June, 2012

• 15 June

  EBU Backs Kosovo Media on Contested Criminal Code

  The European Broadcasting Union has sided with Kosovo journalists in their dispute with the authorities over a new criminal code that they say undermines freedom of the media.The European Broadcasting Union, EBU, has urged Kosovo to make changes to its new criminal code that allegely undermine media freedom and have …

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• 15 June

  US Embassy Gunman’s Trial Starts in Bosnia

  The trial of Mevlid Jasarevic, the 23-year-old who shot at the US embassy in Sarajevo last year, and two of his helpers, begins on Friday.Mevlid Jasarevic, who opened fire on the United States embassy in Sarajevo on October 28 last year, and two of his helpers, Emrah Fojnica and Munib …

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• 15 June

  ICMP to Finish Its Work in Bosnia

  The International Commission on Missing Persons, ICMP, have met the Bosnian authorities to discuss ways of bringing its mission to an end, now that 70 per cent of those missing have successfully been identified.

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• 14 June

  Serbian Socialists Tempted by All Sides

  Both government delegations on missing persons have met on Thursday and paid a visit to a suspected mass grave site in the village of Zhilivoda, where exhumation works have restarted. The Chairman of Kosovo’s Government Missing Persons Commission, Prenk Gjetaj, told BIRN that the joint inspection of the site was …

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• 14 June

  Serbia and EULEX Join Efforts in Organ Trafficking Case

  The cooperation between Serbia and EULEX on an organ trafficking that allegedly took place in Kosovo has been intensified, says the Serbian Office of War Crime Prosecutor.Clint Williamson, head of the EULEX special investigation team in charge of an organ trafficking case, visited Belgrade on Wednesday in order to exchange …

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• 14 June

  EU Kosovo Mission Fights Back Against Critics

  EU rule of law mission responds to its critics with a TV add, saying the fight against organized crime deserves more support.The EU’s rule of law mission in Kosovo has launched a media campaign to challenge critics who say it is doing too little to curb high-level corruption in the …

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• 14 June

  Macedonian Schools Join Bid to Bridge Ethnic Divide

  Ten Macedonian elementary and high schools have joined a project run by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, which aims to unite children of different ethnic backgrounds.

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• 14 June

  Romanian MPs Demand TV Chief’s Head

  Head of public television has to resign after parliament’s hostile scrutiny of last year’s activity report for TVR.

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• 13 June

  Belgrade Re-Elects Dragan Djilas as Mayor

  Democratic Party candidate Dragan Djilas has started his second term as mayor of Belgrade after 63 of the 110 members of the City Assembly voted for him. “We will continue to do what we have been doing so far, which is continue our fight for a better Belgrade,” Djilas said …

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• 13 June

  Ahmeti Urges Macedonia ‘Name’ Solution in 2013

  Head of Macedonia’s main ethnic Albanian party, the Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, says a solution to the “name” dispute between Macedonia and Greece may be nearer in 2013, when both countries have elections out of the way.

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