BELGRADE, SERBIA — In an upset, pro-West democrats declared victory late Sunday in crucial Serbian elections dominated by questions of pride and humiliation, and whether Serbia has a future in the West or must take refuge in old-school nationalism.
Partial returns put the Democratic Party of President Boris Tadic ahead of his ultranationalist rivals, defying preelection surveys. Still, Tadic will have to find coalition partners in order to govern, and he doesn’t have many suitors. The nationalists did not concede defeat and said they might try to form a ruling coalition themselves. for more click here