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Serbian right-wing tied with liberals in elections
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's incumbent liberals and right-wing opposition were tied for control of the Balkan country on Sunday after knife-edge elections in which the party of late Serb strongman Slobodan Milosevic emerged as kingmaker. The opposition Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) claimed victory and said it would open coalition talks without delay. But the results suggested the liberal ...
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Alienated voters may divert Serbia from West-friendly rule
BELGRADE, Serbia (USA TODAY) ? Serbs who have lived through years of high unemployment and cronyism were threatening Sunday to throw out a pro-Western government for former allies of strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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Nationalism on the agenda as Serbia votes
BELGRADE, Serbia, May 6 (UPI) -- Polls gave a nationalist candidate known as "The Undertaker" a slight edge in Sunday's presidential election in Serbia.
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Seppi breezes to Serbia Open victory
BELGRADE, Serbia, May 6 (UPI) -- Andreas Seppi of Italy won his second career championship Sunday, dispatching Benoit Paire in straight sets to win the Serbia Open.
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Italy's Andreas Seppi wins Serbia Open
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Andreas Seppi of Italy defeated Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 6-2 Sunday to win the Serbia Open for the second title of his career.
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Presidential hopefuls, party officials cast ballots
BELGRADE, NOVI SAD, KRAGUJEVAC, SUBOTICA, NOVI PAZAR -- Party officials and presidential candidates cast their votes at polling stations across Serbia on Sunday.
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Backing EU bid, Serb right tries to oust liberals
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Opposition populists once allied with Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic pushed for power on Sunday, buoyed by voter anger over the state of the economy and pledging support for the ex-Yugoslav republic's bid to join the European Union. Liberals who took power with Milosevic's ouster in 2000 face their strongest challenge yet from the Serbian Progressive Party led by ...
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Backing EU path, Serbian right wing vies for power
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's right-wing opposition pushed for power on Sunday in knife-edge elections marked by an unprecedented pro-European consensus more than a decade since the fall of nationalist strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Liberals who took power in 2000 face their strongest challenge yet from the opposition led by Tomislav Nikolic, once demonized by the West as Milosevic's spiritual ...
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Pro-EU camp faces nationalists in Serbia vote
Serbs voted Sunday in a national election that gave them a sharp choice between a pro-Western government or one that would bring back to power former nationalist allies of the late Balkan strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
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Serbian elections focus on the economy
Serbians are voting on Sunday in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Now that Serbia is an EU candidate, the focus has shifted to the dire state of the Serbian economy.
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Backing EU path, Serbian right wing vies for power
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's right-wing opposition vied for power on Sunday in knife-edge elections marked by an unprecedented pro-European consensus more than a decade since the fall of nationalist strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Liberals who took power in 2000 face their strongest challenge yet from the opposition led by Tomislav Nikolic, once demonized by the West as Milosevic's spiritual heir ...
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Paire to battle Seppi in Belgrade final
Belgrade, Serbia (Sports Network) - Young Frenchman Benoit Paire booked his place in the final at the $485,000 Serbia Open by outlasting top-seeded Spaniard Pablo Andujar, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, in Saturday's first semifinal.
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Paire, Seppi to square off in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia, May 5 (UPI) -- Benoit Paire gained his first ATP final with a semifinal win Saturday and will be joined by Italy's Andreas Seppi in the championship tilt of the Serbia Open.
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Backing EU path, Serbian right wing bids for power
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's right-wing opposition bids for power on Sunday in knife-edge elections marked by an unprecedented pro-European consensus more than a decade since the fall of nationalist strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Liberals who took power in 2000 face their strongest challenge yet from the opposition led by Tomislav Nikolic, once demonized by the West as Milosevic's spiritual heir ...
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Seppi, Paire reach Serbia Open final
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Italy's Andreas Seppi and France's Benoit Paire won semifinal matches Saturday and will play for the Serbia Open title.
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Serbian championship results and standings
Results and standings from Serbian championship matches on Saturday:
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?EU integration depends on Belgrade-Pri?tina talks?
BELGRADE -- EU General Affairs Council Chairman Nicolai Wammen says a door to Serbia?s EU accession talks will be open if progress is made in the Belgrade-Pri?tina talks.
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France's Paire reaches Serbia Open final
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Benoit Paire from France has upset top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain to reach the final of the Serbia Open - his first on the ATP tour.
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Paire ousts Andujar to reach Belgrade final
Belgrade, Serbia (Sports Network) - Young Frenchman Benoit Paire booked his place in the final at the $485,000 Serbia Open by outlasting top-seeded Spaniard Pablo Andujar, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, in Saturday's first semifinal.
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France's Paire reaches Serbia Open final
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Benoit Paire from France has upset top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain to reach the final of the Serbia Open - his first on the ATP tour.
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