Balkans

The leader of the Serb-dominated entity in Bosnia marked the 17th anniversary of the Dayton Accords by urging Bosnia’s transformation into confederation of three units, including a new entity for Croats.Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska, the mainly Serbian entity in Bosnia, said the Dayton Accords of November 21, 1995 …

The Croat member of Bosnia’s state presidency, Zeljko Komsic, has met leaders of the opposition Nasa Stranka [Our Party] with a view to forming a joint bloc in the 2014 electionZeljko Komsic recently met leaders of Nasa Stranka [Our Party], a small left-oriented opposition party, to discuss campainging together in …

Blerim Shala, an MP and the vice-president of an opposition party, has been appointed Kosovo’s Political Coordinator in the EU-led talks with Serbia.Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, on Thursday named Blerim Shala as the country’s political coordinator in the EU-led dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Shala’s appointment was publicised on Thursday …

Nine former police officers were once again found not guilty for committing a war crime against civilians from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992.The presiding judge, Milanka Zizic, said while explaining the verdict that the defendants had arrested civilians unlawfully but that they cannot be held liable for committing a war …

The ICTY Chief Prosecutor says he is disappointed with the acquittal of two Croatian generals, while Serbia announces prosecution of crimes committed during the Croatian military operation Storm.In his first reaction after the Hague Tribunal, ICTY, acquitted the Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, Serge Brammertz, the ICTY Chief …

Tens of thousands welcomed the former Croatian Army general back to his birthplace of Pakostane following his acquittal of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, ICTY.Chanting “Ante, Ante” and lighting flares, more than 30,000 people from all across Croatia welcomed Ante Gotovina back to his home …

As Serbia marks the 17th anniversary of the historic accord that ended the 1992-5 war in Bosnia, Ivica Dacic has suggested that a ‘New Dayton’ might solve the Kosovo issue, tooPrime Minister Dacic said that a lasting solution for the former Serbian province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008, …

The UN mediator in the ‘name’ dispute has put forward several suggestions for a compromise name for Macedonia in talks in New York – but his ideas have not been made public.After separate and joint meetings with Macedonia’s Zoran Jolevski and Greece’s Adamantios Vassilakis on Monday and Tuesday in New …

Debate in Pristina hears calls for rediscovery of trust and a degree of compromise between the two estranged neighbours.The normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia is essential for transforming the hostile relations of the last 20 years, a debate organized by the Kosovar Institute for Peace agreed on Tuesday. …