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43-515: Forward to Europe ( Serbian Cyrillic : Правац Европа , romanized :  Pravac Evropa , abbr. PE ), previously known as United ( Serbian Cyrillic : Уједињени , romanized :  Ujedinjeni ), was a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of Serbia and City Assembly of Belgrade . The parliamentary groups were composed of parties that took part in the United for

86-484: A ball and chain . For this, he was arrested on charges of creating a public disturbance; the media outlet B92 reported that he had been badly beaten, and the opposition coalition Zajedno (which included the SPO) indicated he had suffered severe head and chest wounds. His mother was able to visit him in jail and reported that he was being kept in an unheated room and was at risk of developing pneumonia. Bulatović's arrest

129-808: A 2014 survey, 47% of the Serbian population write in 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

172-539: 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

215-780: A critic of Aleksandar Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party , his attitude changed after he departed SSP. He firstly joined their parliamentary group and later contested the 2023 parliamentary election on their electoral list. He was re-elected to the National Assembly in that election. Bulatović was born in Šid, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Socialist Republic of Serbia , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . During

258-457: 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

301-469: Is as follows: Dejan Bulatovi%C4%87 Dejan Bulatović ( Serbian Cyrillic : Дејан Булатовић ; born 8 February 1975) is a Serbian politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2022. He received international attention during the 1996–1997 protests in Serbia after he was arrested for carrying a puppet of Slobodan Milošević dressed in prison garb; subsequent reports that he

344-636: Is necessary (or followed by 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

387-604: 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 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",

430-477: 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 ,

473-641: The 2016 Vojvodina provincial election on the DS's electoral list, and Bulatović was included in the seventeenth position. The list won only ten mandates and he was not elected. The ZEP-Zeleni later formed an alliance with the Greens of Serbia ( Zeleni Srbije , ZS) known as the United Green Front; this alliance fell apart before the 2017 presidential election , when Bulatović objected to its decision to support Aleksandar Vučić 's candidacy. He later brought

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516-651: The Democratic Opposition of Serbia ( Demokratska opozicija Srbije , DOS), the political coalition that overthrew Milošević, had "continued on the same path that Milošević had trodden during his dictatorship." He accused Zoran Đinđić of "privatiz[ing] a mafia-controlled Serbia" and said that "Đinđić's thugs" had beaten him on 15 October 2000. Bulatović has also said that he left Serbia following an encounter with paramilitary commander Milorad Ulemek , also known as Legija. While living in Paris , Bulatović founded

559-592: The Democratic Party ( Demokratska stranka , DS). In 2014, he became deputy president (i.e., deputy speaker ) of the assembly. He appeared in the fourth position on another coalition list led by the DS in the 2016 local elections and was re-elected when the list won six mandates. Due to an opposition boycott, he was not a candidate for re-election in 2020. Bulatović joined the ZEP-Zeleni in 2013 and became its leader in 2015. The party participated in

602-511: The Fatherland movement, took part in the 2022 general election . The coalition placed second, winning 38 seats in total. Shortly following the election, a series of disagreements came to light in the UZPS, which ultimately led to its dissolution. In May 2022, it was announced that the parties would continue their cooperation in the National Assembly and City Assembly of Belgrade . Following

645-788: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . Bulatović remained in Belgrade following the 1996–97 protests. When the Zajedno coalition broke up in late 1997, he took part in further citizen actions in the city. He also left the SPO during the same time and became a member of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia ( Demohrišćanska Stranka Srbije , DHSS). Slobodan Milošević was defeated in the 2000 Yugoslavian general election and fell from power on 5 October 2000. Bulatović

688-536: 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 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

731-566: 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

774-635: The Pokret za novu Srbiju (PZNS). Bulatović moved back to Serbia on the same day that Legija was arrested. He returned to Šid and founded the Movement for the Protection and Nurturing of the Bosut River, which was among other things focused on an opposition to illegal fishing. In the 2012 Serbian local elections , he was elected as the candidate of his own "Bosut Movement" on the electoral list of

817-495: 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

860-584: The 1996 protests, he was identified as a student and a factory worker. He is now active in agriculture and goat and sheep breeding. Bulatović joined the Serbian Renewal Movement ( Srpski pokret obnove , SPO) in the 1990s and took part in the protests against electoral fraud that followed the 1996 local elections . At a Belgrade protest on 7 December 1996, he was one of a number of students who carried an effigy of authoritarian Serbian president Slobodan Milošević wearing prison clothes and

903-557: 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,

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946-606: The City Assembly. The United group later became critical of the proposed budget, describing it as populistic . In February 2023, the United group criticised the decision to move the Belgrade Zoo to Ada Ciganlija . In the National Assembly, it opposed the report on Kosovo that was submitted by SNS. Additionally, it proposed a new labour law ; it claimed that the law would improve workers' rights . It voted against in

