Serbian Radical Party

Serbian war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj plans to re-activate his nationalist party in neighbouring Montenegro ahead of next year's parliamentary elections, the Serbian Radical Party announced on Monday.

The newly-elected leader of the Montenegrin party, Dusko Sekulic, said that it was ready to commit itself to strengthening of the branch in Montenegro.

The UN-backed war crimes court has told the Belgrade authorities to send Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj back to detention after he breached the terms of his temporary release.

The annual Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Wednesday said it was relieving from duty its Canadian Bishop, Georgije Djokic, following complaints of misconduct and corruption.

Serbia's daily Blic newspaper reported that the Bishop has denied the charges, claiming that he turned round one of the Church's most neglected dioceses.

BELGRADE - Former Croatian president Stjepan Mesic stated Monday that relations between Croatia and Serbia are not as they should be in the best interest of both countries and the region as a whole.

The relations are still burdened by the past, and Zagreb and Belgrade will have to overcome their disagreements soon, Mesic told Belgrade-based daily Danas.

BELGRADE - Vojislav Seselj's health has deteriorated considerably and going back to the ICTY would mean certain death for him, said Dr. Milovan Bojic, head of the medical board in charge of treating the leader of the Serbian Radical Party.

BELGRADE - Most Serbian citizens - 41 percent - believe that it is best that Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj return to detention in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) voluntarily, show the results of a survey conducted by the Faktor Plus agency.

BELGRADE - Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic said on Thursday in relation to Wednesday's incident in Belgrade that the inflammatory words between Croatia and Serbia would bring no good to anyone.

BRATISLAVA - Serbia will not recall its ambassador from Croatia nor send any negative signal to Croatia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late Wednesday.

"I think that Serbia and Croatia need to cooperate far better," Vucic told Radio-Television of Serbia in Bratislava.

ZAGREB - The Croatian Foreign Ministry has presented Charge d'Affaires of the Serbian embassy in Croatia Bosa Prodanovic with a protest letter concerning Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj's statements and the incident on Wednesday when he burned the Croatian flag in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The scrapping of the decision of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to grant Vojislav Seselj provisional release is a display of power, and the government will take the appropriate decisions, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Wednesday.