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74-459: We Must ( Serbian Cyrillic : Морамо , romanized :  Moramo ; stylised as MORAMO, ) was an opposition electoral alliance that participated in the 2022 Serbian general elections . Initially formed in November 2021, when Together for Serbia (ZZS), Do not let Belgrade drown (NDB) and Ecological Uprising (EU) signed an agreement to participate in the 2022 general election under

148-648: A mass murder near Mladenovac and Smederevo in early May 2023. The Ujedinjeni parliamentary group changed its name to Forward to Europe in July 2023. SSP became part of the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests. SPN announced that it will take part in the 2023 parliamentary , Vojvodina provincial , and Belgrade City Assembly elections. Along with Miroslav Aleksić from

222-595: A December 2022 interview, Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta has confirmed that We Must does not exist anymore. The We Must coalition was formed by the Together for Serbia (ZZS), Do not let Belgrade drown , and the Ecological Uprising movement, led by Ćuta, that emphasised their support towards green politics . During their founding conference, its representatives stated that they would represent green-left values, and that some of their main goals would include

296-539: A challenge in Unicode modeling, as the glyphs differ only in italic versions, and historically non-italic letters have been used in the same code positions. Serbian professional typography uses fonts specially crafted for the language to overcome the problem, but texts printed from common computers contain East Slavic rather than Serbian italic glyphs. Cyrillic fonts from Adobe, Microsoft (Windows Vista and later) and

370-589: A clear position regarding the war in Ukraine. In November 2022, SSP proposed a resolution that would align Serbia's foreign policy with the European Union and implement sanctions on Russia. SSP criticised Chinese investments into Serbian infrastructure, claiming that "Serbia became the first Chinese colony in Europe" ( Srbija prva kineska kolonija u Evropi ). Regarding Belgrade, SSP stated its support for

444-512: A few other font houses include the Serbian variations (both regular and italic). If the underlying font and Web technology provides support, the proper glyphs can be obtained by marking the text with appropriate language codes. Thus, in non-italic mode: whereas: Since Unicode unifies different glyphs in same characters, font support must be present to display the correct variant. The standard Serbian keyboard layout for personal computers

518-463: A joint list, it was formalised as a coalition in January 2022. Its representatives had previously played a major role during the 2021–2022 environmental protests . The coalition won 4.7% of the popular vote and managed to cross the electoral threshold , while its presidential candidate, Biljana Stojković , won 3.3% of the popular vote. Following the election, a part of the coalition transformed into

592-472: A joint parliamentary group with PSG, Movement for Reversal , and United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" in the National Assembly and City Assembly of Belgrade; these groups were formalised under the name Ujedinjeni . Đilas was re-elected president of SSP in July 2022, while Stefanović, Tepić, and Bulatović retained their positions; Goran Petrović and Dušan Nikezić also became vice-presidents of

666-486: A joint parliamentary group with PSG. This group was dissolved in April 2024, after which SSP formed a parliamentary group on its own. The City Assembly of Belgrade was not constituted because the quorum was not met during the constitutve session. A new election was then called for 2 June. SSP opposed the participation in the new snap election on the grounds that electoral conditions did not improve. This ultimately led to

740-632: A joint platform with the PSG regarding the inter-party dialogues on electoral conditions . This was opposed by the People's Party (Narodna), which ultimately led to the dissolution of UOPS in January 2021. SSP presented its political platform for the inter-party dialogues in February 2021. The dialogues lasted from July to October 2021, though SSP left the dialogues in September 2021 after stating that

814-437: A law regarding the "fight against corruption of public officeholders" ( borbu protiv korupcije javnih funkcionera ) in November 2019; Tepić noted that the proposal was written on the model of practice of former Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Kövesi . SSP is also opposed to "party employment" ( stranačko zapošljavanje ), saying that "it should not matter whether you are a member of a political party, but whether you have

