Đinđić trial enters final phase
Belgrade, April 24 (Source: B92)
Prosecution and defense have begun the delivery of closing arguments in the Đinđić assassination trial.
Deputy Special Organized Crime Prosecutor Jovan Prijić said today that “Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić, a doctor of philosophy and sociology, was murdered by Serbian MUP employee and member of the Special Operations Unit (JSO) Zvezdan Jovanović, who confessed to the crime unequivocally and in detail”.
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Closing arguments in Đinđić trial
Belgrade, April 23 (Source: B92)
The Prosecution and defense will begin with the delivery of their closing arguments today, as the trial enters its final stage.
Đinđić family attorney Rajko Danilović believes that the indictment has been substantiated and proven in its entirety, but warns that the political background of the case still lacked clarification. He said he would mention the political aspect in his closing argument.
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Šešelj entitled to documents in Serbian
The Hague, April 20 (Source: B92)
The Hague Tribunal dismissed the appeal filed by Vojislav Šešelj against a decision on the form of disclosed evidence.
The decision was rendered by the Trial Chamber presided by Judge Orie on July 4, 2006.
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Russian official on Hague Tribunal’s fate
Moscow, April 18 (Source: B92)
Russia will demand that the Hague Tribunal closes in 2010, Russian deputy foreign minister says.
A letter Vladimir Titov sent to the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Konstantin Kosachov states that Russia will demand an end to the Tribunal’s activities, irrelevant of whether all the indicted persons are extradited and tried by that time, the Russian media reported.
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Bosnian Court convicts Serb for Foča rape
Sarajevo, April 17 (Source: B92)
A Sarajevo court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier to 5 and a half years in jail for 1992 war crimes in Foča.
A Sarajevo court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb soldier to 5 and a half years in jail for war crimes in the mainly Muslim town of Foča in 1992.
The Bosnia-Herzegovina court in Sarajevo ruled Radmilo Vuković was guilty of war crimes against civilians when as a member of Bosnian Serb armed forces he raped a woman on several occasions.
The court reduced the 10-year minimum sentence due to mitigating circumstances. The court noted Vuković and the woman were in a relationship before the Bosnian ethnic war began in 1992.
The woman fled Foča in February 1993 and gave birth to a boy.
A DNA analysis confirmed the boy was fathered by Vuković, but the court banned him from seeing the child, BIRN reports.
The trial began in January and ended last week. |
Serbian Constitution undergoes criticism
Belgrade, April 11 (Source: B92)
The Constitution is lacking in quality when compared with the versions the Opposition drafted during Milošević’s rule.
In recently the published conclusions of the plenary session held March 17 and 18, the Venice Commission noted that the lack of opportunity for the Constitution’s public discussion raised questions of its legitimacy.
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Ćuruvija murder eighth anniversary
Belgrade, April 12 (Source: B92)
Today marks the eighth anniversary since the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija, a prominent Serbian anti-regime journalist.
Ćuruvija was shot in the head on April 11, 1999, in front of his apartment in downtown Belgrade, during an ongoing NATO campaign against the country. Five days before he was murdered, the regime daily Politika Ekspres published an article denouncing Ćuruvija as a traitor who supported the bombing.
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Maximum penalties for two Scorpions
Belgrade, April 11 (Source: B92)
Belgrade's War Crimes Court announced the verdicts in the trial of five men accused of 1995 war crimes in Srebrenica area.
The court found the paramilitary unit’s commander Slobodan Medić as well as Branislav Medić guilty and sentenced each to a maximum 20 years in prison sentence.
Another defendant, Pero Petrašević, who confessed to the crime, was sentenced to 13 years in jail, while Aleksandar Medić received a five-year sentence.
Petrašević earlier told the court he felt “the deepest regret” over his actions, and asked for a just punishment.
