Serbs vote in triple election set to keep populists in power

A woman prepares to vote at a polling station in Belgrade (Darko Vojinovic/AP)

Voters in Serbia were casting their ballots on Sunday in a triple election likely to keep in power a populist government in the Balkan country that has refused to impose sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Some 6.5 million voters are choosing the president, a new parliament and local authorities in the capital, Belgrade, and more than a dozen other towns and municipalities.