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"[The Serbian prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica] blames everyone but himself. He had three pillars to his policy: keeping Montenegro with Serbia, retaining Kosovo, and getting EU negotiations. He's lost two of those and is about to lose the third one."

Braca Grubacic, a Belgrade political analyst, quoted in Serbs mark historic disaster day with renewed gloom.

To add insult to injury, Serbia and Montenegro were thumped 6-0 by Argentina in the World Cup, the biggest defeat of the tournament: "The football in Germany absolutely reflects the mood of the country".

(for Inat see Alexandra Kovac)