April, 2014

• 25 April

  Bosnia Witness Recalls Visegrad Wartime Rape

  A witness told the war crimes trial of Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Vitomir Rackovic that the defendant took her to the village of Crnca, where she was raped.

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• 25 April

  Russia’s Putin is No ‘New Milosevic’

  The language used about Russian meddling in Ukraine is grossly disproportionate and an insult to the victims of the wars in ex-Yugoslavia.

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• 25 April

  Bosnia Investigators Search Gorazde Police Veterans’ HQ

  The Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency searched the building as part of an investigation into alleged crimes against Serbs in the area during the 1990s war.

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• 22 April

  Croatia President: All War Crimes Must Be Punished

  President Ivo Josipovic said that many war crimes still remain unprosecuted, sending the wrong message to Croatian society and to future generations. “The message that no crime can remain unpunished is important to future generations and to our society over the next few decades,” Josipovic told a round-table discussion on …

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• 22 April

  Pro-Russian Separatists in Moldova Alarm Romania

  After Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region on Wednesday sought to join Russia, Romania’s President repeated that Romania firmly upholds Moldova’s territorial integrity. As armed clashes worsen in eastern Ukraine, and after parliament in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria on Wednesday formally asked to join Russia, Romania has expressed growing concern …

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• 22 April

  Macedonia PM Accused of Bribery Over Bank Sale

  Amid a tense election campaign in Macedonia, the main opposition party has claimed that the Prime Minister expedited the sale of bank to a shady Serbian businessman for a hefty bribe. Macedonia’s opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, has accused Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of selling Makedonska Banka AD to a …

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• 22 April

  Kosovo Appoints Diplomatic Chief For Montenegro

  Four years after official Pristina and Podgorica established diplomatic relations, Kosovo has finally appointed a diplomatic representative in Montenegro. Jafer Ahmeti will take up his office as Kosovo’s charge d’affaires in Montenegro on Thursday. Speaking on Wednesday, he said opening diplomatic missions in Podgorica and Pristina would further intensify the …

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• 22 April

  Belgrade Campaigns for Kosovo Serb Politician’s Release

  The Serbian government and the political party of detained Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, who is accused of war crimes, have launched a petition demanding his release. The Belgrade authorities along with Ivanovic’s Serbia, Democracy and Justice party launched the joint petition on Wednesday, asking the authorities in Pristina to …

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• 22 April

  Bulgaria Still Not Planning EU Funding, Report Says

  Bulgaria is failing to adopt measures to make proper use of potential European funding for the next six years, a report by the National Audit Office argues. Lack of priorities in distributing EU funds between 2014 and 2020 may be one of the reasons why Bulgaria is lagging behind the …

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• 22 April

  Croatia Extradites Yugoslav Spy Chief to Germany

  Zdravko Mustac, wanted for his alleged involvement in a political assassination carried out by the Yugoslav secret services in 1983, has been sent to Germany to stand trial. Former senior Yugoslav secret service agent Mustac is being held in a jail in Stadelheim, near Munich, after he was extradited from …

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