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NYT: Genocide ruling on partial archive
The Hague, April 10 (Source: B92)
The New York Times says The International Court of Justice (ICJ) based its Bosnian genocide ruling on incomplete archive.
According to the report, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not consider the full archives from the war crimes tribunal at The Hague in making its finding that Serbia did not commit genocide during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war and was not liable for damages, instead relying on material in the court's public record that had been censored by agreement with Serbian representatives.
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Bosnian Serb jailed for 15 years
The Hague, April 05 (Source: B92)
The Hague has sentenced former Bosnian Serb policeman Dragan Zelenović to 15 years for rape and torture of Bosnian Muslim women.
Dragan Zelenović, 46, pleaded guilty to the crimes, which took place during the 1992-1995 war in the former Yugoslavia.
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Defense’s closing argument in Scorpion trial
Belgrade, April 04 (Source: B92)
Trial of a former Military Court Judge in the lawsuit filed by a family of a soldier killed in Belgrade army base began Friday
Jakovljević family sued Military court investigative judge Vuk Tufegdzić for libel, referring to the slanderous statements he reportedly given to the media in regards to their son Dragan Jakovljević, one of the two elite guard soldiers that had died in Topčider army base in October 2004. |
EP backs supervised independence
The Hague, April 03 (Source: B92)
The trial of the seven former Bosnian Serb military and police officials continued at The Hague.
The indictment against seven officials qualifies the "evacuation of the population" from the town of Žepa as a "forced transfer" undertaken as part of the "joint criminal enterprise aimed at the forcible elimination of the Muslim population from Srebrenica and Žepa".
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Military court judge stands trial
Belgrade, April 02 (Source: B92)
Trial of a former Military Court Judge in the lawsuit filed by a family of a soldier killed in Belgrade army base began Friday
Jakovljević family sued Military court investigative judge Vuk Tufegdzić for libel, referring to the slanderous statements he reportedly given to the media in regards to their son Dragan Jakovljević, one of the two elite guard soldiers that had died in Topčider army base in October 2004.
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EP backs supervised independence
Brussels, March 30 (Source: B92)
Former Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) General Dragomir Milošević’s trial at the Hague continued Tuesday.
Vahid Karavelić, who commanded the 1st Corps of the Bosnian (BH) Army during the war, took the stand in the trial of the former general charged with the shelling and sniper campaign targeting Sarajevo civilians from August 1994 until the end of war in 1995.
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War commanders meet in Hague
The Hague, March 29 (Source: B92)
Former Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) General Dragomir Milošević’s trial at the Hague continued Tuesday.
Vahid Karavelić, who commanded the 1st Corps of the Bosnian (BH) Army during the war, took the stand in the trial of the former general charged with the shelling and sniper campaign targeting Sarajevo civilians from August 1994 until the end of war in 1995.
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Croatia reacts to Kadijević’s remarks
Zagreb, March 28 (Source: B92)
General Veljko Kadijević, a man featured in three Croatian war crimes indictments, has stirred spirits with an interview.
The Croatian ministry of the interior (MUP) has announced it would “contact” the owners of the web site that published the interview with the former Yugoslav defense minister.
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New hearings in university corruption case
Smederevo, March 27 (Source: B92)
An investigative judge has interrogated new suspects in the Kragujevac Faculty of Law bribes for marks scandal. >>> |
Zvornik trial continues
Belgrade, March 26 (Source: B92)
The trial against six men accused of war crimes in the Zvornik municipality in Bosnia continues today.
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Prosecution wraps up Kosovo Six case
Belgrade, March 23 (Source: B92)
The prosecution formally rested at the Kosovo Six trial after calling its 111th witness.
However, the prosecutor asked for permission to call three more witnesses: Wesley Clark, Zoran Lilić, and Shaun Burns.
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Croatian court sentences two war criminals
Osijek, March 22 (Source: B92)
A court has found two men guilty of war crimes committed in 1991 and sentenced them to 14 and 3 years in prison. >>>
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UK
judge
denies extradition of Serb war criminal
London
, March 21 (Source: B92)
Milan Španović, a
Croatian Serb convicted of war crimes in absentia, has been allowed to stay in
Britain.
