Balkans

1992-1995 Bosnian war crimes suspect arrested

Bosnian Members of the State Information and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested a reserve police officer Wednesday (May 18th), suspected of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. Miralem Macic, 42, allegedly killed two Serb civilians in 1992 in the Konjic municipality village of Bradina. Macic was detained only a …

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Ivica Dacic reiterates idea of Kosovo partition

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic reiterated on Wednesday (May 18th) that a division of Kosovo could be one possible solution to the status issue, stressing this is his personal view, one he had not discussed with Serbian President Boris Tadic.

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No agreement yet between Pristina and Belgrade

The fourth round of talks between Pristina and Belgrade ended in Brussels yesterday with both delegations describing the two-day meeting as productive, regarding the freedom of movement, free trade, telecommunications and energy. No results, however, were presented and no agreement was struck. Kosovo representative Edita Tahiri said that missing persons …

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Negative report on Serbia-Hague cooperation

Chief UN war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz says that Serbia’s efforts to arrest war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic are insufficient. The report Brammertz submitted to the UN Security Council on Belgrade’s cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal, writes that Serbia’s existing strategy for the arrest of the two remaining …

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Jose Manuel Barroso and Stefan Fuele to visit Serbia

European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule will visit Serbia today. They will have talks with Serbian President Boris Tadić and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković. Most likely, the two EU officials will demand from the Serbian authorities to speed up the justice reforms and …

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Albanian to become second official language in Macedonia, Ali Ahmeti says

Leader of Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) Ali Ahmeti stated to his supporters that Albanian language will become official language in Macedonia. He pointed out that he doesn’t feel guilty for the postponement of the unification of the municipalities of Kichevo, Zayas and Oslomei, because due to this reason in …

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Montengegro must continue implementing judicial reforms, says Stefano Sannino

Stefano Sannino, deputy director-general of the EU’s Directorate General for Enlargement, said two days ago that Montenegro has made significant progress in meeting the criteria for EU membership but has a lot of work to do.Sannino was attending the second meeting of the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee in …

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