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888-625: A lower-level act, for national minorities). It is also an official script in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro , along with Gaj's Latin alphabet . Serbian Cyrillic is in official use in Serbia , Montenegro , and Bosnia and Herzegovina . Although Bosnia "officially accept[s] both alphabets", the Latin script is almost always used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , whereas Cyrillic

962-446: A new labour law that would according to SSP "increase wages that could be then used to live with dignity" ( omogućiti plate od kojih može da se dostojanstveno živi ). Đilas also stated that he is opposed to neoliberalism , calling it "not just wrong, but life-threatening" ( neoliberalna ideologija ne samo pogrešna, već i opasna po život ). Critical of duty-free trade with China, SSP has said that it "brings long-term consequences to

1036-500: A physical attack on Borko Stefanović ; SZS supported the protests. In March 2019, it was announced that Đilas agreed with Bulatović to reconstruct the party as SSP with Đilas as the party's president; Đilas previously stated that he had no plans of buying ZEP–Zeleni. Alongside ZEP–Zeleni, the Serbian Left (LS), a political party led by Stefanović, and ten movements and individuals merged to create SSP. The founding convention

1110-703: A platform in which they pledged reconciliation, cooperation, and the acceptance of diversity between countries in the Balkans . SSP condemned the Srebrenica genocide , stating that "11 July should be the remembrance of the Srebrenica victims" ( 11. jul treba da bude posvećen srebreničkim žrtvama ), and that "the Balkans should function on the principles of tolerance and cooperation" ( Balkan koji funkcioniše na principima tolerancije i saradnje ). SSP has criticised

1184-469: A protest in April, while the protests later continued after September. The Do not let Belgrade drown (NDB) movement, represented by Dobrica Veselinović and Radomir Lazović , and Together for Serbia (ZZS), led by Nebojša Zelenović , supported the environmental protests, and they formed a connection shortly after. The protests reached climax in late November and early December 2021, and they were regularly organised up till 15 February 2022. Zelenović formed

1258-607: A short schwa , e.g. /fə/).: Summary tables According to tradition, Glagolitic was invented by the Byzantine Christian missionaries and brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 860s, amid the Christianization of the Slavs . Glagolitic alphabet appears to be older, predating the introduction of Christianity, only formalized by Cyril and expanded to cover non-Greek sounds. The Glagolitic alphabet

1332-474: Is as follows: Party of Freedom and Justice The Party of Freedom and Justice ( Serbian : Странка слободе и правде , romanized :  Stranka slobode i pravde , abbr. SSP ) is a social democratic political party in Serbia . It is led by Dragan Đilas . Founded in 2019 as the merger of the Green Ecological Party – The Greens and Serbian Left , SSP was a member of

1406-593: Is in everyday use in Republika Srpska . The Serbian language in Croatia is officially recognized as a minority language; however, the use of Cyrillic in bilingual signs has sparked protests and vandalism . Serbian Cyrillic is an important symbol of Serbian identity. In Serbia, official documents are printed in Cyrillic only even though, according to a 2014 survey, 47% of the Serbian population write in

1480-477: Is the only one in official use. The ligatures : were developed specially for the Serbian alphabet. Serbian Cyrillic does not use several letters encountered in other Slavic Cyrillic alphabets. It does not use hard sign ( ъ ) and soft sign ( ь ), particularly due to a lack of distinction between iotated consonants and non-iotated consonants, but the aforementioned soft-sign ligatures instead. It does not have Russian/Belarusian Э , Ukrainian/Belarusian І ,

1554-481: The 2022 Belgrade City Assembly election . Following the elections, Đilas met with Vučić to discuss about the outcome of the Belgrade City Assembly election. This resulted into criticism from Narodna; DS also added that Đilas did not consult with other coalition members before the meeting. This ultimately led to the dissolution of UZPS. Following the elections, SSP announced that it would form

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1628-545: The Alliance for Serbia (SZS), a coalition of opposition political parties that was initiated by Đilas in 2018. Together with SZS, SSP boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election , claiming that the election would not be free and fair. After the election, SSP became part of the United Opposition of Serbia (UOPS), the successor of SZS. UOPS would be eventually dissolved in January 2021, due to disputes between SSP and

