Serbian Progressive Party
political party, Serbia
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history of Serbia
- In Serbia: Independent Serbia
The newly formed Serbian Progressive Party (Srpska Napredna Stranka; SNS), which had split off from the Radicals in 2008, had by 2010 joined the DS in supporting Serbia’s accession to the EU. In March 2010 the Serbian parliament voted to condemn the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of Bosniaks (Bosnian…
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…in May 2012, the populist SNS won the largest share of votes, but a DS-led coalition finished close behind, leaving the third-place SPS in the role of kingmaker. Two weeks later, SNS leader Tomislav Nikolić defeated two-term incumbent Tadić in the second round of presidential balloting. Observers initially worried that…
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