Balkans

Veritas Documentation Center President Savo Štrbac said a court decision to reduce jail sentence of Mirko Norac was disappointing and unjust. The Supreme Court of Croatia reduced by a year former Croat General Mirko Norac ‘s prison sentence.

Albania’s lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday calling on the EU member-states to scrap visa restriction for Albanian citizens. The motion was approved by unanimous vote. The opposition Socialist Party’s lawmakers also backed the resolution.

SARAJEVO Krivična djela izvršena putem Interneta u dramatičnom su porastu u BiH, a nadležne institucije upozoravaju da se tome još ne mogu uspješno suprotstaviti. Federalna uprava policije u prošloj godini registrirala je 138 krivičnih tijela sajber kriminala, a godinu dana ranije zabilježeno je tek sedam krivičnih djela iz ove oblasti. …

Croatian President Ivo Josipovic will pay his first official visit to Slovenia on Friday. Croatian President Josipovic is slated to meet with his Slovenian counterpart Danilo Tuerk, Speaker of the Parliament Pavel Gantar, Prime Minister Borut Pahor, Ljubljana’s mayor Zoran Jankovic as well as representatives of Croatian community in Slovenia. …

SARAJEVO Ministarstvo pravde Srbije uputilo je juče nadležnim organima Velike Britanije molbu za izručenje Ejupa Ganića, člana ratnog Predsjedništva BiH, saopšteno je iz ovog ministarstva. Ganić je po zahtjevu Srbije uhapšen u Londonu 1. marta ove godine jer ga pravosudni organi ove zemlje terete za ratni zločin u Dobrovoljačkoj ulici …

SARAJEVO Predstavnički dom parlamenta BiH prekinuo je jučerašnje zasjedanje nakon međusobnog vrijeđanja poslanika i lidera SDP BiH Zlatka Lagumdžije i Drage Kalabića, šefa Kluba poslanika SNSD-a. Kalabić je Lagumdžiji kazao da “sadašnjem predsjedniku kluba SDP-a Mirjani Malić radi isto što i pokojnom Jozi Križanoviću”, na što je Lagumdžija kazao da …

Serbia’s Interior Minister Ivica Dacic will pay official visit to Macedonia on Friday. Serbian Minister will meet his Macedonian counterpart Gordana Jankulovska and discuss on police cooperation between the two countries. The two ministers will also discuss the asylum-seekers problem, which started after the visa liberalization.

The Prosecution in Belgrade has indicted Darko Radivoje, nicknamed Gurgula, for war crimes committed in 1991 in Croatia. According to the indictment, Radivoje, 41, was a member of the Territorial defence in Tenja, Croatia who fought alongside Serb forces during the war.

Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilir Meta launched on Thursday a two-day official visit to Serbia, where is expected to hold talks with Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic.

Members of the Party of European Socialists (PES) voiced their support Wednesday for efforts by Albania’s opposition Socialist Party (SP) to investigate the 2009 general elections. SP leader Edi Rama was in Strasbourg to meet with PES officials and senior European