Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, charged with the worst genocide in Europe since the Holocaust, testified on Monday that his people were simply defending themselves against Islamic fundamentalists who he claimed were seeking to take over Bosnia.

The genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic went ahead without him Tuesday, with prosecutors branding him "supreme commander" of an ethnic cleansing campaign during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

Radovan Karadzic boycotted the start of his UN genocide trial on Monday and the judge accused the Bosnian-Serb wartime leader of obstructing the event.

Serbia will face hosts Germany in the final of the World Team Cup after seeing off Italy on Friday as the debutants finished the round-robin stage undefeated.

A divided Serbia marks the 10th anniversary on Tuesday of NATO's bombing campaign against it over Kosovo with commemorations organised by its pro-West government and a separate nationalist rally.