A Serbian newspaper owner says he will relaunch two publications that have been closed down by the authorities.

The owner, Slavko Curuvija, said the daily Dnevni Telegraf and the weekly Evropljanin would now by published by a new company, based in Montenegro.

Their assets were confiscated after they were accused of defeatist reporting on Kosovo -- but Mr Curuvija says the confiscation order does not apply to the new versions of the papers.

The chief editor Grujica Spasovic of another banned Serbian daily, Danas, said it would also go back on sale, published by a new Montenegrin company.