THE HAGUE, May 17, (Beta) - The prosecution's opening argument which opened the start of General Ratko Mladic trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, ended on May 17. The trial chamber has postponed the evidence presentation process, which was initially scheduled for May 29, until further notice.

Presiding Judge Alphons Orie said that prosecution's first witness would have to wait before taking the sta..

BELGRADE, May 16, 2012 (BETA) - Serbian Progressive Party presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic on May 16 called on the electorate to vote for him and thereby punish his rival and Democratic Party leader and candidate Boris Tadic.

Tadic replied that Nikolic's policy was dangerous and unpredictable, stressing that he had invented the alleged vote tampering in the May 6 elections.

In a TV duel on state broadcaster RTS, Nikolic accused Tadic and his assoc..

THE HAGUE, May 15, 2012 (BETA) - The trial of Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic who is accused of genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, will commence before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on May 16, after presiding Judge Theodor Meron dismissed the defense's demand that Judge Alphons Orie from Holland be left out of the proceedings.

Judge Meron, the ICTY said, ruled the request for Judge Orie's exclusion as groundless and explained that the..

BELGRADE, May 14, 2012 (BETA) - The State Prosecution stated on May 14 that the stealing of ballots from polling station number 57 in Pancevo, about which the Progressive Party alarmed the public, did not change the election result.

"Nobody has tailored the election will of the citizens - the ballots were stolen after all members of the election committee from the station, including those from the Progressive Party, signed the written record without objections, aft..

KIKINDA, May 13, 2012 (BETA) - Serbian Progressive Party presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic said on May 13 that he intended to participate in the presidential runoff on May 20, adding that in the event that he won, he would demand that the May 6 general elections be thoroughly looked into.

"I will not give up because of all those young people who are protesting electoral fraud. For these young people, I will fight until the end. I will not allow a corrupt part..