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Following ODIHR's 30 July 2026 needs assessment report, CRTA read its findings against its own monitoring and its June 2026 public opinion survey. On the electoral laws, the media regulator and the voter register, the ODIHR report independently confirms problems CRTA has documented throughout the 2026 reform cycle. The survey shows the same concerns among citizens: trust in the government, parliament and parties at or below a third, and 55% saying the March 2026 local elections were not free and fair.

On 30 July 2026, ODIHR published the report of its Needs Assessment Mission to Serbia and recommended deploying a full Election Observation Mission for the anticipated early elections, with a core team of analysts, 32 long-term observers and 300 short-term observers, plus media monitoring and an assessment of disinformation and foreign and domestic interference. It is the largest full-scale mission ODIHR has proposed for Serbia since 2012, larger than the missions deployed in 2022 and 2023, reflecting the concerns interlocutors raised about a highly polarised pre-election environment.

On 30 July 2026, at the continuation of its constitutive session, the REM Council again failed to elect a president. With seven of eight members present, Miloš Garić won four votes and Dubravka Valić Nedeljković three in each of two rounds - short of the two-thirds majority the law requires. Mileva Malešić had withdrawn her earlier candidacy, Garić's remained, and Rodoljub Šabić proposed Valić Nedeljković. Until a president is elected, the Council's oldest member chairs and it cannot begin its substantive work; the next session is set for the second half of August.

Draft Law Amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption

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ODIHR’s needs assessment confirms what CRTA has documented, and what citizens already sense

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ODIHR recommends its largest recent observation mission for Serbia’s early elections

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No-confidence vote fails after five months of parliamentary delay

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Education inspection into University of Belgrade statute change tests the limits of university autonomy

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The Cluster 3 note and the Rule of Law report: two pictures of Serbia

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Interpol refuses Serbia’s arrest warrants for exiled Novi Sad activists, citing political case

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The 2026 EU Rule of Law report on Serbia: reform on paper, not in practice

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Draft Law Amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption

Draft law analysis Draft Law Amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has proposed amendments aimed at a clearer separation between the exercise of public office and election campaigning, and at preventing the misuse of public office and public resources. The draft implements four ODIHR and several GRECO […]

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ODIHR’s needs assessment confirms what CRTA has documented, and what citizens already sense

Summary On 30 July 2026, ODIHR published the report of its Needs Assessment Mission and recommended a full Election Observation Mission for Serbia’s anticipated early elections. The report maps the concerns raised by its interlocutors, CRTA among them, rather than delivering ODIHR’s own verdict.Read next to CRTA’s monitoring, those concerns are familiar. On the electoral […]

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ODIHR recommends its largest recent observation mission for Serbia’s early elections

Summary From 6 to 10 July 2026, ODIHR sent a Needs Assessment Mission to Serbia to decide whether, and how, to observe the early elections, expected later in the year after a round of electoral legislative reform, meeting the authorities, parties, media, civil society, academia and international actors, CRTA among them. Such a report is […]

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No-confidence vote fails after five months of parliamentary delay

On 29 July, the National Assembly rejected a motion of no confidence in the government of Prime Minister Đuro Macut. Of 176 MPs present, 40 voted in favour of the motion, 135 against, and one abstained, so the cabinet retained the Assembly’s confidence. The debate ran across three days, from Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 […]

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CRTA sets the ODIHR needs assessment against its own monitoring and survey data, finding the same problems across laws, REM, the voter register and public trust.

ODIHR recommends a full observation mission with 32 long-term and 300 short-term observers for Serbia’s anticipated early elections.

REM Council again failed to elect a president, with neither candidate winning a majority after two rounds of voting.

Draft Law Amending the Law on Prevention of Corruption

ODIHR’s needs assessment confirms what CRTA has documented, and what citizens already sense

ODIHR recommends its largest recent observation mission for Serbia’s early elections

No-confidence vote fails after five months of parliamentary delay