Serbia's two presidential challengers have clashed in a televised debate ahead of a run-off vote on Sunday that pollsters say is too close to call.
Incumbent President Boris Tadic said Serbia was facing "a stark choice: the European Union or isolation".
His nationalist rival Tomislav Nikolic, who narrowly won the first round, said he preferred close ties with Russia.
The poll is seen as key for Serbia's future as the province of Kosovo prepares to declare independence.
Kosovo has been run by the UN since 1999, when a US-led Nato bombing campaign drove out Serb forces accused of a brutal crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatism.
The US and most of the EU members back the independence plan, while Serbia and Russia are strongly opposed to it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7219296.stm
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