EU lawmakers seek an investigation into Serbia vote fraud allegations with an eye to freezing funds go.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from go.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by a long-awaited change at the top in Ukraine’s armed forces. Russia’s war on Ukraine Ukraine’s president this week sacked the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi. It follows speculation about a rift between the president and […]
Backsliding in Belgrade: Serbia's European future socialeurope.eu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from socialeurope.eu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
European Union lawmakers called on Thursday for an independent investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in Serbia and demanded that EU funds be cut off if the authorities in Belgrade fail to cooperate with the inquiry or are found to be implicated in election irregularities. The governing Serbian Progressive party of populist Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić won the Dec. 17 parliamentary and municipal elections, securing 129 seats in the 250-seat assembly. The opposition Serbia Against Violence coalition finished a distant second with 65 seats.