Serbian Radical Party

Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj said that he will not resign as an MP despite his war crimes conviction, which legally disqualifies him from sitting in parliament.

There was dissatisfaction in Sarajevo and Zagreb after Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj was convicted of wartime crimes in Serbia but cleared of wrongdoing in Bosnia and Croatia.

The UN court in The Hague partially overturned Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj’s acquittal on appeal and jailed him for 10 years for wartime crimes in Serbia - although he will not serve any prison time.

The UN court in The Hague is to hand down its verdict on Serbian Radical Party leader Seselj, accused of wartime crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, after a prosecution appeal against his initial acquittal.

The UN tribunal in The Hague has sought a special prosecutor’s opinion about transferring the contempt-of-court trial of two Serbian Radical Party politicians to Belgrade.

Last weekend's Belgrade elections left 20 of the competitors without seats in the capital's municipal assembly, among them the former ruling Democratic Party and the Serbian Radical Party, demonstrating that there is a crisis within the political opposition, experts told BIRN.

The ruling Serbian Progressive Party won most votes in Sunday's Belgrade City Assembly elections and will most likely continue to run the capital for the next four years, preliminary results show.

Party chief and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the party's nominee for the post of mayor would be revealed within 15 days.

The UN war crimes court will deliver its appeal verdict on Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj on April 11, but he has vowed not to return to The Hague to hear it.

The UN war crimes tribunal said Belgrade must declare its willingness to take over the case against two Serbian Radical Party members who are wanted for interfering with witnesses at their leader’s trial.

Deputies of the nationalist Serbian Radical Party in the assembly of Serbia's province of Vojvodina have collected more than 30,000 signatures supporting the opening of another Serbian-Russian Humanitarian Centre in Vojvodina alongside the one in Nis.