SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) BiH’s war crimes court sentenced Bosnian Serb wartime commander Novak Djukic to 25 years in prison on Friday (June 12th) for involvement in the May 1995 Tuzla massacre. Djukic was found guilty of war crimes against civilians and violations of international law and the Geneva …

WASHINGTON, the United States The UN announced on Thursday (June 11th) it will resume talks between Athens and Skopje on the Macedonia name dispute. Mediator Matthew Nimetz will meet Greek representative Adamantios Vassilakis and his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Jolevski, in Geneva on June 22nd. They will be asked to present …

ZAGREB, Croatia Patrick Robinson, president of The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY), arrived in Croatia on Friday (June 12th). He is on a tour of Western Balkan countries, with stops also planned in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Slovenia. It is Robinson’s first visit to the region since his appointment …