Serbian defense minister takes over as head of Serbian Progressive Party

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense of Serbia Milon Vucevic took over as head of the Serbian Progressive Party (SPP), Report informs citing TASS.

"Of course, I would like to thank all the delegates for nominating a candidate and being elected to the post of chairman of the SPP. Especially not out of order, but from the bottom of my heart, I want to say a big thank you to the former chairman of the SPP [President of the country] Aleksandar Vucic for 11 years of brilliant leadership of our party, 11 years of fighting not for the SPP, but first of all for Serbia," he told reporters.

Yesterday Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced his upcoming resignation from the post of chairman of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.

Yesterday there were clashes with representatives of the Kosovo police in the municipality of Zvecan in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, as a result of which 10 Serbs were injured.