Pro-Western coalition leads Serbian vote
The Associated Press
Published: May 11, 2008
BELGRADE, Serbia: Serbia's pro-Western president is declaring victory in the country's parliamentary elections.
President Boris Tadic has told cheering supporters that his Coalition for a European Serbia eked out a victory in a hard-fought battle with the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party.
Independent monitors said Tadic's coalition had about 38 percent of the vote with about 50 percent of the vote counted nationwide. They said the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party was running a distant second with 28 percent.
Tadic described Sunday's win as "convincing" and said it shows that a majority of Serbia's citizens want to join the European Union. But Tadic also said his government would never recognize Kosovo's statehood.
Well, I suppose this is a good thing, but who knows? Btw, what is the situation with Kosovo at the moment?
