Serbian polls on Dec. 24

BELGRADE: The former Yugoslav President, Mr. Slobodan Milosevic's party agreed with pro-democracy leaders on Friday to hold Serbian parliamentary elections on December 24, a Belgrade radio station said. Mr. Vladan Batic, a leader of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) which backs the new President, Mr. Vojislav Kostounica, told the independent B92 Radio that the parties had resumed official negotiations after a two-day break. He said the parties had also agreed to form a transitional Serbian Government. Reformists had said earlier this week that all the main parties had agreed to hold elections on December 17. But Mr. Milosevic's Socialists later appeared to go back on the deal, saying they would continue to rule Serbia.

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