Talk about making an impact.

Nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic won the Serbian presidency, a result that adds to the political turmoil in the Balkan country and could slow down its attempts to join the European Union.

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial this week in a case that will establish if he was responsible for some of the worst atrocities in Europe since Second World War.

Ireland’s U17s are playing catch-up already to reach the European Championships following defeat to Serbia in yesterday’s opening elite stage qualifier.

European Union leaders formally made Serbia a candidate for membership in the bloc tonight, in a remarkable turnaround for a country considered a pariah just over a decade ago.

Former Yugoslavia's last Prime Minister Ante Markovic, who tried to prevent the country's bloody break-up in the 1990s, has died. He was 87.

Swedish youngster Alex Milosevic has admitted he would be interested in a move to Celtic.

The former chief of the Yugoslav army has been jailed for 27 years for aiding Bosnian Serb forces responsible for the Srebrenica massacre and deadly four-year campaign of shelling and sniping in Sarajevo.

A RAINBOW appeared near Tallaght Stadium prior to kick-off last night.

Goran Hadzic, the last remaining fugitive sought by the UN war crimes court, has been arrested by Serbian authorities.

FORMER Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was extradited to the Netherlands yesterday to face genocide charges at the UN war crimes tribunal after 16 years on the run.

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is fully equipped to deal with any health issues suffered by genocide suspect Ratko Mladic when he is extradited to stand trial in The Hague, a spokeswoman said.

RATKO Mladic was the last of three Serbian leaders wanted for war crimes following the capture of Radovan Karadzic and Slobodan Milosevic.

MILITARY targets will grow harder to hit and the risk of deadly errors will increase as Western nations pursue their air campaign over Libya, with no guarantee of stopping Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in their tracks.

Serbian MPs narrowly approved a declaration condemning the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, in a bid to distance the country from the past warmongering under late strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

Serbia has paid €250,000 in compensation to the family of a former president killed under orders from late strongman Slobodan Milosevic, a government official said today.

FORMER Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic insisted yesterday he did everything possible to avoid conflict and hispeople were victims of Muslim aggression as he ended a boycott of his genocide trial.

Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia’s Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn Serb nationalism, died today. He was 95.

RADOVAN KARADZIC appeared at his UN war crimes trial yesterday for the first time since it began last week, claiming his “fundamental rights have been violated” by judges who started without him.

NOTING the inaccuracies in Steven King’s column on Radovan Karadzic and the Yugoslavian wars of the 1990s (October 28), I feel compelled to outline a few historical facts.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared at his UN war crimes trial today for the first time since the case began.

RADOVAN KARADZIC stands indicted of 11 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

UN judges yesterday acquitted former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic of ordering a deadly campaign of terror against Kosovo Albanians, and ordered him released from custody.

A former Yugoslav army chief will go on trial at The Hague today for his alleged role in atrocities in Bosnia including the Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo.

Scottish judge Iain Bonomy was today appointed to oversee preparations for the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will face a judge today for the first time over his string of monstrous war crimes.

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.

War criminal Radovan Karadzic has spent his first days in prison getting a barber to return him to the familiar coiffured figure who once terrorised tens of thousands.

Mass murderer Radovan Karadzic will be handed over to the UN tribunal in The Hague this weekend or early next week, Serbia said today.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has today charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide.

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.

HAND grenades were thrown at EU and UN buildings yesterday in the Kosovo Serb stronghold city of Mitrovica, after Kosovo declared independence with EU backing.

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.

Independent monitors said an ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic had edged ahead of the pro-Western incumbent in Serbia’s presidential election today, but failed to win an outright majority – forcing the two into a run-off.

NATIONALIST Tomislav Nikolic won the most votes in the first round of Serbia’s presidential election on Sunday but not enough to win outright, exit polls showed, setting up a run-off with pro-western President Boris Tadic.

THE UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia yesterday sentenced former Bosnian Serb general Dragomir Milosevic to 33 years’ imprisonment for the shelling of Sarajevo during the Bosnian war.

A wartime leader of Croatia’s rebel Serbs was today convicted of murder, torture and persecution by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor goes on trial today for allegedly orchestrating unspeakable atrocities in Sierra Leone’s bloody civil war.

Slobodan Milosevic’s paramilitary commander and 11 other people were today convicted of assassinating Serbia’s first democratically-elected prime minister, Zoran Djindjic.

Verdicts and sentences in the landmark trial of 12 people charged with the assassination of Serbia’s first pro-democratic prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, are to be announced today.

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.

IN the coming months, a fundamental decision will be made that will challenge the capacity of the international community, particularly Europe, for conflict resolution.