Serbia’s likely new prime minister pledged today to keep the country on the course of pro-democracy reforms and close ties with the West as charted by his slain predecessor Zoran Djindjic.

POLICE yesterday arrested several members of an underworld network accused of assassinating Serbia's prime minister, a pro-Western leader who made enemies by pushing for the arrest of mobsters and war crimes suspects.

Police today arrested several members of a shadowy underworld network accused of assassinating Serbia’s prime minister.