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Nikolic-Tadic TV Duel Marked With Mutual Accusations

16.5.2012. 23:5:20 +0100

BELGRADE, May 16, 2012 (BETA) - Serbian Progressive Party presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic on May 16 called on the electorate to vote for him and thereby punish his rival and Democratic Party leader and candidate Boris Tadic.

Tadic replied that Nikolic's policy was dangerous and unpredictable, stressing that he had invented the alleged vote tampering in the May 6 elections.

In a TV duel on state broadcaster RTS, Nikolic accused Tadic and his assoc..

ICTY Dismisses Mladic's Request for Exemption of Judge Orie

15.5.2012. 22:58:10 +0100

THE HAGUE, May 15, 2012 (BETA) - The trial of Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic who is accused of genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, will commence before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on May 16, after presiding Judge Theodor Meron dismissed the defense's demand that Judge Alphons Orie from Holland be left out of the proceedings.

Judge Meron, the ICTY said, ruled the request for Judge Orie's exclusion as groundless and explained that the..

Zoric: Ballot Theft Did Not Change Election Result

14.5.2012. 22:45:12 +0100

BELGRADE, May 14, 2012 (BETA) - The State Prosecution stated on May 14 that the stealing of ballots from polling station number 57 in Pancevo, about which the Progressive Party alarmed the public, did not change the election result.

"Nobody has tailored the election will of the citizens - the ballots were stolen after all members of the election committee from the station, including those from the Progressive Party, signed the written record without objections, aft..

Nikolic Says Will Particpiate in Runoff, Wants Investigation

13.5.2012. 22:20:38 +0100

KIKINDA, May 13, 2012 (BETA) - Serbian Progressive Party presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic said on May 13 that he intended to participate in the presidential runoff on May 20, adding that in the event that he won, he would demand that the May 6 general elections be thoroughly looked into.

"I will not give up because of all those young people who are protesting electoral fraud. For these young people, I will fight until the end. I will not allow a corrupt part..

Nikolic accuses Tadic of electoral fraud, Tadic denies

10.5.2012. 23:44:12 +0100

BELGRADE, May 10, 2012 (BETA) - Serbian Progressive Party presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic on May 10 said the vote should be overturned, stressing that due to "drastic vote tampering," the Democratic Party should not be taking part in any of the future elections.

"We caught them in electoral fraud and we will prove why we did not win by a 15 percent margin, which represents the realistic force of our party," Nikolic said at a meeting with youth at Belgrade's..