Serbia

CeSID: SNS clear winner with 48.2 percent

BELGRADE -- The Serb Progressive Party (SNS)-led coalition won 48.2 percent, or 156 seats in parliament, in early elections held on Sunday, CeSID has said.

KRAGUJEVAC - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Monday that leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic will be the next prime minister, but that he will begin talks with the prime minister-designate after the formation of parliamentary groups in the Serbian parliament and discussions with them.

City on Water master plan "in one month"

BELGRADE -- City on Water project coordinator Aleksandar Karlovčan has said the project's master plan will be presented to the public "in a month."

He made the statement during a panel organized by Tanjug late on Sunday in Belgrade

Italian, German envoys urge new govt. to continue reforms

BELGRADE -- Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Manzo said he hoped a new Serbian government will continue working on reforms and further advance along the EU path, "with resolve."

BELGRADE - Coordinator of the City on Water project Aleksandar Karlovcan stated at a panel organised by Tanjug News Agency late on Sunday that the project master plan will be presented to the public in a month.

10 years since massive anti-Serb violence in Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Monday marks ten years since ethnic Albanians in Kosovo launched a widespread campaign of violence targeting Serbs in the province.

The incidents that took place on March 17 and 18, 2004, known in Serbia as "the March pogrom," and resulted in 4,012 Serbs driven out of their homes.

BELGRADE - German Ambassador to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm has said in comment to the Sunday election in Serbia that the results of the vote are more or less similar to the projections and stressed that economic reforms are the most important thing for the next government.

The central bank said on Sunday that the amount sent home by Montenegrins working abroad to their families increased by almost five per cent last year, reaching a total of 353 million euro.

BELGRADE - Italian Ambassador in Belgrade Giuseppe Manzo has voiced hope that a new Serbian government will continue working on reforms and further advancement along the EU path with resolve.

"What's good for Serbia is good for Russia"

BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador in Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin expressed the expectation that "the Serbian government would realize what Serbia needs most."

This is primarily in terms of economic development, he told Tanjug late on Sunday, commenting on the results of parliamentary elections.