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“Wahhabis are no terrorists”
Belgrade , March 20 (Source: B92)
Interior Ministry’s statement that labels Wahhabis as terrorists is
imprecise, a sociologist says. >>>
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Protected witness takes stand at Haradinaj trial
The Hague , March 19 (Source: B92)
A protected witness pointed the finger at one of the accused in the Hague
trial of three KLA warlords. >>>
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Assets forfeiture conference
Belgrade , March 16 (Source: B92)
Special Prosecutor’s
Office, the OSCE and
U.S.
embassy in
Belgrade
organized an international conference on asset forfeiture. >>>
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Haradinaj trial: First witness testifies
The Hague , March 09 (Source: B92)
The first prosecution witness at the trial of Ramush Haradinaj worked as
an investigator for the HLC in 1998. >>>
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Croatia
court
upholds war crime sentences
Zagreb , March 07 (Source: B92)
Croatia
's Supreme Court upheld jail sentences of former Croatian policemen
convicted of killing imprisoned Serbs. >>>
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Del Ponte calls Haradinaj gangster and warlord
The Hague , March 06 (Source: B92)
Karla Del Ponte warns the court she will have to drop the charges, if
intimidated witnesses refuse to testify.
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Healthcare system lacks measures against corruption
Belgrade, March 05 (Source: B92)
There are no legal measures to curb healthcare corruption. It’s all up to
the employees’ ethics.>>>
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| Ethnic minority parties sign caucus agreement
Belgrade, March 01 (Source: B92)
Four minority parties agreed to form a joint caucus in the Parliament.
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| “ICJ ruling – chance for reconciliation”
Washington, Belgrade, Banjaluka, February 28 (Source:
B92)
Yesterday’s judgment by the Hague-based
ICJ is Serbia’s
chance to reconcile its past, Washington
says. >>>
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| ICJ: Serbia
not directly responsible
Tha Hague, February 27 (Source: B92)
The International Court of Justice exhonorates Serbia of direct responsibility for
genocide during the 1992-95 war.
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| ICJ to deliver genocide ruling today
The Hague, February 26 (Source: B92)
The International Court
of Justice (ICJ) will rule on Bosnia’s
genocide case against Serbia
today. >>>
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| Law professors face bribery charges
Kragujevac, Belgrade, February 23 (Source:
B92)
Kragujevac Law Faculty professors suspected
of taking bribes will appear before an investigative judge
today. >>>
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| University professors arrested on bribery charges
Kragujevac, Belgrade, February 21 (Source:
B92)
Police arrested 10 persons, mostly Kragujevac
Faculty of Law professors, suspected of taking bribes.
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| Đinđić trial judge receives threats
Belgrade, February 20 (Source: B92)
The judge presiding over the Đinđić assassination trial has
received threatening phone messages.
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Zelenović sentencing hearing date set
The Hague, February 19 (Source: B92)
The Hague Tribunal has scheduled Dragan Zelenović’s sentencing hearing
for February 23. >>>
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| Lull in Hague courtrooms this week
The Hague, February 13 (Source: B92)
The Srebrenica and Kosovo trials will be adjourned for a week.
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| Operation Storm defense lawyer potential witness
The Hague, February 12 (Source: B92)
The Tribunal decided to detain Ivan Čermak, one of Operation Storm
generals about to undergo trial. >>>
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| Roma leader files complaint against police
Belgrade, February 09 (Source: B92)
Roma’s Democratic Union president Jordan Vasić has announced he will
sue the state and the interior ministry.
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Croatian journalist sentenced to three months in prison
The Hague, February 8 (Source: B92)
The Hague Tribunal sentenced Croatian journalist Domagoj Margetić to
three months in prison. >>>
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Free-of-charge legal assistance soon in Serbia
Belgrade, February 07 (Source: B92)
A project document to enable free-of-charge legal assistance signed yesterday.