1702-670: The European Left during the 2022 electoral campaign. Political parties such as the German Die Linke , Danish Red–Green Alliance and Slovenian Levica had also voiced its support for We Must. The coalition was also made up of the Local Front and the Forum of Romani People of Serbia. Serbian Cyrillic alphabet Reformed Serbian based its alphabet on the previous 18th century Slavonic-Serbian script, following

1776-687: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia and later in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . Due to the shared cultural area, Gaj's Latin alphabet saw a gradual adoption in the Socialist Republic of Serbia since, and both scripts are used to write modern standard Serbian. In Serbia , Cyrillic is seen as being more traditional, and has the official status (designated in the constitution as the " official script ", compared to Latin's status of "script in official use" designated by

1850-672: The Latin alphabet whereas 36% write in Cyrillic. The following table provides the upper and lower case forms of the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, along with the equivalent forms in the Serbian Latin alphabet and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) value for each letter. The letters do not have names, and consonants are normally pronounced as such when spelling is necessary (or followed by

1924-566: The Nazi puppet Independent State of Croatia banned the use of Cyrillic, having regulated it on 25 April 1941, and in June 1941 began eliminating " Eastern " (Serbian) words from Croatian, and shut down Serbian schools. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet was used as a basis for the Macedonian alphabet with the work of Krste Misirkov and Venko Markovski . The Serbian Cyrillic script was one of

1998-420: The People's Movement of Serbia , Tepić was announced as one of the representatives of SPN. In the parliamentary election, SPN won 65 seats, 16 of which went to SSP. After the elections, SPN organised anti-government protests which lasted until 30 December. During the protests, Tepić and other SSP politicians were on a hunger strike . Once the 14th National Assembly of Serbia was constituted, SSP formed

2072-769: The People's Party (Narodna). In late 2021, SSP and Narodna returned together with the Movement of Free Citizens and Democratic Party to form the United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) alliance, which was officially formalised in February 2022, to take part in the 2022 general election . The elections resulted in the SSP gaining 10 seats in the National Assembly and 6 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade . UZPS

2146-720: The Together political party in June 2022 and We Must ceased to exist. Throughout the 2022 campaign period, We Must has stylised itself as a " green-left coalition". We Must had received support from parties affiliated with the European Green Party and Party of the European Left . Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta , an activist and co-founder of the "Defend the Rivers of Stara Planina " organisation, organised and took part in environmental protests in January and April 2021. Around 60 environmental organisations took part in

2220-619: The authoritarian regimes in the Balkans". Moramo condemned the request of Dveri to cancel EuroPride in July 2022. The We Must coalition has also been described as "the new faces of the opposition's left-wing ", and were compared to the Croatian We can! party and the Montenegrin United Reform Action . The coalition cooperates with the European Greens , while it had also received support from

2294-495: The djerv (Ꙉꙉ) for the Serbian reflexes of Pre-Slavic *tj and *dj (* t͡ɕ , * d͡ʑ , * d͡ʒ , and * tɕ ), later the letter evolved to dje (Ђђ) and tshe (Ћћ) letters . Vuk Stefanović Karadžić fled Serbia during the Serbian Revolution in 1813, to Vienna. There he met Jernej Kopitar , a linguist with interest in slavistics. Kopitar and Sava Mrkalj helped Vuk to reform Serbian and its orthography. He finalized

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2368-420: The "Action", a political group built around ZZS that included 28 environmental civic groups that supported the "Green Agreement for Serbia", in June 2021. Lazović later presented a proposal for cooperation between opposition parties with Zelenović in September 2021. The media later dubbed the coalition between Ćuta, Lazović, and Zelenović as the "green-left bloc". A cooperation agreement between Zelenović and Ćuta

2442-515: The "Serbia in the EU until 2030" declaration in March 2023, while a month later it presented its "Forward to Europe" programme, aimed at bringing Serbia closer to the European Union. Following the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , SSP has called for the end of the war in Ukraine, stated its support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and has called for humanitarian aid to be sent to

