Serbia quietly marks 10 years since Milosevic was ousted
Serbia's leader has said the ousting of Slobodan Milosevic 10 years ago marked the establishment of the Balkan country's democracy.
Marking the 10th anniversary at a conference in the capital Belgrade, President Boris Tadic said Serbia was closer to joining the European Union.
But commemorations of the event, in which crowds backed by a bulldozer stormed parliament, were muted.
There was little sign of any public gathering in Belgrade.
Both the EU and US sent congratulations, Brussels welcoming Serbia's democratic reforms and economic progress.
The EU would continue to support Serbia on its EU path, in both the political and economic sense, the office of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Ashton was quoted as saying by Serbia's B92 news website.
US Ambassador Mary Warlick said Serbia was "on the road towards integration into European and Western institutions in order to take the place it deserves among other democratic and progressive nations of the world".
"We see the day when Serbia will be a force of stability in the Balkans and the leader of regional co-operation," she said in an article published in the Belgrade daily Politika....
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Marking the 10th anniversary at a conference in the capital Belgrade, President Boris Tadic said Serbia was closer to joining the European Union.
But commemorations of the event, in which crowds backed by a bulldozer stormed parliament, were muted.
There was little sign of any public gathering in Belgrade.
Both the EU and US sent congratulations, Brussels welcoming Serbia's democratic reforms and economic progress.
The EU would continue to support Serbia on its EU path, in both the political and economic sense, the office of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Ashton was quoted as saying by Serbia's B92 news website.
US Ambassador Mary Warlick said Serbia was "on the road towards integration into European and Western institutions in order to take the place it deserves among other democratic and progressive nations of the world".
"We see the day when Serbia will be a force of stability in the Balkans and the leader of regional co-operation," she said in an article published in the Belgrade daily Politika....