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Ratko Mladic’s arrest has provided opportunities for a dialog, which should replace the bloodsheds in the Balkans, said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. “Mladic’s arrest is important because of two reasons. First of all, it is a message to all mass murderers that the world will not put up …

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

Serbian President Boris Tadič has said that “unconventional” moves were necessary in Serbia’s policy toward Kosovo. That would provide a chance “for a new solution”, he said. Tadić also believes that the way in which official Belgrade treated Kosovo in the past was “contrary to the interests of Serbia and …

President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will meet Serbian President Boris Tadić in Brussels on June 6. Tadić and Rompuy will have talks on the very same day when ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is due

Serbian President Boris Tadić said that he hoped the EU would set a date for the beginning of accession negotiations for early 2012. According to him, Serbia is not asking for a special treatment from the EU and expects to be treated exactly as Croatia, which obtained the EU candidate …

Serbian President Boris Tadić reiterated on Tuesday that Serbia was seeking and expected to be given a date for the start of accession talks with the European Union. “As far as our progress toward the EU is concerned, we are seeking and expecting a date for the start of talks …

War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic will make his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague on Friday at 10am. Mladic was placed in an isolation cell at the Hague Tribunal’s detention unit on Tuesday night as he awaited medical exams before his initial appearance in front …

Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic attends a briefing Tuesday (May 31st) in Brussels for visa experts from missions of EU member states. On Monday, he met with EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom to

Serbian President Boris Tadić says the Serbian authorities arrested Hague indictee Ratko Mladić the moment they discovered him. He said that the remaining Hague fugitive, Goran Hadžić, will soon be arrested “in the next few weeks, a month, the year ahead of us”.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will miss the June 2 celebrations in Rome to mark the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy. He said that decision came because Kosovo’s president, Atifeta Jahjaga, was invited.