Serbian Radical Party

It seems like a historical paradox, but after the end of the communist system, the far right made a strong showing in the Balkans.

Serbian police officers guard the street during a protest against the 'Mirdita-Dobar Dan' festival, which was organized by liberal groups from Serbia and Kosovo, in Belgrade, Serbia, 22 October 2020. EPA-EFE/MARKO DJOKOVIC

Lower threshold cleared path for right-wing to enter parliament

The Serbian authorities are using memorialisation of the 1990s wars to manufacture a populist narrative of national pride and victimhood for political advantage, says a new report by the Humanitarian Law Centre which was launched on Tuesday evening in Belgrade.

Vui was welcomed by the Speaker of the Parliament Ivica Dai.
Earlier, some representatives of the opposition came to the parliament, and among the first were the president of the DSS, Milos Jovanovic, and the deputy president of the SRS, Aleksandar Seselj, as well as the head of the SNS parliamentary group, Aleksandar Martinovic.

Judge Liu Daqun of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague issued a ruling on Friday calling on the president of the court to "notify the [UN] Security Council of Serbia's failure to comply with its obligations" for failing to arrest wanted Serbian Radical Party politicians Petar Jojic and Vjerica Radeta.

Serbia should arrest wanted Serbian Radical Party politicians Petar Jojic and Vjerica Radeta as soon as possible and transfer them to The Hague to face charges, judge Liu Daqun of the International Residual Mechanism Criminal Tribunals said in a ruling on Tuesday.

He has also said that he favours early release from prison for Milorad 'Legija' Ulemek and Zvezdan Jovanovic, who are serving sentences for the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003. He said that they should be freed because "they are heroes" who fought on behalf of Serbs.

The appeals chamber of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by Serbia against its decision not to allow two members of the Serbian Radical Party accused of contempt of court to stand trial in Belgrade rather than at the UN court in The Hague.

Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said on Friday that it was "hypocritical" of the UN court to say that witnesses did not dare to appear in court in Belgrade and that therefore the two Serbian Radical Party officials had to be tried in The Hague.

"Serbia has the right to appeal. It will refute the decision," Kuburovic said, Serbia's Happy TV station reported.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals said on Tuesday that it will return the proceedings against ultranationalist politicians Petar Jojic and Vjerica Radeta to The Hague from Belgrade because witnesses were unwilling to reveal information to the Serbian authorities out of fear for their lives and safety.