Balkans

UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz kicks off a visit to Croatia on Tuesday (May 25th), where he will discuss the country’s co-operation with the court. He will meet with President Ivo Josipovic. On Thursday and Friday, Brammertz participates in a regional conference of prosecutors in Brijuni. Next …

Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said on Monday (May 24th) that any possible rejection of the arbitration agreement with Croatia during a June 6th public referendum in Slovenia will not affect Zagreb’s EU membership bid. In an interview with daily Delo, Zbogar pointed out that Croatia continued accession negotiations even …

US Ambassador to Tirana John Withers said on Monday (May 24th) that Albania is in a government crisis, not a political one. Albania faces “problems that affect the welfare of the people, and disagreements have stopped the functioning of the system to help the citizens”, Withers said at an open …

EULEX officials said on Monday (May 24th) they were not informed in advance of Serbian politician Vojislav Kostunica’s Sunday campaign trip to northern Kosovo. EULEX spokeswoman Kristiina Herodes was responding to criticism from Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi who accused the mission of failing to react. EU Special Representative Office spokeswoman …

Bosnian Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdžić’s cabinet has stated that his visit to Belgrade scheduled for Tuesday had to be canceled.

Reforms in Bosnia remain stalled due to internal divisions, with Bosnian Serbs growing increasingly defiant of the international community and undermining the peace agreement which ended the country’s 1992-95 war, Bosnia’s top international envoy told the United Nations Security Council on Monday.

General Frank Kisner, U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) will kick off his 2-day visit to Macedonia on Tuesday. During his stay, General Kisner is slated to meet Macedonian

SARAJEVO Parlamentarna komisija za odbranu i sigurnost nije juče prihvatila zahtjev Slobodana Šarabe za smjenu ministra odbrane BiH Selme Cikotića zbog angažiranja pripadnika Oružanih snaga BiH prilikom sahrane Rasima Delića, ratnog zapovjednika Armije RBiH. Delić, kojeg je Haški tribunal nepravosnažno osudio na tri godine zatvora za ratni zločin, sahranjen je …

Momir Savić izricanje pravosnažne sudske presude za ratne zločine, kojom je osuđen na 17 godina zatvora, dočekao je na slobodi i van dometa pravosudnih organa BiH. Savić je osuđen za zločine počinjene u Višegradu. Za presudu Suda BiH saznao je prije nego što je ona javno izrečena. Njemu je Sud …

SARAJEVO Parlamentarna komisija usvojila je u petak većinom glasova Nacrt zakona o popisu stanovništva u BiH. Zakon nije dobio podršku većine članova Komisije iz RS, koji su osporili odredbu o primjeni rezultata popisa za izračun etničke strukture vlasti tek po okončanju procesa povratka izbjeglih i raseljenih. Prijedlog je usvojen glasovima …