History of Serbia 1903 constitution. The 2007 elections confirmed the pro-reform and pro-European stance of the Serbian Parliament, in which Boris Tadic's party doubled his representation. On 3 February 2008, Tadic was re-elected as President.<br>The Serbian government passed through weeks of severe crisis after the unilateral declaration of independence of its southern province of Kosovo on 17 February 2008, which was gradually recognized by the United States and numerous European Union countries. The crisis was fuelled by the demand by Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) to the Democratic Party (Serbia) (DS), which held governmental majority, of a
First inauguration of Boris Yeltsin of the national anthem, Boris Yeltsin went to the desk behind which sat Ruslan Khasbulatov. Sitting at the table Yeltsin and Khasbulatov listened to a speech of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II. After the speech of the Patriarch, Boris Yeltsin delivered his first speech as President of Russia, and then made a congratulatory speech, President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev. Unlike subsequent inaugural ceremonies on this Boris Yeltsin read out another oath. First inauguration of Boris Yeltsin The First Inauguration of Boris Yeltsin as the first President of Russia took place on Wednesday, July 10, 1991.