Facts and figures about Serbia

                   
sacbee.com     May 11, 2008            

Facts about Serbia, which held parliamentary elections Sunday: ... - GEOGRAPHY: Located in Europe's southeast, Serbia is a landlocked nation that includes both fertile lands in the north and mountain ranges in central areas. Serbia borders Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria,... [read full story]                

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Serbia awaits outcome of crossroads election

alertnet.org     May 11, 2008          

Source: Reuters (Updates with polls closed) By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE, May 11 (Reuters) - Polls closed in Serbia on Sunday evening and voters awaited the outcome of a parliamentary election to see if the lure of ... ... By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE, May 11 (Reuters) - Polls...                

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Kosovo's Serbs vote in Serbia's general elections

iht.com     May 11, 2008          

Serbs in newly independent Kosovo cast ballots for Serbia's elections Sunday — a vote U.N. officials branded as illegal. ... "Illegal elections cannot have legal consequences," U.N. official Joachim Ruecker said in a statement. Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders called the...                

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Low turnout in 'fateful' Serbian election - Summary

earthtimes.org     May 11, 2008          

Belgrade - A snap parliamentary election seen as fateful for Serbia's future came to a close Sunday with surprisingly weak turnout and concerns that it would benefit the surging anti-Western bloc. Some 6.75 million Serbs were eligible to choose from ...                

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In Serbia, waving the flag but avoiding nationalism

iht.com     May 11, 2008          

The owner of the largest flag maker in Serbia said he hoped nationalist parties would lose the election so that Serbia would align itself irreversibly with the European Union and the economy would improve. Then, he said, every Serb would buy more of his flags.                

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Serbs vote in general election

politicalgateway.com     May 11, 2008          

Serbs went to the polls Sunday in a general election many expect will decide whether the country moves toward joining the European Union. ... Tomislav Nikolic of the Radical Party said nearly a decade of going along with free market economics and submitting to the EU...                

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Kosovo's Serbs vote in Serbia's elections

msn.com     May 11, 2008          

Serbs in newly independent Kosovo cast ballots for Serbia's elections Sunday — a vote U.N. officials branded as illegal. ... The U.N. administration in Kosovo allowed Serbs to cast ballots but said the vote for municipal leaders was "without legal standing or effect in...                

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Weak Turnout in Serbian Election May Benefit Anti-Western Bloc

newslookup.com     May 11, 2008          

The snap parliamentary election seen as fateful for Serbia's future came to a close Sunday with surprisingly weak turnout and concerns that it would benefit the surging anti-Western bloc. ... Some 6.75 million Serbs were eligible to choose from 22 tickets, but the real...                

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Serbian election offers clear choice: Join with Europe or embrace Russia

signonsandiego.com     May 11, 2008          

BELGRADE, Serbia – A few weeks ago, members of a liberal resistance group here scattered ashes over their heads – an act of penance, they said, for electing Vojislav Kostunica, the prime minister who helped overthrow Slobodan Milosevic but who has since adopted Milosevic's harsh nationalist...                

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Serbia braces for outcome of make-or-break elections

afp.com     May 11, 2008          

BELGRADE (AFP) - Voting ended Sunday in closely fought Serbian general elections widely considered the most important since the ouster of late autocratic president Slobodan Milosevic. ... And as the polls closed, the pro-European alliance gathered around President Boris...                

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Pro-EU party seen winning Serbian election

reuters.com     May 11, 2008          

BELGRADE (Reuters) - The pro-European Union Democratic Party of President Boris Tadic and its allies won "a very convincing victory" in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday, the independent monitoring organization CESID said. ... By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE (Reuters) -...                

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