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.