Pro-west Tadic wins Serbia poll

Boris Tadic, Serbia’s pro-western president, defeated Tomislav Nikolic, his nationalist rival, in a bitterly contested 2nd round presidential election, 3 February 2008, fought under the shadow of the imminent loss of the disputed territory of Kosovo. Mr Tadic’s victory signals that Serbs are ready to put integration with the European Union ahead of their anger with the west over the ethnic Albanian-dominated province, due very soon to declare independence.

BBC News, 4.2.08: Serbia election victory for Tadic http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7225455.stm

Deutsche Welle, 3.2.08: Pro-Europe Tadic Wins Serbian Presidential Election http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3105214,00.html

IFES: Election Guide: Serbia http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/242/

Wikipedia: Serbian presidential election, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_presidential_election,_2008

Deutsche Welle, 4.2.08: Opinion: It's Time for Truth in Serbia http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3105900,00.html

OSCE: Press Release, 4.2.08: ODIHR, Council of Europe observers say second round of Serbian presidential election in line with international standards http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/49427

Council of the European Union: Press Release: S045/08 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/discours/98549.pdf

Deutsche Welle, 5.2.08: Deep EU Rift Threatens Serbian Government http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3110088,00.html

Robert Schuman Foundation: European Elections Monitor: Serbia : Presidential Election of 20th January 2008 (Results) http://www.robert-schuman.eu/oee.php?num=493

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