The War Crimes Council of the Belgrade High Court convicted on Monday Pano Bulat to 15 and Rade Vranešević to 12 years in prison. The two defendants were found guilty of the murder of six Croat civilians in Banski Kovačevac, Croatia, in March 1992.

The war crimes chamber of the High Court in Belgrade has remanded in custody for 30 days 9 persons suspected of crimes committed in area of Pec, Kosovo in 1999. The suspects were arrested on Friday, March 12. According to Bruno Vekaric from the prosecution, two others are at large.

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas urged EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele to use the interim reference “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.