2516-503: The 3 and 13 October 1914 banned the use of Serbian Cyrillic in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia , limiting it for use in religious instruction. A decree was passed on January 3, 1915, that banned Serbian Cyrillic completely from public use. An imperial order on October 25, 1915, banned the use of Serbian Cyrillic in the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina , except "within the scope of Serbian Orthodox Church authorities". In 1941,

2590-776: The Global Progressive Forum which was organised by PES in December 2022. SSP became an observer member of PES in November 2023. In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , SSP is represented by Tatjana Pašić , who sits in the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group , while in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities , SSP was previously represented by Marko Dimić, who was

2664-408: The Serbian economy, jobs, and working standards". A pro-European party, SSP supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union , stating that "Serbia's future is in Europe" ( budućnost Srbije u Evropskoj uniji ). SSP also wants Serbia to harmonise its foreign policy with the European Union and has urged the government to continue the integration of Serbia to the European Union. SSP adopted

2738-803: The abandonment of Rio Tinto 's plan to excavate lithium in Serbia, and to defeat the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the 2022 election. Zelenović also stated that "it is necessary for Serbia to join the green transformations, otherwise it would remain a place for dirty technologies, cheap labor and colonization", and that Serbia should be more orientated towards the European Union and the Western world. Its leaders had stated support for " social justice and basic needs for every citizen", and had also commented that "we must overcome

2812-457: The acceptance of diversity" between countries in the Balkans . Supporters of SSP are pro-European while they also see themselves as socially progressive . SSP is an observer member of the Party of European Socialists . The Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) was formed out of the Green Ecological Party – The Greens (ZEP–Zeleni), a political party that was established in 2008. Dejan Bulatović

2886-576: The alphabet in 1818 with the Serbian Dictionary . Karadžić reformed standard Serbian and standardised the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet by following strict phonemic principles on the Johann Christoph Adelung ' model and Jan Hus ' Czech alphabet . Karadžić's reforms of standard Serbian modernised it and distanced it from Serbian and Russian Church Slavonic , instead bringing it closer to common folk speech, specifically, to

2960-603: The approach of the Serbian government towards Kosovo and the Kosovo government of Albin Kurti , opting to solve the Kosovo issue via dialogue. In its declaration regarding Kosovo, SSP advocated for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians. Jelena Milošević , an SSP member of parliament, claimed that Kurti's government is authoritarian and violated rights of Kosovo Serbs. During the North Kosovo crisis in 2022, SSP supported

3034-623: The coalition's name. NDB had claimed the name as its intellectual property , although it later withdrew the request that it had sent to the Intellectual Property Office (ZIS). Lazović argued that the intellectual property would be the property of the coalition, and not NDB. During an interview in June, Zelenović had affirmed that the coalition still exists. In late June, Together held a meeting with Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) and Zdravko Ponoš ; NDB did not participate. We Must split into two parliamentary groups during

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3108-563: The dialect of Eastern Herzegovina which he spoke. Karadžić was, together with Đuro Daničić , the main Serbian signatory to the Vienna Literary Agreement of 1850 which, encouraged by Austrian authorities, laid the foundation for Serbian, various forms of which are used by Serbs in Serbia , Montenegro , Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia today. Karadžić also translated the New Testament into Serbian, which

3182-476: The dissolution of SPN. Parties that decided to take part in the election formed the We Choose Belgrade electoral alliance. In October 2024, Željko Veselinović and Đorđe Đorđić left the SSP parliamentary group, with Đorđić leaving SSP altogether. They were followed by Sonja Pernat and Irena Živković in November; Veselinović announced the formation of a new political party before 2025. At

3256-586: The first constitutive session of the thirteenth convocation of the National Assembly on 1 August. Zelenović stated that the Together parliamentary group would send an initiative regarding the ban of lithium and boron. NDB had stated that they would continue their cooperation with Together within the We Must coalition, while they would also serve in opposition and decline any cooperation with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS). In

