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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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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 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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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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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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Albanians arrested in Serbia ahead of elections
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Five ethnic Albanians were arrested on suspicion of war crimes in dawn raids on Friday, Serbia's Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said, two days before he runs for president and leads his Socialist party in knife-edge parliamentary elections.
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Devastated textile town offers lessons for Serbia
LESKOVAC, Serbia (Reuters) - The Zele Velkovic factory in Leskovac, once famous for its thriving textile industry, was one of the city's biggest when Yugoslavia started to implode in 1991. The next two decades brought a slow decline fueled by chronic mismanagement and a dramatic loss of competitiveness. Where more than 600 worked, now just 70 walk the factory's cavernous halls, the deafening ...
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Pro-EU camp faces strong challenge from nationalists at Serbian general election
Serbia's bid to join the European Union will be strongly tested in elections this weekend that pit ruling pro-Western democrats against nationalists who are promising jobs, economic revival and closer ties with Russia.
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Pro-EU vs. nationalist camps in Serbia vote
Serbia's bid to join the European Union will be strongly tested in elections this weekend that pit ruling pro-Western democrats against nationalists who are promising jobs, economic revival and closer ties with Russia.
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Devastated textile town offers lessons for Serbia
LESKOVAC, Serbia (Reuters) - The Zele Velkovic factory in Leskovac, once famous for its thriving textile industry, was one of the city's biggest when Yugoslavia started to implode in 1991. The next two decades brought a slow decline fueled by chronic mismanagement and a dramatic loss of competitiveness. Where more than 600 worked, now just 70 walk the factory's cavernous halls, the deafening ...
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Serbian rivals battle for votes
The front-runners in Serbia's elections battle for votes on the last day of campaigning in a contest that may determine Belgrade's place in Europe.
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Tadic, pro-European champion for Serbia
(BELGRADE ) - After bringing Serbia to the doorstep of the European Union, President Boris Tadic is seeking his third and final term in office, aiming to bring the former pariah state into the EU club.
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Gypsies evicted from Serbian capital
About 250 Gypsy families have been evicted their homes in Serbia's capital, despite protests.
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DJOKOVIC BEATEN IN BELGRADE
Marko Djokovic failed to claim the first ATP Tour win of his career at the Serbia Open in Belgrade today as the 20-year-old brother of world number one Novak fell 6-3 6-1 to Italy's Filippo Volandri.
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Trade unions disagree over May Day protests
BELGRADE -- The position of workers in Serbia is very difficult and won't improve soon, says the vice-president of the Association of Independent Trade Union of Serbia.
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Gypsies evicted from Serbian capital
About 250 Gypsy families have been evicted their homes in Serbia's capital, despite protests.
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Protesting Serbian farmers block roads
VOJVODINA, Serbia, April 26 (UPI) -- Serbian farmers blocked roads across the country Thursday in the second day of protests over a new agricultural subsidy system, officials say.
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Gypsies Evicted From Serbian Capital
Gypsy families evicted from settlement in Serbia's capital, despite protests by rights groups
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Speaker: Regional cooperation one of Serbia's priorities
BELGRADE -- Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica ?uki?-Dejanovi? stated on Thursday that regional cooperation was one of the priorities of Serbia's foreign policy.
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Djokovic pulls out of Serbia Open
Novak Djokovic will not compete at the Serbia Open in Belgrade, his place of birth following the loss of his grandfather.
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