Hard-line supporters of Serbian mass killer Radovan Karadzic are threatening to bring violent chaos to Belgrade tomorrow with a huge rally in his support.

The deadline for Radovan Karadzic to appeal against his handover to the United Nations war crimes court passed today with the lawyer for the ex-Bosnian Serb warlord refusing to confirm he had taken that step.

Radovan Karadzic is to fight Serbia's attempt to extradite him to the Netherlands to face a war crimes court.

Serbia’s pro-Western president Boris Tadic has declared victory in parliamentary elections, edging out ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo’s independence.

The European Union was quick to congratulate pro-Western Boris Tadic after he won Serbia’s presidential election, beating an ultranationalist ally of former President Slobodan Milosevic by a narrow margin.

Pro-Western incumbent Boris Tadic won Serbia's presidential election today, beating an ultranationalist ally of former President Slobodan Milosevic by a narrow margin.

Serbians were voting today in a run off presidential election that may bring an ally of late hardline President Slobodan Milosevic back to power, before a potentially explosive split by the Serbian province of Kosovo.

An ally of late President Slobodan Milosevic was elected as Serbia’s new parliament speaker today, signalling a return of ultranationalists to power in the troubled Balkan country.

Serbian ultra-nationalist Radicals won most votes in Serbia’s parliamentary election, but several pro-democratic groups won enough seats to form a new government if they can settle their differences.

Serbs voted today in a closely-contested parliamentary election between pro-Western democrats and ultranationalists to determine whether the troubled Balkan nation drifts toward mainstream Europe or returns to its wartime nationalist past.

A Serbian far-right party was expected to re-elect a jailed UN war crimes suspect as its leader today, amid protests by Liberals who denounce the party as fascist.

The body of Slobodan Milosevic has been flown home to Serbia for burial, met on the tarmac by only a handful of party loyalists. The low-key arrival, after days of wrangling over his final resting place, was an unceremonious homecoming for a man once feared – and respected – by millions.

THE body of Slobodan Milosevic returned to his homeland yesterday as his supporters planned a funeral that raised fears nationalists could use the ceremony to try to regain power.

Slobodan Milosevic’s family clashed today over where the former Yugoslav president should be buried, with proposals ranging from Serbia or Montenegro to Russia.

Thousands of Bosnian Serbs today mourned their dead from the 1990s Srebrenica clashes, a day after their Bosnian Muslim wartime enemies marked the 10th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre of civilians since the Second World War.

SERBIA’S ruling conservative coalition appears to have suffered a severe blow in local elections.

SERBS went to the polls yesterday to choose local leaders in key elections expected to be a tight race between pro-Western reformers and loyalists of former President Slobodan Milosevic.

Serbs were today choosing local leaders in key elections expected to be a tight race between pro-Western reformers and loyalists of former President Slobodan Milosevic.

Serbians were voting for a new president today, with a nationalist, a pro-Western moderate and a business mogul leading a race that could determine whether the Balkan republic strengthens its Western ties or opts for renewed isolation.

ULTRA-NATIONALISTS led by a jailed war crimes suspect have won the majority of votes in Serbia’s weekend election.

Serbia faced becoming a pariah state again tonight after an extreme nationalist party made massive gains in a general election.

A strong election success by right-wing nationalists allied to former president Slobodan Milosevic is leaving fractured pro-democracy groups with little choice but to unite or see Serbia slide into renewed authoritarianism.

An extreme nationalist party allied to former strongman Slobodan Milosevic won Serbia’s crucial parliamentary elections today but failed to get the majority needed to govern on its own, according to exit polls.

Serbs had the pick today of voting Slobodan Milosevic’s allies into power and returning to international isolation or backing pro-democracy parties that ousted the authoritarian leader but later failed to live up to voters’ expectations.

Serbian presidential elections failed for the third time in a year today, triggering a major political crisis in the Balkan republic.

Serbian presidential elections were on the brink of collapse for the third time in a year as few voters turned out today to choose between a pro-democracy veteran and a strident nationalist.

An ultranationalist Serbian leader accused of war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia today flew to the Netherlands to surrender to the UN tribunal.

Serbia was heading for a major political crisis today after it failed for a second time to elect a president and the top contender, Yugoslav president Vojislav Kostunica, said he would not recognise the outcome.

SERBIAN voters went to the polls yesterday to choose a new president from among 11 candidates, all of whom have promised to end the political and economic limbo left behind by Slobodan Milosevic.