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...Extreme SERBIA The ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party, led by former paramilitary and indicted war criminal Vojislav Seselj, won 82 seats in parliamentary elections - more than any other political party. The vote - the first since Slobodan Milosevic's party was thrown out of power three years ago - also saw the ex-strongman's own Socialist Party of Serbia just meet the threshold to return to parliament. Seselj's party advocates returning Serbian troops to Kosovo, downgrading ties with the U.S. and Europe, and suing NATO for reparations for the U.S.-led bombing of Belgrade in 1999. The Radicals failed...
...since Slobodan Milosevic's Socialist Party was thrown out of power in 2000 - no fewer than three of the political parties are headed by men who have been charged with war crimes. Even stranger: one of them may be leading the pack. The Serbian Radical Party, led by ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj - who has been awaiting trial on charges of murder, ethnic cleansing and other crimes against humanity in a Hague court since earlier this year - scored 22-25% in the latest polls. The party is calling for an end to Western-style reforms and the return of Serbian troops...
...enough people bothered to turn out) while the current coalition government's ceaseless infighting has "destroyed people's faith in the reform process," says one senior diplomat. All this is proving fertile ground for Tomislav Nikolic, the grim-faced Serbian Radical Party campaigner who is standing in for Vojislav Seselj while the boss prepares his defense. A former cemetery manager, Nikolic is traveling the country with a list of fiery complaints about Serbia's oppressors, from "soulless journalists" trying to destroy his party, to NATO, the Hague and, worst of all, the "servants of the West" in Serbia's current...
...rights had been violated, and information obtained from him was inadmissible. Unusual Suspects SERBIA The government crackdown on organized crime, which began after the March assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and has led to thousands of arrests, continued with the detention of two close aides of ex-President Vojislav Kostunica (below) and former army Chief of Staff General Nebojsa Pavkovic. Pavkovic was arrested for real-estate fraud. Kostunica's aides, former counterintelligence chief Aca Tomic and national security adviser Rade Bulatovic, were detained in relation to Djindjic's killing; they allegedly had secret meetings with two key suspects. Kostunica...
Ever since they ousted Slobodan Milosevic two years ago in a popular uprising, Serbs have had trouble finding someone to fill his shoes. The bitter rivalry between Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and Yugoslav federal President Vojislav Kostunica has poisoned the political air, slowed the transition to a free-market economy and paralyzed the machinery of state. It also alienated the electorate. Three times in the past three months, presidential elections - dominated each time by Kostunica - have failed to muster the more than 50% of eligible voters required for a valid ballot. The current office holder, Milan Milutinovic, a relic from...