Serbian opposition and ruling coalition parties met in parliament on Thursday for another round of the inter-party dialogue without the mediation of European Parliament officials.

The inter-party dialogue is underway on two tracks with the conservative and ultra-nationalist opposition parties meeting with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) without EU mediation while the rest of the opposition has held meetings with the authorities with MEPs mediating.

Thursday’s meeting was chaired by parliament speaker and Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Ivica Dacic and was attended by senior officials of the Dveri Movement, Dosta Je Bilo party, Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Zavetnici movement and Serbian Radical Party (SRS). The meeting focused on the reporting of pro-government media – TV Pink and Happy and Vecernje Novosti and Politika dailies.

Dveri Movement leader Bosko Obradovic was the only meeting participant to speak to the media afterwards, saying that the spokespeople for the pro-government media promised to submit scheduling plans which would allow a greater opposition presence. He said that was the greatest result of the meetings to date, adding that he expects the authorities to voice their stand on opposition demands in the next few days.