Pro-EU Tadic holds on to Serbian presidency

February 04, 2008

Pro-West Serbian President Boris Tadic narrowly won re-election, piling pressure Monday on a government split over relations with Europe as Kosovo province prepares to declare independence. In a result likely to nudge Serbia closer to integration with the European Union, the electoral commission gave Tadic 50.6 percent of Sunday's vote against 47.7 percent for pro-Russian ultra-nationalist Tomislav Nikolic.