Monday, 21 May 2012

Secular Café: How will Serbia evolve under a nationalist government?

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How will Serbia evolve under a nationalist government?
May 21st 2012, 11:13

Desire to join the EU may keep them on the straight and narrow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18134955

Quote:

In the past Mr Nikolic served as a deputy prime minister under the former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who was put on trial for genocide at The Hague.

He was in government when Nato bombed Serbia in 1999 and once said he would rather see the country ally itself with Russia than join the EU but he has softened his rhetoric in recent years.

He has tried to rebrand himself, and his Progressive Party has vowed to invest in agriculture and industry and tax the rich to fund a rise in pensions.

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