BELGRADE -- The dailies report the latest rift in the caretaker cabinet, over the Horgoš-Požega highway, and RTS chief's involvement in an incident.
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"Bread up to RSD 50?", is about speculation that the price of white bread could increase.
BLIC—"Stop for Horgoš-Požega highway", says that the government yesterday failed to agree to extend the deadline for the concessionaires PORR and Alpine Mayreder to come up with banking guarantees for the deal.
"Tijanić answers to insult with fist", this report about the court incident in Belgrade yesterday upgrades the slap to a punch.
"Parties to spend EUR 30mn campaigning", is also on the front page.
BORBA—"Chaos of multi-party system", the daily informs that there are as many as 556 registered political parties in Serbia today, where not 20 years ago there was only one.
"Concession on ice", more about the postponement of the start of construction works on the Horgoš-Požega highway.
VEČERNJE NOVOSTI—"Highway in ditch!", another report from the government meeting yesterday, that ended with a press conference where ministers Velimir Ilić and Mlađan Dinkić, on the opposing ends of the highway dispute, also traded insults.
"DSS-Radicals would make best government", the deputy leader of the Serb Radical Party (SRS), Tomislav Nikolić, is interviewed – details here.
GAZETA—The tabloid also goes with the punch to describe the court incident: "Tijanić knocks out Čedista".
"Murderer at large", says that the prosecution witnesses in the Hague's Haradinaj case are either killed or blackmailed.
GLAS JAVNOSTI—"Carla in front of Serbian court", says that former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte will be called as witness in a renewed investigation into the fate of the kidnapped Kosovo Serbs.
"Beatings and humiliation will not make us stronger", the daily says in its series of investigative articles ahead of the May 11 ballot.
"Highway comes to nothing", says that discord within the caretaker government has claims another "victim".
DANAS—"In several days concession contract will be broken", the liberal daily looks at the Horgoš-Požega latest.
"Concrete tip-offs weren't confirmed", is about the latest search of the homes belonging to the family members of Radovan Karadžić in Bosnia.
KURIR—"Čedomir drugged Đinđić's sister", the tabloid claims that Čedomir Jovanović was involved in an incident several years ago when the sister of late Zoran Đinđić was attacked.
POLITIKA—"Stop to Horgoš-Požega highway", the daily leads with the big story out of Serbia yesterday.
"Bogdanović's family: We did not inherit millions", is a report from a news conference called by the wife of the former Belgrade Mayor Nenad Bogdanović, who died six months ago. The media's been speculating that the Democratic Party (DS) official had left millions of euros in over a dozen bank accounts, to which party chief Boris Tadić also reacted today – more here.
PRESS—"Tijanić Tyson!", the tabloid sums up the Palace of Justice incident involving RTS' chief.
"War over highway", says that the Horgoš-Požega construction works will not start on April 2, as previously planned, due to rifts in the cabinet.