Meeting of the National Assembly of Serbia fails to reassure that the executive is not all-powerful
With the adoption of amendments to the election laws on 10 May, the National Assembly of Serbia concluded the additional sessions that it had to...
Tag : FOS2020
Freedom House reports on Serbia and Montenegro: “The results were not surprising”
Freedom House’s “Nations in Transit” report drew more attention than usual after classifying Serbia and Montenegro as “hybrid regimes”, in which the power is based...
NCEU is preparing a comprehensive report on measures introduced by the Government of Serbia during the state of emergency
by EWB
BELGRADE – The state of emergency in Serbia due to the COVID-19 pandemic was marked by numerous measures that directly affected the institutions, the application...
Serbia’s fall on media freedom list: “If it continues like this, there will no longer be anything to measure”
Serbia welcomed World Press Freedom Day by falling again on the recently published media freedom ranking list by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF). After falling...
Coalition of Albanian minority parties in Serbia: A significant step towards integration?
BELGRADE – At the beginning of the 2020 the Serbian political scene was marked by important changes in electoral legislation, which lowered the electoral threshold...
New low for parliamentary democracy in Serbia
by EWB
National Assembly of Serbia is set to meet early next week, more than 40 days since the state of emergency was announced. It is expected...
Human rights in Serbia at the time of the pandemic: Violation or justified limitation?
Serbia is one of the countries with the most rigorous measures taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced after a state of emergency was declared...
Serbian electoral reform: Improved national minority representation or tactical move against boycott?
This article was originally written in Serbian When the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament in Serbia was amended on 8 February 2020,...
Postponing the elections – a chance for dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties?
The postponement of the parliamentary and local elections in Serbia, scheduled for April 26, unexpectedly opened up a time frame for a new dialogue between...
Serbia’s new Media Strategy: Light at the end of the tunnel or Potemkin village?
Ensuring the independence of the Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM), financing public services primarily through fees pay by citizens, along with reducing the share...