Nationalists pull ahead in Balkan polls
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More than a decade after the former Yugoslavia was torn apart by war, nationalists have performed well in elections in Bosnia, Slovenia and Serbia, highlighting the ethnic divisions of all three nations.
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Bosnia's ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists, who led the Balkans country throughout its 1992-95 inter-ethnic war, confirmed their dominance in local elections over the weekend, first partial results showed.
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Serbia on Sunday held its first democratically organized local elections since Slobodan Milosevic's ouster in what was expected to be a close race between nationalists loyal to the former president and ...
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On Sunday Serbia held its first democratically organized local elections since Slobodan Milosevic's ouster in what was expected to be a close race between nationalists loyal to the former president and ...
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Early voter turnout was low in a  referendum on Sunday in Macedonia, where nationalist opposition  parties want to stop a Western-inspired law giving ethnic  Albanians more power.
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Disillusioned by officials' failure to improve Bosnia's economy, many voters stayed away from municipal elections on Saturday, while preliminary results indicated that the three nationalist parties were in the lead.
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Bosnians were reluctant voters in their third post-war local elections this weekend, with the ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists benefiting from the lower turnout, early results indicated.
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poor Balkan country, already struggling to stay on track in its drive to join the European Union. just three percent ahead of the centrist alliance of Liberal and Democrat parties.
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Bosnia&#39;s main Muslim, Serb and Croat nationalist parties were ahead in local polls, partial results showed on Sunday, but voter turnout fell below 50 percent for the first time.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election.
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Poland&#39;s ruling conservatives surged  back ahead of the opposition according to a poll released on  Tuesday, increasing the chance of a deadlocked parliament after  a snap election expected in October.
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Presidential polls take place Sunday amid intense debate that has pitted hard-line nationalists against more moderate politicians.
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NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 -- Hindu nationalists won a solid victory Sunday in a closely watched election in Gujarat, one of India's wealthiest and most restive states, further weakening the ruling Congress party ahead of national elections.
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BELGRADE, Feb 4 (IPS) - Serbian voters have decided, in the tightest  run-off so far, that their president for the next five years  remains incumbent Boris Tadic, seen as the leader who can take  the biggest nation in the Balkans closer to the EU.
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Serbian voters turned out in force on Sunday for the first round of a tight presidential election that could decide the country's future ties with the West after the expected loss of its breakaway Kosovo province.
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Bosnians have begun voting in the third post-war local elections, which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling nationalist Croat, Muslim and Serb parties.
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Macedonians have begun voting in a referendum that could decide if the country remains on a pro-Western path and gives its Albanian minority more rights or slips back on a nationalist course.