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Belgrade: The City Electoral Commission (GIK) yesterday revealed the official Belgrade result. According to GIK, total 911,842 citizens—almost 60 percent of the 1,517,783 registered—voted at the May 11 Belgrade local elections.

The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rosemary Di Carlo yesterday stated in Sarajevo that United States hopes Serbia should choose European path.

The UNMIK spokesman Alexander Ivanko stated yesterday that the UNMIK and EULEX were separate missions in Kosovo, and the UN mission has not yet received instructions from headquarters in New York for a transfer of powers to EULEX.

The leader of Democratic Party (Demokratska Stranka), Boris Tadic stated yesterday that the citizens’ electoral will should be respected, and that the government formed by “For a European Serbia” list with the SPS would continue to uphold the principles of EU integration, the defense of Kosovo, economic development and social justice.

Aiming to provide information about Europe’s significance and values to the members of the public, the EU’s mission to Kosovo has launched a campaign entitled “Let’s Go to Europe”.

Belgrade: According to CeSID’s unofficial results, the Democrats (DS) led coalition) has won 38.7 percent, or 103 seats in the new parliament.

Belgrade: There was a significant rise in the value of both indexes for the second day in a row, reported the Belgrade Stock Exchange (BSE) yesterday. The BELEX15 closed almost 4.5 % up, while the BELEXline gained over 3 % on Friday.

Yesterday, a financial memorandum, which implies that Slovakia will set aside €1.9 million for Serbia, was signed by Serbian Minister of Finance Mirko Cvetkovic and Slovak Ambassador to Serbia Igor Furdik.

Serbia’s Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) yesterday approved CeSID, has registered 2070 observers in Serbia, including Kosovo, to monitor the May 11 elections.

Belgrade: Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica yesterday, in a meeting with the UN peacekeeping operations chief Jean Marie Guehenno, stated that Kosovo-Metohija is an integral and unalienable part of Serbia according to the UN Charter, UN Security Council Resolution 1244 and Helsinki Final Act.