August, 2010

• 12 August

  NATO’s Fitzgerald says KFOR mission unchanged

  NATO’s Allied Joint Force Commander in Naples, Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, said on Tuesday (August 10th) that UN Resolution 1244 remains a political guide for NATO and that it is up to the

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• 12 August

  BiH charges four with genocide

  Prosecutors filed genocide charges against four former members of the Republika Srpska (RS) Army on Tuesday (August 10th). They allegedly took part in killing of more than 800 Bosniaks after the fall of Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. The four are identified as Branimir Manojlovic, Stanko Kojic, Vlastimir Golijan …

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• 12 August

  Cypriot leaders meet ahead of summer break

  President Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu held another round of talks Tuesday (August 10th) aimed at reunifying the divided island. They focused this time on the property issue. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, described the discussions as “good” and said they will …

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• 11 August

  Taci: No secret talks between Belgrade and Pristina

  Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci rejected the allegations by an opposition party that Priština and Belgrade were holding secret negotiations. He said that “Kosovo is focused on future developments

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• 11 August

  German party calls for visas for Montenegrins

  The Christian Social Union (CSU) on Tuesday criticized Montenegro’s decision to introduce an economic citizenship for well-known businesspeople. The party, a member of the ruling coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, requested a reintroduction

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• 11 August

  Russia deploys S-300 air defense system in Abkhazia

  Russia has deployed an S-300 air defense system in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Russian media reported on Wednesday, citing the commander of the Russian Air Force. “We have placed an S-300 system in Abkhazia. It will protect the airspace of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,” Gen-Col Alexander Zelenin said.

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• 11 August

  Karadzic Seeks Trial Postponement

  Radovan Karadzic has asked for his trial be postponed for three weeks to allow him to review audio and video recordings found in the apartment of Ratko Mladic’s wife. The “Mladic tapes”, an assortment of meeting notes, 93 audio and 10 video tapes, two CDs and eight DVDs, were found …

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• 11 August

  Nikoli Špiriću prijete smrću

  SARAJEVO Nikola Špirić, predsjedavajući Vijeća ministara BiH, primio je anonimnu prijetnju smrću, saopšteno je iz njegovog kabineta. U pismu koje je stiglo u Špirićev ured, a koje je, navodno, upućeno iz Mostara, Špiriću prijete smrću jer “radi protiv Bosne i bosanskog naroda”. Pismo obiluje porukama uvredljivog sadržaja, psovkama, prijetnjama i …

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• 11 August

  Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo calls for Haradinaj’s release

  The Norwegian Ambassador to Kosovo Sverre Johan Kvale called on the Hague Tribunal to temporarily release war crime suspect Ramush Haradinaj. In the initial trial in April 2008, the Tribunal acquitted Haradinaj of charges for crimes committed in Kosovo in 1998.

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• 11 August

  Proces usporili tajni podaci

  SARAJEVO Proces pridruživanja Bosne i Hercegovine NATO savezu mogao bi biti dodatno usporen jer bh. vlasti nisu usvojile neophodna zakonska rješenja u vezi s pristupom tajnim podacima. Selmo Cikotić, ministar odbrane BiH, kaže da se trenutno primjenjuju prelazna rješenja, ali da NATO insistira na usvajanju zakonskih izmjena.

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