3330-666: The founding convention in April 2019, Đilas stated that SSP would focus on economic prosperity and education, and that it would adopt a declaration of reconciliation regarding the Kosovo issue . This declaration was presented in May 2019, with SSP stating that the declaration "predicts the way to solve the people's life problems [in Kosovo]" ( predviđa put rešavanja životnih problema ljudi [ na Kosovu ]). SSP serves in opposition to SNS. Describing itself as an anti-corruption party, SSP proposed

3404-612: The general-secretary of SSP, and Ana Stevanović serves as the international secretary of SSP. Its headquarters is located at Vojvode Stepe 199 in Belgrade. SSP has a youth wing named the SSP Youth and a women's wing named Women's Network. Đilas met with Zoran Zaev , the president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia , in February 2019 with whom he discussed cooperation between SSP and Zaev's party. As

3478-456: The introduction of a new labour law . The party supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union , wants Serbia to harmonise its foreign policy with the European Union, and initiate sanctions on Russia regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine . SSP has criticised Chinese investments into infrastructure and it had adopted a platform in which they pledged "reconciliation, cooperation, and

3552-519: The joint coalition, which was mainly composed of SSP, Narodna, PSG, and the Democratic Party (DS). Shortly before the January 2022 constitutional referendum , SSP called for citizens to not take part in the referendum. Later in January 2022, SSP proposed Zdravko Ponoš of Narodna as the presidential candidate of the joint coalition. This coalition was formalised in February 2022 under

3626-612: The members of the coalition had applied for the membership in the European Greens , and he cited the Spanish Podemos as the inspiration. The We Must coalition held its first campaign rally in Gornje Nedeljice on 27 February, where they had announced Biljana Stojković as their presidential candidate. The coalition also campaigned throughout other locations in Serbia. The Slovenian The Left party stated its support for We Must in late March. The coalition won 4.7% of

3700-410: The name United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS), when Ponoš was confirmed to be their joint presidential candidate. In the parliamentary election, UZPS won 14% of the popular vote and 10 seats in the National Assembly, while Ponoš won 18% of the popular vote, placing second behind Aleksandar Vučić , the incumbent president of Serbia . Additionally, SSP won 6 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade in

3774-797: The origin of property at its party session, which according to Stefanović would confiscate property from those who cannot prove that they acquired it legally. According to its programme from 2020, SSP guaranteed to "implement tax reforms that would introduce a progressive taxation of citizens' income and reduce taxes and contributions to 60% of net earnings" ( sprovođenje poreske reforme kojom će se uvesti progresivno oporezivanje dohotka građan i smanjivanje poreza i doprinosa 60% neto zarade ), while it also stated its support for abolishing parafiscal taxes and introduce tax reliefs for donations and endowments in health, culture, and sports. SSP supports financing free textbooks and school meals for school children in Serbia; in September 2022, SSP also said that "with

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3848-469: The party, Đilas is closer to the political centre , while Tepić is significantly more leftist. Regarding social issues, Spasojević positioned SSP on the centre-left. SSP supported the manifestation of 2022 EuroPride in Belgrade . SSP criticised the increase on toll fees in June 2019, claiming that the quality of the roads has not improved since 2017, when the toll fees were previously increased. Later in December 2019, SSP presented its proposed law on

3922-407: The party. Bulatović however left SSP and the Ujedinjeni parliamentary group in December 2022, claiming that Tepić allegedly lobbies for the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). He then met with several government ministers before forming the Alliance of Social Democrats citizens' group in January 2023. SSP took part in the 2023 mass protests , which began after the Belgrade school shooting and

3996-410: The popular vote and 13 seats in the National Assembly , while Stojković won 3.3% of the popular vote in the presidential election. Following the elections, Ćuta and Zelenović announced the formation of a joint political party, later revealed as Together . It was also announced that Stojković, Ćuta, and Zelenović would serve as co-leaders. During the same period, a conflict emerged due to the dispute over

