There are new governments in both (FYR)Macedonia and Serbia following the recent elections in the two countries.

In (FYR)Macedonia Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s VMRO DPMNE party, which won the election convincingly, has switched Albanian coalition partners. Now, the Democratic Union for Integration has joined the government, displacing its bitter rival the Democratic Party of Albanians. Together, they hold about two-thirds of the seats in parliament.

In Serbia there is a new prime minister with Mirko Cvetkovic taking over from former Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica. Prime Minister Cvetkovic represents President Boris Tadic’s For a European Serbia coalition that was the largest group following the election. Balkan Insight reports that President Tadic’s coalition has joined forces in government with the Socialist Party of Serbia, while there are four non-party ministers and one representing Serbia’s predominantly Muslim region of Sandzak. This gives the government a slim majority of 127 seats in the 250-seat parliament.