Serbia: Serbia's parliament voted in reformer Mr Zoran Zivkovic as new prime minister yesterday in a move likely to allay fears of a power vacuum in the volatile Balkans after last week's killing of Mr Zoran Djindjic.
Mr Zivkovic (42), a former Yugoslav interior minister, told parliament that police hunting the killers had so far detained more than 750 people in a sweep through the underworld and he pledged to crush organised crime.
The government would also push on with Western-backed reforms spearheaded by Mr Djindjic, he said before the vote.
The 250-seat legislature voted by 128 for and 100 against a government headed by Mr Zivkovic, a pro-Western ally of the slain premier and like him a leading opponent to Mr Slobodan Milosevic during the 1990s.
Mr Djindjic, who played a key role in toppling the then Yugoslav leader in 2000, was shot by a sniper outside the main government building in Belgrade on March 12th. - (Reuters)
