Word: skupshtina
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prince Paul, the Regent of Yugoslavia, virtually hid himself in Slovenia last week until Premier Milan Stoyadinovich, an Orthodox, and Minister of Interior Father Anton Koroshetz, a Roman Catholic priest, should have succeeded or failed to jam the Concordat through the Skupshtina (Lower House). Sick deputies were brought in-even on stretchers-to vote and the Cabinet finally...
...hours later Serbia's beloved Patriarch expired. In no mood to wait until next autumn, when the Concordat goes for ratification to the Senate. Orthodox zealots attacked two Skupshtina members who had voted for ratification. Police rescued them but their clothes were in shreds...
...Democracy and to others with a passion to see Communism come. Driving through Belgrade last week, Smartest Little Statesman Benes knew that, as Pertinax said, his visit "bids fair to mark an important turning point in the history of Central Europe." By his mere presence he generated in the Skupshtina (Yugoslav Chamber of Deputies) frantic criticism of Premier Stoyadinovich as a potential wrecker of the Little Entente...
...embittered boycotters of every government at Belgrade, were for once benevolently on the fence, inclined to give Premier Stoyadinovitch a chance to prove his protestations that he is not just another Serbian wolf in politician's clothing. Said the new Premier at his debut last week before the Skupshtina: "The last words of Yugoslavia's great martyred King Alexander constitute my Government's program: 'Protect Yugoslavia...
Parliament will consist of two houses, a Senate and a Skupshtina. Senators must be 40 years of age. will serve six years. Half will be elected by the people, half appointed by the King. Deputies are all elective, will serve four years. Jugoslavia remains divided into the new provinces or Banats. a clever scheme of King Alexander's to break up the old racial groups (TIME, Oct. 14, 1929). But the Governors of the Banats will be given greatly increased powers. Ever-protesting Croatia will resume its old boundaries, with the exception of the old county of Sypmia which...