous government has been revised. argentina was one of 6 countries points to join the block next month as well. the new governments and argentina has started implementing reforms to the struggling economy, but the country remains divided, and a general strike has been cold

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