The Serbian opposition leader, Zoran Djindjic, has said his Alliance for Change is planning daily anti-government protests across Serbia over the next three weeks, culminating in a mass rally in the capital, Belgrade.

The Alliance is demanding that President Milosevic hand over power to an internationally-backed transitional government that would prepare fresh elections.

Correspondents say that Mr Milosevic's government does not seem worried by the protests, which are backed by only part of Serbia's divided opposition.

Meanwhile Montenegro has announced plans for talks with Serbia next Wednesday on its proposals for reforming the federal links between the two republics. In a British newspaper interview the Montenegrin Prime Minister, Filip Vujanovic, said that if the talks failed to win Montenegro full equality with Serbia, his government would push for full independence.