The coffin holding Slobodan Milosevic’s body will be displayed today at a museum that used to exhibit gifts received by the late Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito – yet another unusual twist in the tumultuous aftermath of his death.

Serbia’s pro-Western President Boris Tadic survived an apparent assassination attempt when a car repeatedly tried to crash into his motorcade.

Slobodan Milosevic is to appeal against a decision to remand him in custody for 30 days.

As Slobodan Milosevic awoke today after his first night in jail it emerged that a vast cache of weapons was seized from the mansion he had transformed into a fortress.

A close aide of Slobodan Milosevic is being questioned in Belgrade about an apparent attempt to assassinate former opposition leader Vuk Draskovic.