Balkans

Bosnian Town Files Charges Against Dodik

The Bosnian town of Tuzla has filed criminal charges against the prime minister of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska for denying that massacres of civilians in Tuzla and Sarajevo took place during the 1992-95 war. Milorad Dodik has said that a Serb mortar attack in 1995 that killed …

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Creativity Urged From Greece, Macedonia

Enough ideas are on the table for Macedonia and Greece to start thinking creatively and find a solution for their “name” spat, the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz said Thursday in New York after meeting Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov. “I intend to resume the talks as soon as the new government …

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Croatian President at Odds With Church

Croatia’s President Stepjan Mesic welcomed the visit by Croatia’s top prelate Cardinal Josip Bozanic to the notorious World War II concentration camps this week, but commented that the visit should have come ‘much earlier’. Bozanic, accompanied by some 400 priests, set out on a historic pilgrimage to visit the sites …

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Serbia Says All Visa Conditions Met

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic announced that the government on Firday sent its official report to the European Commission showing that it has met all the conditions for the lifting of the visa regime. Speaking at a round table titled “Towards the White Schengen List“, Djelic explained that the …

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Kostunica to Form New Serbia Political Block

The leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia, DSS, and former prime minister Vojislav Kostunica says he will form a new political block, which will gather opponents to the government’s current Kosovo and Vojvodina policies. In an interview with Tanjug news agency, the DSS leader said that “the block will …

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Adnan Terzić: Bošnjacima treba nova stranka

SDA i Stranka za BiH su dezorijentirane, bezidejne i zbog toga Bošnjacima treba nova politička stranka, kaže Adnan Terzić, bivši zamjenik predsjednika SDA. U intervjuu za “Nezavisne” on nije želio potvrditi da će biti zadužen za vođenje ekonomske politike u novoj stranci među čijim osnivačima bi mogao biti i Fahrudin …

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Mladić hunt “round the clock”

War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević says the security services are working round the clock to arrest Hague fugitive Ratko Mladić. Vukčević did not wish to reveal details of operations under way, but reiterated that he believed Mladić would be in the Hague by the end of the year. “All I …

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Investigation to continue in Bytyqi case

War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has told B92 that the prosecution will continue the investigation into the murder of the Bytyqi brothers. Vukčević said that the prosecution would appeal the acquittals of two former police officers Sreten Popović and Miloš Stojanović, who were cleared of complicity in the murders.

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EP Committee to review visa liberalization report

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a standing committee of the European Parliament, will review the report on visa liberalization for the Western Balkans. The Committee is expected to vote on the report, drafted by Slovenian MEP Tanja Fajon on September 15. The report will be put …

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