UNMIK is ready to fully support a probe into the Kosovo organ trafficking, the latest report of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says. It also expresses the expectation that progress will soon be made towards opening the Belgrade-Priština dialogue which has not yet begun due to the toppling of the …
Read More »War crimes suspect Sasa Baricanin arrested in Bosnia
Bosnian police arrested Sasa Baricanin on Tuesday on suspicion of war crimes committed against the non-Serb population in Sarajevo during the country’s 1992-95 war. Baricanin was arrested in Pale, some 25 kilometers southeast of Sarajevo, on an order from the State Prosecutor’s Office.
Read More »Serbian PM says his country will become a candidate for EU membership by the end of this year
Serbian PM Mirko Cvetković thinks that his country will become a candidate for EU membership by the end of this year. He said on Monday during his visit in Brussels that it was necessary
Read More »Kosovo Municipality is thinking to sue Serbia for war crimes
The mayor of the Kosovan municipality of Đeneral Jankovic Rufki Suma and the municipal councilors want to sue Serbia for war crimes committed on the territory of the municipality in 1999. The initiative was welcomed by experts in human rights in Kosovo. According to the executive director of the Council …
Read More »Republic of Srpska Constitutional Court to decide on Bosniak veto
Republic of Srpska (RS) Constitutional Court is to decide on Monday whether national interest of Bosniaks (Muslims) were threatened. The case relates the election of Aleksandar Džombić as the prime minister of the Bosnian Serb entity.
Read More »Serbia, Macedonia citizens to travel between their countries only with IDs
Macedonian Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska and her Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic, agreed on Saturday (January 29th) that citizens of their countries will soon be able to travel between their territories using only ID cards, rather than international passports. “The decision will be made official at the next
Read More »Serbia is ready to answer EC questionnaire
Serbia is ready with the answers to the questionnaire of the European Commission (EC) about its readiness to become member of the European Union (EU). The answers have been passed by the Serbian government on Thursday. Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovic and Deputy Prime Minister Bojidar Djelic on Monday are expected …
Read More »Croatia won’t withdraw the ambassador to Serbia
Croatia’s foreign minister has said that the withdrawal of the country’s ambassador to Belgrade would not help a veteran wanted by Serbia on war crimes charges. Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic was commenting on a statement made on Thursday by the head of the Croatian disabled war
Read More »Serbia is ready to discuss with Pristina
Serbian President Boris Tadic has said that his country is ready to hold talks with Pristina. “We are armed with patience because we are determined to move towards dialogue and solving Serbian and Albanian relations in the region. The Serbian delegation is waiting for Pristina’s delegation to be formed and …
Read More »Belgrade and Priština support human organ trade investigation
After the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Dick Marty’s report on Tuesday both Belgrade and Priština eagerly expect the investigation. Marty also expects the investigation into human organ trade in Kosovo and Albania to begin. Belgrade, however, does not believe that EULEX could deal with it and …
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