4070-409: The principle of "write as you speak and read as it is written", removing obsolete letters and letters representing iotated vowels , introducing ⟨J⟩ from the Latin alphabet instead, and adding several consonant letters for sounds specific to Serbian phonology . During the same period, linguists led by Ljudevit Gaj adapted the Latin alphabet, in use in western South Slavic areas, using

4144-413: The proposed document is "unacceptable" ( neprihvatljiv ), claiming that the document does not offer concrete solutions regarding electoral conditions. After leaving the dialogues, SSP renewed its cooperation with Narodna, which led to the announcement that they would take part in a coalition for the 2022 general election . In November 2021, it was announced that Tepić would be the ballot representative of

4218-475: The qualifications to do a certain job" ( neće biti važno da li ste član stranke, već da li imate kvalifikaciju da radite određeni posao ). In July 2022, SSP criticised attacks on investigative journalists. Ideologically, SSP has been described as a social democratic party, and it is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum. Dušan Spasojević, a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of University of Belgrade , noted that within

4292-412: The reduction of corruption and abolishment of unnecessary projects, enough money would be collected to finance free schoolbooks and higher salaries for educators" ( ukoliko bi se smanjila korupcije i ukinuli nepotrebni projekti, prikupilo dovoljno para za finansiranje besplatnih udženika i većih plata za prosvetne radnike ). SSP has criticised workers' conditions in Serbia and has called for the adoption of

4366-429: The representative of SSP, Đilas took part in a meeting that was organised by the Party of European Socialists (PES) in May 2020, where he expressed his party's position regarding the 2020 parliamentary election and European Union. In November 2022, SSP formed connections with the Social Democratic Party of Austria which stated its support for SSP to be admitted into PES. As the representative of SSP, Tepić took part in

4440-413: The resignation of Kosovo Serbs from the institutions of the government of Kosovo. According to a Heinrich Böll Foundation research from November 2020, supporters of SSP saw themselves as socially progressive and economically leftist. The researchers also noted that voters with more liberal preferences were also orientated towards SSP. Spasojević noted in 2022 that its supporters closely represented

4514-410: The same principles. As a result of this joint effort, Serbian Cyrillic and Gaj's Latin alphabets have a complete one-to-one congruence, with the Latin digraphs Lj, Nj, and Dž counting as single letters. The updated Serbian Cyrillic alphabet was officially adopted in the Principality of Serbia in 1868, and was in exclusive use in the country up to the interwar period . Both alphabets were official in

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4588-768: The semi-vowels Й or Ў , nor the iotated letters Я (Russian/Bulgarian ya ), Є (Ukrainian ye ), Ї ( yi ), Ё (Russian yo ) or Ю ( yu ), which are instead written as two separate letters: Ја, Је, Ји, Јо, Ју . Ј can also be used as a semi-vowel, in place of й . The letter Щ is not used. When necessary, it is transliterated as either ШЧ , ШЋ or ШТ . Serbian italic and cursive forms of lowercase letters б , г , д , п , and т (Russian Cyrillic alphabet) differ from those used in other Cyrillic alphabets: б , г , д , п , and т (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet). The regular (upright) shapes are generally standardized among languages and there are no officially recognized variations. That presents

4662-536: The termination of the contract with the investor of Belgrade Waterfront in April 2021. SSP called for the end of "environmental massacre" ( ekološki masakr ) in Aleksinac in May 2019, claiming that the trees in the centre of Aleksinac were cut down illegally. SSP criticised the ministry of environmental protection regarding the quality of air in Bor in June 2019, claiming that the government ignored excessive air pollution with sulfur dioxide and heavy metal particles. Regarding regional cooperation, SSP has adopted

4736-427: The two official scripts used to write Serbo-Croatian in Yugoslavia since its establishment in 1918, the other being Gaj's Latin alphabet ( latinica ). Following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Serbian Cyrillic is no longer used in Croatia on national level, while in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro it remained an official script. Under the Constitution of Serbia of 2006, Cyrillic script

