{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = Vlach National Party | native_name = Влашка народна странка<br />Vlaška narodna stranka<br />Partia Neamului Rumânesc<br />Partidul Neamului Românesc | abbreviation = PNR, VNS | logo = Vlach Peoples Party logo.png | colorcode = {{party color|Vlach National Party}} | leader = [[Predrag Balašević]] | headquarters = Dobrivoja Radosavljevića Bobija 46, [[Bor, Serbia|Bor]] | foundation = {{start date|2004|4|25|df=y}} | ideology = [[Vlachs of Serbia|Vlach]] [[Minority group|minority politics]] | colors = {{ubl|{{colorbox|{{party color|Vlach National Party}}|border=silver}} Yellow|{{colorbox|blue|border=silver}} Blue}} | national = [[Coalition for Peace and Tolerance]] | seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Vlach National Party}}}} | website = {{URL|vns.org.rs}} | country = Serbia }}
The '''Vlach National Party'''<ref>{{cite web |date=6 June 2020 |title=141st Session of the Republic Electoral Commission |url=https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/vest/en/730/141st-session-of-the-republic-electoral-commission-.php |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=Republic Electoral Commission}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=7 October 2020 |title=Parliamentary Elections 21 June 2020 |url=https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/a/3/466026.pdf |access-date=26 December 2022 |publisher=OSCE |page=29 |location=Warsaw}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 June 2020 |title=Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions |url=http://enemo.eu/uploads/file-manager/ENGENEMOStatementofPreliminaryFindingsandConclusions-SerbiaParliamentaryElection2020.pdf |access-date=26 December 2022 |publisher=ENEMO |page=24}}</ref> ({{langx|ro|Partia Neamului Rumânesc}} or {{lang|ro|Partidul Neamului Românesc}}, '''PNR'''; {{langx|sr|Влашка народна странка|Vlaška narodna stranka}}, '''VNS'''), formerly known as the '''Vlach Democratic Party of Serbia'''<ref>[http://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/manovich_diane.pdf Folk Linguistics and Politicized Language: the Introduction of Minority Language Education for the Vlachs in Serbia]</ref>{{efn|{{langx|ro|Partia Democrată a Rumânilor din Serbia}} or {{lang|ro|Partidul Democrat al Românilor din Serbia}}, PDRS; {{langx|sr|Влашке демократске странке Србије|Vlaške demokratske stranke Srbije}}, VDSS}} until 2013,<ref>[https://adevarul.ro/stiri-locale/turnu-severin/cel-mai-important-partid-romanesc-din-serbia-si-a-1494865.html Cel mai important partid românesc din Serbia și-a schimbat denumirea în Partidul Neamului Românesc]</ref> is a [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]] representing ethnic [[Vlachs of Serbia|Vlachs]]. The leader of the party is [[Predrag Balašević]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 2015 |title=Vlaška Narodna Stranka |url=https://srbijaizbori.com/2015/12/02/vlaska-narodna-stranka/ |access-date=10 June 2020 |website=Srbija Izbori |language=sr}}</ref> who identifies the Vlachs of the [[Timok Valley]] as [[Romanians]] and requests minority rights for the Romanian minority in the Timok Valley.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 February 2021 |title=Dr. Predrag Balașevici, președintele Partidului Neamului Românesc din Timocul sârbesc: "Ne confruntăm, la Bor, cu o catastrofă ecologică." |language=ro |newspaper=AFnews |url=http://afnews.ro/2021/02/22/dr-predrag-balasevici-presedintele-partidului-neamului-romanesc-din-timocul-sarbesc-ne-confruntam-la-bor-cu-o-catastrofa-ecologica/ |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 July 2018 |title=Din Timoc până la Belgrad, tot românul plânsu-ni-s-a! Predrag Balașevici, medic, lider al românilor din Timoc: "Dacă nu se va invești în școala românească, în limba română, aici, noi vom dispărea!" |language=ro |newspaper=Matricea Românească |url=https://matricea.ro/din-timoc-pana-la-belgrad-tot-romanul-plansu-ni-s-a-predrag-balasevici-lider-romanii-din-timoc-fara-scoala-romaneasca-aici-noi-vom-disparea/ |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>
== History == The Vlach National Party was founded in 2004. It was created with the goal of preserving Vlach/Timok Romanian culture and identity in Serbia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kako smo i zašto nastali|url=http://www.vns.org.rs/kako_smo_i_zasto_nastali.html|access-date=10 June 2020|website=www.vns.org.rs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Program|url=http://www.vns.org.rs/program.html|access-date=10 June 2020|website=www.vns.org.rs}}</ref> The party participated in the [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election]]s in a coalition with the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia)|Liberal Democratic Party]] and other ethnic minority parties.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 June 2020|title=Ko je sve na listi sa Čedomirom Jovanovićem?|url=https://www.danas.rs/politika/izbori-2020/ko-je-sve-na-listi-sa-cedomirom-jovanovicem/|access-date=10 June 2020|website=Dnevni list Danas|language=sr-RS}}</ref> It cooperated with the [[United for the Victory of Serbia]] coalition during the [[2022 Serbian local elections|2022 local elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2022 |title=Proglašeno 10 lista za lokalne izbore u Boru, SRS mora da ispravi nedostatke |url=https://rs.n1info.com/izbori-2022/proglaseno-10-lista-za-lokalne-izbore-u-boru-srs-mora-da-isprave-nedostatke/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
The party collaborates with the [[Alliance for the Union of Romanians]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.presshub.ro/aur-misiune-indeplinita-o-suta-de-vlahi-din-serbia-vor-primi-cetatenia-romana-192899/ | title=AUR, misiune îndeplinită: O sută de vlahi din Serbia vor primi cetăţenia română | date=14 September 2021 }}</ref>
== See also == * [[Romanians in Serbia]]
== Notes== {{notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}} {{Serbia-party-stub}} {{Serbian political parties}} [[Category:Political parties of minorities in Serbia]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2004]] [[Category:Romanians in Serbia]]