The regional assembly of Serbia's autonomous region of Vojvodina dissolved itself on November 16 and announced that early regional elections will be held on December 17 together with nationwide early parliamentary and local elections. Out of the assembly's 120 members, 95, including those representing the ethnic-Hungarian minority accounting for 13 percent of the region's 2 million inhabitants, voted in favor. Four lawmakers voted against. Regular elections were to be held by May 2 next year, but most lawmakers argued that holding the poll together with nationwide elections would save taxpayers' money. Ethnic Hungarians are Vojvodina's and Serbia's largest ethnic minority. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.
Serbian Regional Assembly Dissolved; Early Elections To Be Held December 17
Only four members of Vojvodina's regional assembly voted against the motion. (file photo)