Miroslav Miskovic

He also said that it is "very likely that the SNS will lose these elections."

The court sentenced Miroslav Miskovic to two and a half years in prison and a fine of RSD 8 million (approx. Eur 67,800 ).

Serbia's richest man, Miroslav Miskovic, claims in his forthcoming memoir 'I, Tycoon' that Tomislav Nikolic, who at the time was the country's president and leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, called him to say that he wouldn't be arrested, Nedeljnik weekly newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Republika Srpska Construction Inspection has banned Delta Real Estate, owned by Serbian businessman Miroslav Miskovic, from further construction of the huge "Delta Planet" shopping centre in Banja Luka, the administrative centre of Bosnia's mainly Serbian entity, and ordered it to demolish two illegally built floors within two months.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Court of Appeals has acquitted Delta Holding owner Miroslav Miskovic of charges of fraud against road maintenance companies, throwing out a part of a first-instance ruling handing him five years in prison and an 8 mln dinar fine for assisting his son Marko in an approx. 3 mln euro withholding tax evasion.

Judicial experts have condemned Serbia's President for blasting a court verdict to send a tycoon for retrail, calling it an example of blatant political pressure on an already weak judiciary.

Appeal Court Judge Misa Majic said politicians commenting on ongoing court cases had become routine practice in Serbia, but it was wrong.

Miroslav Miskovic was on Wednesday acquitted on charges of financial abuses involving road maintenance companies.

The final verdict passed by the Court of Appeals in Belgrade also ordered that he face retrial on charges of tax evasion.

Miroslav Miskovic was on Wednesday acquitted on charges of financial abuses involving road maintenance companies.

The final verdict passed by the Court of Appeals in Belgrade also ordered that he face retrial on charges of tax evasion.

A former judge who controversially returned a passport to the Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic, so that he could travel to the UK, has welcomed the decision of the High Judicial Council to withdraw the public warning it issued to him in 2015.

BELGRADE - Deputy Prosecutor Tamara Ristic sought on Thursday a 12-year prison sentence for the owner of Delta Holding, Miroslav Miskovic, for tax evasion and misuse of office, underlining that he siphoned off EUR 30 million from road maintenance companies.

The deputy prosecutor also urged the special court to fine Miskovic, but did not specify the sum.