A major conference on the Western Balkans has gotten underway in Sarajevo, focusing on efforts to move the region forward. The conference “The Western Balkans: Progress, Stagnation or Regression” opened on Sunday, organised by the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University and the Bosnian-American
Read More »Divjak asks for return to Bosnia
Retired Bosnian Army general Jovan Divjak, who was arrested in Vienna in March on a Serbian warrant, has asked Austria to allow him to return to Bosnia as soon as possible. Divjak, who was released on bail shortly after his arrest, is awaiting extradition hearings in Austria. Serbia has requested …
Read More »Karadzic says that Bosniak and Croat leaders bear responsibility for starting the war
At the trial of Radovan Karadzic, the indictee says that Bosniak and Croat leaders began arming themselves before Serbs, and therefore bear responsibility for the start of the war. During cross-examination, Karadzic said that Prosecution witness Patrick Treanor failed to consider many things when he made his conclusions, adding that …
Read More »UN court: Mladic has a good health condition
There is no indication that ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is suffering a terminal illness but he is still undergoing tests in prison, a UN war crimes court spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Read More »EU Commission evaluates process on EU and Bosnia-Herzegovina integration
Representatives from the European Commission and institutions from Bosnia-Herzegovina recently met in Brussels to discuss the process of integration of the country and its progress with fulfilling the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SSA).
Read More »EU envoy opens judicial dialogue in Bosnia
President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik met with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 6 2011. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele on Monday opened a dialogue aimed at examining the work of the judiciary in Bosnia
Read More »Karadzic: Grbavica crimes were not organized
At the trial of Radovan Karadzic, a witness says that Bosniak civilians were deported from Grbavica, Sarajevo in 1992, while Karadzic maintains that the crimes committed there were not organised. Prosecution witness Radomir Neskovic, former Vice President of the Executive Board with the Serbian Democratic Party, SDS, explained that members …
Read More »Mladic: I do not defend myself but my country and my nation
War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic appeared before the UN war crimes court in the Hague for the first time on Friday, telling judges that he is a “gravely ill man”. “I defended my country and my people,” Mladic said defiantly at the end of Friday’s initial hearing. He repeated
Read More »Mladic will not be indicted for Croatia crimes
Serge Brammertz, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, has said that his office does not plan to expand the indictment against Mladic to include crimes committed in Croatia allegedly by troops under his command, including killings in Skabrnja in November 1991.
Read More »Bosnian Serb MPs drop referendum
The parliament in Bosnia’s predominantly Serb entity has formally dropped a plan to hold a controversial referendum on the state court. The National Assembly of Republika Srpska, RSNA, passed a decision to repeal the
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