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EU challenges new Serb leader to stay the course
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian President-elect Tomislav Nikolic, last in power when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, faced the challenge on Monday of proving he has swung behind the country's pro-Western course, after a shock victory that rattled the region. The election of Nikolic, a former ultranationalist ally of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic who says he now supports Serbia's goal of joining the ...
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Tomislav Nikolic, 'Toma The Gravedigger,' Elected Serbian President
BELGRADE, Serbia -- New Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran ultranationalist who claims to have transformed himself into a pro-EU populist.
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Former ultranationalist is new Serbian president
BELGRADE, Serbia?New Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran ultranationalist who claims to have transformed himself into a pro-EU populist.
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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsFormer ultranationalist is new Serbian president
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - New Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran ultranationalist who claims to have transformed himself into a pro-EU populist.
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Former ultranationalist is new Serbian president
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - New Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran ultranationalist who claims to have transformed himself into a pro-EU populist.
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Serbia's new president is former ultranationalist who shifted to more moderate stand
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? New Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic is a veteran ultranationalist who claims to have transformed himself into a pro-EU populist.
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Shock Serb election casts doubt over govt, region
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The election of rightist Tomislav Nikolic as president has plunged Serbia into a period of deep political uncertainty and unnerved a region that associates him with the bloody collapse of Yugoslavia. Nikolic beat liberal Boris Tadic in a close-run vote in which less than half the electorate turned out, breaking an almost 12-year hold on power by the reformists who ousted ...
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Nationalist's win in Serbia presidential runoff could complicate EU relations
BELGRADE, serbia?? Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency Sunday, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow its
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Nationalist Nikolic wins Serbian presidential elections
BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbian political parties are expected to start negotiations on the formation of a new government Monday after the surprise win of nationalist Tomislav Nikolic in presidential polls.
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Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic wins Serb presidential runoff, could slow move to EU
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency on Sunday, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its attempts to join the European Union.
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Opposition leader elected president of Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia _ Serbian opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic won the presidential election runoff Sunday, defeating the incumbent, Boris Tadic. According to incomplete and unofficial results from the Serbian election commission, Nikolic won 50.2 percent of the votes to Tadic's 46.7 per cent.
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Serb rightist wins presidency, backs EU path
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic, a former ultranationalist last in power when Serbia was bombed by NATO in 1999, declared victory in a presidential run-off on Sunday and pledged to keep the Balkan country moving towards the European Union. Based on an unofficial projection, Nikolic narrowly beat liberal incumbent Boris Tadic, who quickly conceded defeat after eight years ...
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Low turnout, fraud row mar Serb presidential vote
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Voter apathy and accusations of fraud marred a presidential run-off in Serbia on Sunday, where pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic is vying with rightist Tomislav Nikolic for the right to lead the nation into talks on joining the EU. Seven hours after polls opened, just 23.2 percent of the 6.7 million Serbs eligible to vote had done so. Tadic began the day as the frontrunner ...
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Nationalist Nikolic vows to keep Serbia on EU path
BELGRADE (AFP) - Tomislav Nikolic vowed to pursue Serbia's efforts to join the European Union after scoring an upset victory in the run-off presidential election over incumbent Boris Tadic.
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Russian envoy: We respect Serbian people's choice
BELGRADE -- The Russian ambassador to Serbia has commented on the Serbian presidential election to say that his country "respected the choice of the Serbian people".
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Serbian opposition leader wins presidential runoff
BELGRADE, Serbia _ Serbian opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic won the presidential election runoff Sunday, defeating Boris Tadic in his fourth campaign for the office. Citing a representative sample, the election-monitoring agency Cesid said Nikolic had won. The turnout among the 6.8 million voters was very low, reaching 41.5 per cent with only a hour before the election ended.
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Serbia opposition claims victory in presidential vote
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic's camp claimed victory on Sunday in a presidential run-off against liberal incumbent Boris Tadic. "From tonight, Serbia has a new president - Tomislav Nikolic," Nikolic's party deputy Aleksandar Vucic told cheering supporters in the capital, Belgrade. (Writing by Matt Robinson)
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Opposition ahead in Serbia presidential poll
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's rightist opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic was narrowly ahead in a presidential run-off on Sunday against liberal incumbent Boris Tadic, according to an unofficial projection by pollster CESID.
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Serbia cast votes in presidential runoff
BELGRADE, Serbia, May 20 (UPI) -- Polls had Serbian President Boris Tadic in the lead as voters cast their ballots in Sunday's presidential runoff election.
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Serbia votes for a new president
Serbians voted Sunday for a new president in a run-off with the incumbent Boris Tadic, who has vowed to lead the Balkans nation into the EU, set to beat nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic.
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