Milan Stamatovic

According to Belgrade daily, after Cajetina Mayor Milan Stamatovic, leader of the "Together for Sumadija" movement, Veroljub Stevanovic is another prominent public figure that joined the new bloc led by Sabic, and will act together in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

At the same time, 180 members of this body were in favor, the DS reported on its website.

Daily Blic named the dissenting members of the main board as former DS leader Dragan Sutanovac, National Assembly members Natasa Vuckovic, Dragoljub Micunovic, Radoslav Milojcic, Gordana Comic, Vojovodina Provincial Board Chairman Miroslav Vasim, and Vida Ognjanovic.

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said on Friday that the camp ran by Serbian and Russian veterans that gave military training to children and young adults was shut down late on Thursday.

"We issued a warrant to disband the camp due to the possible abuse of children and disturbance to the public," Stefanovic told media.

44 children who were there - aged from 12 to 23 - have been sent home.

"We have given an order to dissolve the camp because of the possibility of child abuse, and disturbing the public," Stefanovic said.

The first "youth-patriotic" children's camp, organized by "Serbian and Russian veterans and patriotic groups" had been opened on Mt. Zlatibor.

Montenegro opposition leader Milan Knezevic on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting a coup, and told the court in Podgorica that he was only there because he was a Serb who opposed Montenegro's membership of NATO.

BELGRADE - Presidential candidate Milan Stamatovic has said stopping the exodus of Serbia's educated young people to other countries would be his priority as president.

Voters of Serbia are casting ballots in the presidential election on Sunday to choose a successor to their departing one-term President, Tomislav Nikolic.

Polling stations are open from 7 am to 8 pm CET (GMT+2), and the preliminary results are expected to be published by the State Election Commission, RIK, a few hours after polls close.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM and Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vucic maintains a commanding lead ahead of the presidential elections and has great chances of a first-round victory with 53 percent support, the latest Ipsos Strategic Marketing survey shows.

SNS leader Aleksandar Vucic currently has 53 percent support and a big chance of winning in the first round of the April 2 election, according to a new Ipsos Strategic Marketing poll.

Luka Maksimovic, aka Ljubisa Beli Preletacevic, is now second with a rating of about 11 percent.

BELGRADE - The national election commission on Monday approved the candidacies of Cajetina Mayor Milan Stamatovic, People's Freedom Movement leader Miroslav Parovic and League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina leader Nenad Canak for the April 2 presidential elections in Serbia, ordering Predrag Vucetic - a candidate based in Krusevac - to rectify all faults within 48 hours.