Slobodan Milosevic

The rally saw no incidents, and the protesters were told to keep assembling until victory and that the protests were just like the ones that defeated former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, only this time that they would be defeating President Vucic.

Some French media write about this visit, assessing that its goal is to "strengthen friendship between Paris and Belgrade."

This was done a day after the UN called on the Yugoslav government and the Kosovo Albanians to end conflicts and violence in Kosovo and Metohija.

The North Atlantic Council then (on September 24, 1999) approved its act, in a statement signed by NATO Secretary General Javier Solana.

The Kremlin's foreign policy increasingly seems to rest on the assumption that all countries are as corruptible as Vladimir Putin's Russia. This was evident most recently in Russia's alleged efforts to undermine an agreement between Greece and its tiny northern neighbour, the Republic of Macedonia, over the latter's name.

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.

The Higher Court's verdict comes almost 15 years after the initiation of criminal proceedings in the case.

Markovic was tried in absentia as she is inaccessible to Serbia's judicial authorities. An international warrant was issued for her arrest in 2005.

Journalist Dejan Anastasijevic told the trial of former Serbian state security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the units they controlled fought to implement Slobodan Milosevic’s plan to seize parts of Bosnia and Croatia.

Talk of a united opposition front in Serbia against the ruling Progressive Party has intensified with the election of the low-key academic Zoran Lutovac as leader of the once-mighty Democratic Party.

Local elections on May 20 in the tiny northern town of Pluzine, which just over 2,500 voters, are being seen as an important trial of strength both for the opposition and ruling parties in Montenegro.  

Pluzine is the only town in Montenegro where the country's ruler for several decades, Milo Djukanovic, and his party, have never won either a general or local election.