11 Apr 2017

showCASE 23: Serbia: Has the rider on the white horse just arrived?

Despite “some procedural shortcomings“ reported during last week’s presidential elections in Serbia, the results were far from surprising – current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić won by a large margin, leaving the second most popular candidate, Saša Janković, almost 39 percentage points behind. Both the EU and Russia were quick to congratulate Mr. Vučić on his election victory; the president elect, for his part, underlined his commitment both to EU-accession talks and “maintaining traditional friendships with Russia and China". Read more.