 For weeks Cerović was forced to lay low in Montenegro, but returned to Belgrade when things simmered down and resumed writing his column lambasting Milošević and his cronies who were still in power.In March 1999, a week before NATO began its 77-day bombing spree of Yugoslavia, Milošević censored "Vreme", which until then was free to criticize the government.Cerović was called upon to join the military.