989-645: The Latin script is almost always used in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , whereas Cyrillic 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

1032-421: The National Assembly was reduced to 15 members after Dejan Bulatović departed from the parliamentary group. Serbian Cyrillic alphabet Reformed Serbian based its alphabet on the previous 18th century Slavonic-Serbian script, following the principle of "write as you speak and read as it is written", removing obsolete letters and letters representing iotated vowels , introducing ⟨J⟩ from

1075-533: The Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) under Đilas's leadership, which allowed the latter to forgo the process of registering a new party. Bulatović was chosen as a vice-president of the new party. The SSP contested the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election as part of the United Serbia ( Ujedinjena Srbija , US) coalition, and Bulatović held the eleventh position on the coalition's electoral list . Bulatović

1118-532: The SNS-proposed budget for Belgrade. In October 2022, the parliamentary group filed a proposal for dismissal of mayor Aleksandar Šapić , citing alleged illegal legalisation of the extension of an apartment at Bežanija . Their proposal received support from the People's Party (Narodna), Democratic Party (DS), We Must (Moramo), and Dveri . The proposal failed after it only received support from 44 members of

1161-579: The Victory of Serbia (UZPS) coalition in the 2022 Serbian general election . In the National Assembly, the parliamentary group was headed by Marinika Tepić , while in the City Assembly of Belgrade, it was headed by Mila Popović . The United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) coalition, which included the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), Movement of Free Citizens (PSG), Movement for Reversal (PZP), United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" (USS Sloga), and

1204-649: The ZEP-Zeleni into an association with the Movement of Free Citizens ( Pokret slobodnih građana , PSG) and the Citizens' Bloc 381 coalition. This affiliation also proved to be short-lived; he withdrew the party from the 381 coalition in November 2018, citing irreconcilable differences with another party in the movement. In early 2019, Bulatović led the ZEP-Zeleni into an alliance with Dragan Đilas 's political movement; Bulatović permitted his party to be reorganised as

1247-576: 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

1290-602: The constitutive session of the 13th convocation of the National Assembly on 1 August, the United parliamentary group became the largest opposition parliamentary group. Borko Stefanović was nominated by the United parliamentary group as one of the seven candidates for the deputy president of the National Assembly. He was elected on 2 August. The United parliamentary group in the City Assembly of Belgrade proposed to implement free public transport for high school and university students and war veterans in Belgrade, and to implement an anti-corruption committee. Additionally, it criticised

1333-563: 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

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1376-564: The investiture vote for the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić on 28 October 2022. Its name was changed to Forward to Europe in July 2023. The groups ceased to exist after the 2023 elections. In the National Assembly, the Forward to Europe parliamentary group was headed by Marinika Tepić while Pavle Grbović served as deputy chairperson. In the City Assembly of Belgrade, Mila Popović served as its head. In December 2022, its parliamentary group in

1419-768: 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

1462-545: 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

1505-432: Was again arrested and reportedly beaten nine days later by police officers who demanded he inform them about the location of arms taken from the Belgrade police station. He said that he knew nothing about the weapons and that he planned to file charges against the officers. This notwithstanding, he left Serbia for France on 5 November 2000. In a 2002 interview with the SPO's journal Srpska reč , he said that some leaders of

1548-630: 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

1591-491: Was beaten by state authorities were covered in major newspapers worldwide. Bulatović later became an elected official in his home community of Šid and led the party, " Green Ecological Party – The Greens " ( Zelena ekološka partija – Zeleni , ZEP–Zeleni). He was a vice-president of the Party of Freedom and Justice ( Stranka slobode i pravde , SSP) until his departure from the party in December 2022. Despite initially being

1634-409: Was covered in newspapers such as The New York Times , The Washington Post , and The Guardian . His treatment at the hands of state authorities was itself the impetus for new protests against Milošević's government on 9 December; a student group issued the statement, "Must we bow our heads and take all of this? Tomorrow it could be one of us." Serbian state authorities denied that Bulatović

1677-631: 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

1720-489: Was mistreated and issued a statement saying he "did not have any objections to the way he was treated." Sentenced to twenty-five days in jail, he was released early and took part in further anti-Milošević rallies, including in Belgrade on 31 December. He said that he was again beaten by police on 17 January, after he was recognised in a crowd. In November 1998, Bulatović's arrest and mistreatment were mentioned in an Amnesty International report on human rights conditions in

1763-596: 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 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

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1806-582: 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

1849-401: Was sworn in as MP on 1 August 2022. He left SSP in December 2022, shortly after which he claimed that Marinika Tepić allegedly lobbied for the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). However, Bulatović then met with SNS ministers such as Aleksandar Martinović and Irena Vujović . He agreed to cooperate with Vujović and her ministry of environmental protection . On 28 January 2023, he formed

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