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Mirjana Markovic in 2001. Photo: Koca Sulejmanovic/EPA.

Mirjana Markovic, the widow of the former president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic, died in hospital in Moscow on Sunday, Serbian media reported.

Markovic is reported to have undergone surgery several times in Russia recently, after which her condition deteriorated. The cause of death was not immediately made public.

That "crypto-depression" emerges, he said, as a result of the constant portrayal of Serbia by its ruling party and loyal media as enjoying a "golden era".

But, Vucic revealed that he does not want to present this idea publicly before tomorrow (Tuesday).

"I have yet another idea, I want Serbia to achieve comparative advantages over the countries in the region and Europe, and I will have some strange requests for President Xi. And I hope that you will not laugh, and will understand what I want," explained Vucic.

Tomanovic talked about his experiences while working as Slobodan Milosevic's legal adviser in The Hague. In the interview, the lawyer revealed how their last encounter went.

Dragoslav Ognjanovic, a well-known Serbian lawyer, was killed on Saturday evening in front of his apartment building in the Novi Beograd neighbourhood. Police are still at the scene, while surrounding streets are blocked.

"This proposal tells us much about the state of politics in Serbia and the wider Balkans," Ivor Roberts writes in an opinion piece published on the Guardian's website.

Asked whether "as a young politician" he agreed that President Slobodan Milosevic - also the founder and leader of the SPS - should have a monument, Ruzic said he was against divisions always mentioned in Serbia, considering that (the dates) of the death of Milosevic and the murder of Zoran Djindjic "somehow overlap."

The United States "do it too," writes Scott Shane, and mentions Serbia and the overthrowing of President Slobodan Milosevic as one example.

Former Serbian security chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence tried to prove that Slobodan Milosevic advocated the acceptance of peace plans in Bosnia and Herzegovina which did not meet the Bosnian Serbs’ goals.

A Serbian school teacher, Marko Radosavljevic, who was attacked by private security at a Progressive Party rally during Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's swearing-in ceremony, said he will sue the President for defamation for potentionally leading the public to believe that he is a drunkard.