Polls predict tight race in ‘historic’ Serb 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.

The municipal and mayoral elections are the first democratically organised since Milosevic was ousted four years ago.

Polls opened at 7am for more than six million eligible voters, choosing local assembly representatives in 148 municipalities and mayors in the four biggest cities, including the capital, Belgrade.