Serbia

Nenad Malić was sentenced on Monday in Belgrade to 13 years in prison for the murder of two Muslim civilians in Bosnia. The charged against his also included the attempted murder of another Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) in Stari Majdan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1992.

Serbia’s Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic said the construction of Belgrade-Bar highway, part of the pan-European Corridor 11 will start next year. Upon visiting works on the road section in the town of Kraljevo on Saturday, Mrkonjic told reporters that 20 million euros have been set aside in the state …

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić said that Belgrade’s goal is make sure no other countries recognize Kosovo’s unilateral proclamation after the ICJ gives its opinion. “What we want to do is to make sure there are no new recognitions of Kosovo after the ICJ case ends, and to not allow Kosovo …

Russia will make a credit of USD 200mn accessible to Serbia at the beginning of next year, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said. He told Russian news agency Interfax that the credit agreement could be signed by the end of the year. He reminded that the negotiations with the …

Kosovo president and prime minister Fatmir Sejdiu and Hashim Thaci called on Kosovo residents to maintain peace. They also invited them to have faith in the “effective rule of law and investigations of crimes”. “Local legislative institutions and EULEX, within the authorities they have, will take all needed measures to …

Chief  UN War Crimes Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said on Thursday that Serbia has made “constant progress” in efforts to finalise cooperation with The Hague-based Tribunal, but the arrest of war crimes fugitives Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic remains the key issue. Presenting his progress report on Serbia’s cooperation with the …

Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič started his official two-day visit to Serbia on Thursday. Gašparovič has met with President Boris Tadić in the Palace of Serbia, after which the two presidents held a joint press conference. The Slovak president said that his country supports Serbia on EU integrations, and on Belgrade’s …

Radovan Karadzic will challenge the decision by war crimes judges to appoint him a defense lawyer in a trial in which the former Bosnian Serb leader is representing himself, his legal adviser said on Thursday. Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia last month appointed London-based barrister …

Croatia started a procedure of visa lifting for Serbia, Serbian Dnevnik newspaper writes on Thursday. The information was confirmed by government’s spokesperson Zlatko Mehun. At the decision of the Croatian government, citizens of Serbia will not need to get visas for crossing the territory of Croatia, as well as for …

Serbia’s Head of the Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, Rasim Ljajic, says he will give Serb forces another month to arrest the two remaining war crimes fugitives, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic. If the two are not arretsed by that time, he says will resign, he says. Ljajic …