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Thu 10 Oct 2008Serb extremist forms pro-EU party
SERBIA:FORMER SERB ultra-nationalist leader Tomislav Nikolic, one of the fiercest critics of western support for Kosovo's independence, has stunned compatriots and erstwhile enemies alike in Brussels by forming a new, EU-friendly party.
As the firebrand chief of the Radical Party, Mr Nikolic acquired a reputation as the implacable voice of Serb nationalism when he urged Belgrade's leaders to sever all ties with the EU until it condemned Kosovo's declaration of sovereignty in February.
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