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Police have arrested a man, Darko Jankovic, for suspected war crimes against civilians committed during the Bosnian conflict, war crimes prosecution office spokesman Bruno Vekaric announced on Sunday (January 3rd). Vekaric said Jankovic is wanted for the 1992 killings of 19 civilians near the town of Zvornik, as well as …

Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will soon join the Schengen zone, former EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. Solana stressed that regional co-operation and peace in the Balkans are critical to the region, and added that its prospects lie not in division but in European integration. He also …

Zagreb Mayor and candidate in Croatia’s presidential race Milan Bandić says open issues between Croatia and Serbia should be resolved. Croatia and Serbia have potential for a bright European future and cooperation if they resolve their open issues, he said.

Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Greece Georgios Papandreou is to visit Belgrade today. Papandreou will take part in the annual conference of ambassadors to Serbia. During the visit in Belgrade he will meet with his counterpart Mirko Cvetkovic and the president of the state Boris Tadic.

Serbia will on Monday file a countersuit before the International Court of Justice, ICJ, against Croatia for genocide allegedly committed against Serbs during the war in 90s and World War II. “There is a lot of material which will turn on the lights on the international stage and show what …

Bulgaria will continue to support Serbia’s bid to join the European Union, but was unlikely to withdraw its recognition of the independence of Kosovo, Sofia’s top diplomat in Belgrade said on January 2. “Membership in the EU means that the country is stable, progressive and predictable and such a Serbia …

Filip Vujanović says that he will sign a decree appointing an ambassador to Priština “once Kosovo recognizes Montenegrins as an ethnic minority”. “I am convinced that this issue needs to be addressed before we appoint ambassadors, because it is correct toward our community in Kosovo. It would also be a …

It is obvious that Ratko Mladić is still hiding well and successfully, and that he can postpone his extradition in this way, says Rasim Ljajić. “If the services continue to work in this way, the arrest of Mladić cannot be avoided,” he said, and added that he could not specify …

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić says Serbia has the capacity and resolve to “break all records in 2010”, when it comes to the speed of joining the EU. “From a hyperactive year in the foreign policy domain, Serbia is entering another of the kind. We are resolved to catch up with …

Kosovo’s independence marks the end of Former Yugoslavia and has set a new architecture in South-east Europe, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said. The Croatian President is scheduled to visit Kosovo on January 8. “If Serbia can’t recognize Kosovo’s independence, no one can force her to do so”, Mesic added.