Serbian Radical Party wins 28% of vote (blood, Israel, sunday, Article)

[Booko]

BELGRADE (Reuters) - The hardline Radical Party attracted most support in Serbia's general election, dashing Western hopes the nation blamed for a decade of war in the 1990s would finally turn its back on nationalism.

However, there was no certainty the Radicals, who won 28 percent of the vote on Sunday, could form a government.

The result cast a pall over European Union and United States expectations they would have a progressive Serb government to deal with when the future of breakaway Kosovo is decided and Serbia's EU membership hopes, currently frozen, are re-assessed.
"We are convinced that hard days lie ahead of Serbia," said Radical leader Tomislav Nikolic who claimed victory and acknowledged he needed to find a strong coalition partner.
Nikolic said the pro-Western bloc had "once more failed to fool Serbia's citizens" and was now in panic.

Shrugging off warnings by Western envoys that chauvinist policies could lead to renewed isolation, voters underlined on Sunday the Radicals' seemingly unbreakable bedrock of support.


Full article here:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...e-C1-topNews-3

[Djamila]

Oh, believe me, I already know.

But the good news is that the moderates are gaining ground and the Radical Party's leader is still in a jail cell in The Hague facing war crimes charges.

It's all a response to the situation in Kosovo and it has nothing to do with Bosnia, unlike the last election the Radicals won. After that, thousands of Bosnian families made plans, just in case, of where and how they were going to flee. I made arrangements for my sister to marry an Israeli friend, if necessary, and he gracious agreed - the threat of renewed Serbian aggression was so strong.

Now, though, Montenegro is independent. The Serbian military is split in two. I almost wish the mother******** would try. Also, as I said, this is a nationalist backlash against possibly losing Kosovo in the near future and has nothing to do with Bosnia, so we're safely off to the sidelines of that political party's bloodthirsty eyes.

I just pity the moderate Serbs, I truly do. They must feel so hopeless, I can't imagine what it's like to live in such a country where war criminals and calls for genocide can win elections.