The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, has announced the calls for co-financing of projects that, through their quality, contribute to the preservation and strengthening of ties between the home country and the Diaspora and the home country and Serbs of the region, which are opened from 18th May 2020 until 1st June 2020.

All information about the calls and the application procedure can be found here.

The President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has made a Decision amending the Decision to call Parliamentary elections, which set the date for the elections to be held on 21st June 2020.

The Republic Election Commission, as the body conducting the Parliamentary election procedure, made a decision on 11th May 2020, on the continuation of election activities.

From Monday, 11th May 2020, the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in London will start receiving requests for voting from abroad.

Applicants can check, through the MPALSG public portal https://upit.birackispisak.gov.rs/, if they are enrolled in the Single Electoral Roll (SER).

A person who is a national of the Republic of Serbia and has a registered place of residence in the Republic of Serbia but is not registered in the SER, must first apply for enrollment in the SER. After the decision of the competent authority on enrollment in the SER is passed, the application for voting from abroad may be received or processed.

Nationals of the Republic of Serbia eligible to vote shall submit their application for voting from abroad through the diplomatic mission or consular post no later than 30th May 2020  (by midnight, local time in the Republic of Serbia).

Completed applications for voting from abroad, together with a copy of a valid travel document or ID card can be submitted to the RS Embassy in London in person or by e-mail: izbori2020@serbianembassy.org.uk

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS – FAKE WEBSITE
The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government has published a statement regarding the fake website for applying for voting from abroad, which can be downloaded at the link:
http://mduls.gov.rs/saopstenja/vazno-upozorenje-lazan-sajt-za-prijavu-za-glasanje-iz-inostranstva/

We would like to inform you that the Government of the Republic of Serbia, at its session on 21 May 2020, passed the Decision on termination of the Decision on closing all border crossings for entry into the Republic of Serbia - which terminated that decision passed on 19 March 2020,  the Decision on termination of the Decision on closing border crossings - which terminated that decision, as well as the Decision on amendments to the Decision on declaring COVID-19 disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus a contagious disease, which entered into force on 22 May 2020.
By all these decisions, all border crossings of the Republic of Serbia have been opened and they are functioning in the usual regime as of today.
Amendments to the Decision on declaring the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus a contagious disease lifted the ban on entering the Republic of Serbia, as well as epidemiological measures for all categories of domestic and foreign nationals. (without consent / permission, isolation measures and mandatory possession of a negative PCR test).

In accordance with the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the termination of the Decision on closing all border crossings for entry into the Republic of Serbia, i.e. the possibility of entry of all foreign nationals into the Republic of Serbia without permits, conditions have been created for issuing visas for foreign nationals in all diplomatic-consular missions of the Republic of Serbia, with the application of preventive measures in order to prevent the spread of the COVID - 19 disease (wearing masks and gloves, keeping a distance, making an appointment for visits, etc.).

Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Serbia and Serbia to the United Kingdom, Sian MacLeod and Aleksandra Joksimović, hosted a virtual four-hand piano concert dedicated to the fight against the coronavirus.