4810-406: The views of Tepić than Đilas, while he also noted that its voters are pro-European. SSP is led by Dragan Đilas, who was most recently re-elected in 2022. Additionally, Stefanović serves as the party's deputy president, while Tepić, Nikezić, and Petrović serve as vice-presidents of SSP. Alongside them, Velibor Pavlović serves as the president of the party's executive board, Peđa Mitrović serves as

4884-425: The vulnerable population. Initially, SSP opposed to sanctioning Russia , though they reversed this position after the 2022 general elections. Đilas later criticised political neutrality regarding the issue, stating that "neutrality is treated as siding with [Russia]" ( politička neutralnost u ovom trenutku se tretira kao svrstavanje uz [ Rusiju ]"; he also said that Serbia should remain military neutral but with

4958-415: Was adopted by SZS later that month. Mass protests that began in 2018 formally ended in March 2020 due to the proclamation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia . After the June 2020 parliamentary election, SZS was dissolved and subsequently transformed into the United Opposition of Serbia (UOPS), in which SSP also took part. However, UOPS remained unstable; SSP announced in December 2020 that it would form

5032-478: Was also dissolved after the elections. In the 2023 elections, it was part of the Serbia Against Violence alliance. SSP is a centre-left political party and it serves in opposition to SNS. A self-described anti-corruption party, the party is also opposed to party employment, while regarding economy, SSP has called for tax reforms that would bring in progressive taxation . SSP supports financing free textbooks and school meals for school children, and has called for

5106-399: Was based on the Slavic dialect of Thessaloniki . Part of the Serbian literary heritage of the Middle Ages are works such as Miroslav Gospel , Vukan Gospels , St. Sava's Nomocanon , Dušan's Code , Munich Serbian Psalter , and others. The first printed book in Serbian was the Cetinje Octoechos (1494). It's notable extensive use of diacritical signs by the Resava dialect and use of

5180-446: Was gradually superseded in later centuries by the Cyrillic script, developed around by Cyril's disciples, perhaps at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th century. The earliest form of Cyrillic was the ustav , based on Greek uncial script, augmented by ligatures and letters from the Glagolitic alphabet for consonants not found in Greek. There was no distinction between capital and lowercase letters. The standard language

5254-447: Was held on 19 April 2019, at which Đilas was chosen president, Stefanović as deputy president, and Bulatović and Marinika Tepić as vice-presidents. Following its formation, SSP gained two seats in the National Assembly of Serbia and 13 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade . SSP announced that it would boycott the 2020 parliamentary election in September 2019, claiming that the election would not be free and fair. This position

5328-582: Was published in 1868. He wrote several books; Mala prostonarodna slaveno-serbska pesnarica and Pismenica serbskoga jezika in 1814, and two more in 1815 and 1818, all with the alphabet still in progress. In his letters from 1815 to 1818 he used: Ю, Я, Ы and Ѳ. In his 1815 song book he dropped the Ѣ. The alphabet was officially adopted in 1868, four years after his death. From the Old Slavic script Vuk retained these 24 letters: He added one Latin letter: And 5 new ones: He removed: Orders issued on

5402-431: Was signed in November 2021; additionally, they had announced a joint cooperation in the 2022 general election . On 19 January 2022, the coalition was formalised under the name We Must. During the presentation, it was announced that Ćuta would be head the parliamentary ballot list, Veselinović would head the Belgrade City Assembly ballot list, while Zelenović would represent the parliamentary ballot list. Zelenović stated that

5476-656: Was the leader of ZEP–Zeleni after 2015. He led the party into a coalition with the Greens of Serbia (ZS), which fell apart before the 2017 presidential election , and was a part of the Civic Bloc 381 coalition which was formed in 2018 and headed by the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG). ZEP–Zeleni left the bloc in November 2018. A month later, ZEP–Zeleni joined the Alliance for Serbia (SZS), an opposition political alliance initiated by Dragan Đilas in 2018. A series of anti-government protests began in December 2018 after

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