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Serbia: Return to the isolationist nationalism of the 1990s.”
By Reuters, AFP, AP
Published: May 8, 2007
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LONDON -- According to international news agencies, the election of Nikolic as the Speaker marked a return of ultranationalism in Serbia.
Reuters news agency has said that election of Tomislav Nikolic of “the ultra nationalist Radical Party as speaker was a decision some politicians said signaled a return to the isolationist nationalism of the 1990s.”
“The Radicals, Serbia's strongest party, are heirs to the nationalist mantle of the late Slobodan Milosevic, who led the country into four wars,” Reuters wrote.
All agencies did not fail to mention Serb Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Šešelj, currently on trial before the Hague Tribunal.
Reuters stressed that Nikolic won the support of the Socialists (SPS) once led by Milosevic, as both parties “opposed handing war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic over to the tribunal, a key EU demand blocking Serbia's membership hopes.”
As Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports, Nikolic was elected speaker after reformist parties failed to form a coalition government more than three months following polls:
“Nikolic won the support of outgoing moderate nationalist Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS),” AFP added.
The Associated Press tagged Nikolic “a fierce nationalist known for his anti-Western stands, including demands that Serbia shelve its EU aspirations and focus on maintaining close ties with Russia and China, and the advocating of military intervention in Kosovo if the province became independent.”
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Dani
Vetëm përpara djema... this is
a true about balkan killers
Rian
Just dont give UP, trooth is
in your side
Dragan
God site, hello from Belgrad
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