Denmark elected its first female prime minister last night, ousting the right-wing government from power after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration.

Danish voters appeared set to elect their first female prime minister today and end 10 years of pro-market reforms and a hardening of immigration laws.

A Croat general, believed to have been indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal, is ready to surrender, Prime Minister Ivica Racan said today.

Croatia has decided to extradite Croat war crimes suspects to the UN war crimes tribunal.

In a serious blow to Croatia’s new, pro-Western Government, the nationalist party of the late President Franjo Tudjman did much better than expected in yesterday’s local elections, leading in several counties and finishing second in Zagreb, the capital.