Relatives of those massacred in 1995 are dismayed by reports that their loved ones’ exhumed possessions may since have been destroyed without their permission. Families of the men and boys killed in Srebrenica are in uproar over claims that personal things taken by ICTY investigators from mass graves located in …
Read More »Glavas Arrested in Bosnia
Police in Bosnia took war crimes fugitive Branimir Glavas into custody following a decision on Tuesday by Croatia to issue an international arrest warrant. Glavas’ Bosnian attorney Nikic Grzic confirmed for Croatian television HTV that Glavas is to be taken to Sarajevo before noon Wednesday, in order to determine whether …
Read More »Serbia, Gazprom to Sign South Stream Deal
Serbia’s state owned gas company will on Friday sign an agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom for the construction of a part of the South Stream gas pipeline that will go through Serbia. General Director of Srbijagas Dusan Bajatovic said he will sign the agreement with the president of Gazprom …
Read More »Bosnian Serb Leader Criticises State Judiciary
The Prime Minister of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska has challenged the legality of the judicial bodies investigating a case that officials say could implicate him of fraud. Infuriated over the probe which according to several officials could also implicate a number of other Bosnian Serb leaders, Milorad …
Read More »Macedonian President Writes To Obama
On his first day after swearing the oath of office, Macedonia’s new President Georgi Ivanov wrote a letter to his US counterpart reaffirming his commitment to finding a solution to the long standing name row with neighboring Greece. “Let me point out our determination to keep up the dialogue with …
Read More »Slovenia Warns EU on Croatia Border
Slovenia said it will reject an EU proposal to use international arbitration to settle the ongoing border dispute with Croatia which threatens to stall Zagreb’s accession to the bloc, unless Brussels accepts Slovene amendments “Unless amendments which are of major importance to Slovenia are included, Slovenia will not accept the …
Read More »EU: Visa Liberalisation Speculation ‘Premature’
The EU has warned that speculation over when EU visa requirements will be lifted from Serbian citizens is ”premature”. Pierre Mirel, director of the West Balkan Directorate at the EU General Directorate for Enlargement, said the European Commission must first prepare well-founded and researched reports on the progress of the …
Read More »Raspisana potjernica za Branimirom Glavašem
Author: Mirza Čubro SARAJEVO Županijski sud u Zagrebu jučer je odredio pritvor i naredio raspisivanje potjernice za Branimirom Glavašem, zastupnikom u Saboru Hrvatske, koji je prošle sedmice osuđen na deset godina zatvora zbog zločina nad srpskim civilima u Osijeku. Prethodno je saborska komisija ukinula imunitet Glavašu, koji je prošle sedmice …
Read More »Moldovan Leader Elected Parliament Speaker
Outgoing Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin won election on Tuesday as speaker of parliament, which could enable him to retain his hold on power. Voronin, in power since 2001, could not run for a third presidential term. Addressing the chamber, he called for reconciliation with opposition parties after the victory of …
Read More »Slovene President: Rehn’s Proposal Needs Balancing
Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor and President Danilo Tuerk on Monday advocated the “balancing” of EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn’s proposal about solving the border dispute with Croatia. They announced changes to the text of the agreement the Croatian parliament had already adopted last week. – If an agreement on …
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