Bosnian wartime general Jovan Divjak was arrested in Vienna by Austrian authorities on a Serbian arrest warrant for participating in war crimes. He was arrested yesterday at 8:00 pm at Vienna airport as he flew in from Sarajevo and was on his way to Bologna, Italy. Prosecutors in Korneuburg, near …
Read More »Croatia welcomes Serbia’s decision to drop charges against Purda
Croatian President Ivo Josipović and several Croat MPs welcomed Belgrade’s decision to drop charges against Tihomir Purda and two others. Josipović stressed that cooperation between countries had been seen to be the best way to prevent injustices such as the one suffered by Purda from being made.
Read More »Belgrade-Priština negotiations will begin next week
Belgrade-Priština negotiations will begin next week, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton’s Spokeswoman Maja Kocijančić announced. Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Petrović thinks that a priority should be the missing persons issue and other issues that concern every day life in Kosovo, such as license plates and personal …
Read More »Kosovo parliament to have its say on talks with Serbia
Kosovo Parliament will decide on the future talks with Serbia, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Wednesday (March 2nd). “I have full trust that we will have a co-operative approach, as we had earlier, in all important
Read More »Serbia gave up prosecution against Purda
Serbian War Crimes Prosecution has decided to give up on the criminal prosecution of Tihomir Purda, Danko Maslov and Petar Janjić due to a lack of evidence. The War Crimes Prosecution stated in a release that the
Read More »Possible date for talks between Belgrade and Priština may be announced next week
Serbian Kosovo talks team chief Borko Stefanović has confirmed that he met on Tuesday night in Belgrade with EU mediator Robert Cooper. They discussed preparations for the start of talks between Belgrade and Priština.
Read More »Edita Tahiri: Kosovo will be constructive in dialogue with Serbia
Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Edita Tahiri, who will head the delegation in talks with Serbia, said on Tuesday (March 1st) that Kosovo will have a constructive and creative spirit in the dialogue, which is expected to start
Read More »Serbian FM calls on UN to investigate Kosovo organs trafficking
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has asked that a credible international investigation be carried out into the trafficking of organs of kidnapped Kosovo Serbs. At the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jeremić
Read More »Kosovo parliament demands resolution on Pristina-Belgrade talks
Kosovo Parliament Speaker Jakup Krasniqi has joined opposition parties in a demand to draft a resolution regarding upcoming talks with Serbia. Krasniqi said on Monday (February 28th) that parliament should
Read More »Second EC expert mission to analyze Serbia’s answers to the EC questionnaire
The second mission of the European Commission (EC) will start its work in Belgrade on Monday. Its members will analyze Serbia’s answers to the EC questionnaire delivered to Brussels on January 31.
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