The least worst one wins in Serbia

1.02.14pm GMT Mon 4th Feb 2008

Yesterday saw the run-off in the Serbian Presidential elections, neither candidate was very inspiring but the least worst has won. Boris Tadic, the incumbent President was re-elected by a margin of just 2.6% or 100,000 votes over Tomislav Nikolic.

In a victory speech in front of thousands of supporters at a rally in Belgrade, Tadic told his country: "We want to go to Europe. We want to cooperate with the world. We want to say to the people of Kosovo that we'll never let them down. We need to work together to fulfil Serbia's potential." It remains to be seen if he actually matches his words with deeds - if his first term is anything to go by I doubt it!