Serbian president dissolves parliament and announces December snap election

Serbia's local and parliamentary elections will be held on the 17th of December.

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00:00 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved parliament on Wednesday and announced snap

00:06 parliamentary elections will be held on the 17th of December.

00:11 The announcement comes after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday called

00:15 on Serbia to de facto recognize Kosovo.

00:19 However, Vucic is refusing to sign the EU-brokered agreement aimed at normalizing relations between

00:25 the two countries over a clause on the management of northern Kosovo, home to many ethnic Serbs.

00:32 [WHOOSH]