Serbian government asks president to call early election


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jan 2014

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic (2nd L) speaks during a ceremony to mark the start of construction on the Serbian leg of Gazprom's South Stream gas pipeline, in Belgrade November 24, 2013. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's coalition government asked President Tomislav Nikolic on Tuesday to dissolve parliament and call an early election, after the centre-right SNS party called at the weekend for a stronger mandate to accelerate economic reforms.

Nikolic is expected to call the parliamentary election for mid-March, just under two years since Serbs last voted.

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