Serbian President Says Nationalists Gaining Strength
February 19, 2006
Serbian President Boris Tadic (file photo) (AFP)
19 February 2006 -- Serbia's President Boris Tadic has warned that nationalists loyal to ousted leader Slobodan Milosevic were gaining strength in his country.
Addressing a convention of his Democratic Party in Belgrade on 18 February, Tadic said "those who ruined Serbia in the 1990s and put nationalism before everything else want to rule Serbia again."
The Democratic Party played a key role in Milosevic's ouster six years ago. In 2003, paramilitaries loyal to Milosevic killed Prime Minister and Democratic Party leader Zoran Djindjic.
Recent opinion polls show the extreme nationalist Serbian Radical Party and other Milosevic allies currently enjoy the largest popular support in Serbia.
(AP)