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Serbian President Boris Tadić says the Serbian authorities arrested Hague indictee Ratko Mladić the moment they discovered him. He said that the remaining Hague fugitive, Goran Hadžić, will soon be arrested “in the next few weeks, a month, the year ahead of us”.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will miss the June 2 celebrations in Rome to mark the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy. He said that decision came because Kosovo’s president, Atifeta Jahjaga, was invited.

A court in Belgrade is set to consider an appeal against the extradition of Ratko Mladic after it received the motion on Tuesday. Serbia’s Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said that the Special Court for War Crimes had received the appeal on Tuesday, and a three-member chamber would now …

Thousands of supporters are protesting the arrest of Ratko Mladic. The Tuesday’s gathering is the biggest demonstration so far in Bosnia in support of Mladic, arrested last week in Serbia after 16 years on the run. Gathered in Banja Luka, the crowd chanted Mladic’s name, and carried his picture alongside …

The arrest of Ratko Mladic shifts the spotlight to Goran Hadzic, who is now the most wanted man in the Balkans. Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said that search for Hadzic is now the country’s priority, explaining that Serbia will not stop until Goran Hadzic is captured.

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga is downplaying the possibility of discussing any partition of Kosovo in ongoing talks with Serbia. Jahjaga was speaking at the Pristina airport Sunday (May 29th) as she returned from the Warsaw

The United Regions of Serbia (URS) will submit a petition Monday (May 30th) for the decentralisation of Serbia, as well as a proposal for amendments to five laws related to the initiative. The petition

Macedonia – The ruling VMRO-DPMNE will win most of the votes in Sunday’s (June 5th) elections, according to a survey by IPIS institute, published at the weekend. The poll shows that the ruling party enjoys the support of 22.6% of the

We all would like to see Western Balkan states completely integrated into the Euro-Atlantic structures. I think the recent arrest of Ratko Mladic is a very important step, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after meeting with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov in Sofia.

Peter Sørensen, a Dane, has been appointed the European Union’s new ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The appointment was announced by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, today (30 May), almost a year after the departure of the previous ambassador.