Serbia and Montenegro

BELGRADE - Serbia is on Monday marking the Remembrance Day for the victims of the NATO bombing campaign which killed around 3,000 and wounded around 12,000 people 15 years ago.

During the 78-day air raids, 1,008 Yugoslav Forces troops and Serbian policemen were killed, as well as around 1,500 civilians, including 89 children, while about a dozen people remain missing.

Leaders of the Democratic Party of Serbia and the United Regions of Serbia have resigned after their parties failed to cross the threshold to enter parliament for the first time.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Wednesday, commenting on the arrest of drug lord Darko Saric, that there was basis to suspect there had been contacts between government officials and criminal organizations.

The most important thing is that Saric is in the hands of the authorities and that he will appear before court on Monday, he told TV Pink.

Vojislav Kostunica, former president of the FRY and Serbian Prime Minister from two terms, has decided to withdraw from the political arena after the election failure.

U.S. congratulates Serbian government on Saric arrest

BELGRADE - The United States congratulated on Tuesday the governments of Serbia and Montenegro on the apprehension of long-time fugitive Darko Saric, adding that the U.S. will continue to work with Serbian authorities on combating organized crime and corruption.

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BELGRADE - Dusan Janjic, director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, stated on Monday that the victory of the list led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is legal, legitimate and binding, adding that Serbia will get a stable government, which will no longer be in a position to complain about the coalitional partners, while a change of the Constitution may be expected in a year and a half.

BELGRADE - Leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Kostunica said that only through political and economic neutrality can Serbia preserve its stability, continue to develop, and make own decisions about its internal matters.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications Ministar Rasim Ljajic and Montenegrin Minister of Sustainable Development and Tourism Branimir Gvozdenovic agreed Friday that there is a great potential in two countries’ businessmen to accessing third markets together.

JAGODINA - Serbia needs a government policy which will focus primarily on Serbia and its citizens and not the EU, leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav Kostunica stated.

"Political neutrality means freedom for Serbia"

UŽICE -- The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) will compete in elections with a new state policy crucial for Serbia’s future, party leader Vojislav Koštunica has said.