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Whereabouts of Karadžić and Mladić
Sarajevo, 06. februar 2007. (Izvor:
B92)
Security services of Serbia and Bosnia exchange weekly intelligence
on the whereabouts of war crime indictees.
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War crimes prosecutors set to meet
Belgrade, February 05 (Source: B92)
Serbian, Bosnian and
Croatian war crimes prosecutors will hold a meeting in Belgrade Monday.
>>>
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UN Secretary-General urges arrest of fugitives
The Hague, February 02 (Source: B929)
During his visit to the Hague Tribunal, Ban Ki-Moon said Karadžić and
Mladić should face justice. >>>
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Del Ponte to meet with Solana and Rehn
The Hague, February 01 (Source: B92)
Chief Hague Tribunal Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte to meet with EU Officials
Javier Solana and Olli Rehn later today.
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Carla Del Ponte to step down in September
The Hague, January 31 (Source: B92)
Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor to leave office in September.
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Zvornik trial continues
Belgrade, January 30 (Source: B92)
Belgrade’s District Court War Crimes Chamber is hearing witness testimonies as Zvornik
trial continues today.
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Šešelj’s trial chamber to hear Haradinaj case
The Hague, January 21 (Source: B92)
The Trial Chamber presided by Judge Alphons Orie will begin the trial of
three former KLA commanders. >>>
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HRW: Serbia
won’t face past seriously
New York, January 15 (Source: B92)
Human Rights Watch 2006 report criticizes
Serbian government for its unwillingness to confront the past
seriously.
>>>
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Haradinaj trial set to start soon
The Hague, January 15 (Source: B92)
The Hague Tribunal Trial Chamber that will try the three former KLA commanders
will be appointed next week. >>>
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The Hague Tribunal in 2007
The Hague, 05 January (Source: B92)
There are currently 49
detainees in The
Hague, among them 13 await verdicts
and 10 are set to go on trial. >>>
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Albanians run for election
Belgrade, 04 January (Source: B92)
Albanian parties from Southern Serbia submitted
a joint electoral list. >>>
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| Ljajić:
EU Negotiations in March
Belgrade, 03 January (Source:
B92)
Rasim Ljajić says EU negotiations could resume if democratic
government takes office after upcoming elections. >>> |
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Trial of Milošević “guards” begins
Belgrade, December 22 (Source: B92)
The trial for those accused of interfering in the arrest attempts of Slobodan
Milošević in 2001 begins today. >>>
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U.S. to assist Special Court
Belgrade, December 21 (Source: B92)
The United States has donated 50,000 dollars to the Organized Crime and
War Crimes Department of the Belgrade District Court.
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Swede convicted of war crimes in Bosnia
Stockholm, December 20 (Source: B92)
A Swedish man who served as a mercenary in a Croatian militia was convicted
Monday of war crimes during the Bosnian war.
>>>
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Šešelj back in his cell
The Hague, December 20 (Source: B92)
Vojislav Šešelj has been taken out of the hospital quarters and back to
his cell, according to the Tribunal.
>>>
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War crimes trial begins
Sarajevo, December 19 (Source: B92)
The trial of Niset Ramić,
accused of war crimes against Serbia
civilians, begins today in Sarajevo.
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“Scorpions” case nears end
Belgrade, December 18 (Source: B92)
The trial of the five men accused of committing the 1995 Trnovo crime enters
its final stages this week with closing arguments.
>>>
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| Ovčara case to be retried
Belgrade, December 15 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s Supreme Court has
cancelled the verdicts in the Ovčara case tried before
Belgrade’s War Crimes Court. >>>
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Serbia's Gypsies
have few rights
Belgrade, December 14 (Source: B92)
Nearly half of Gypsies
living in Serbia
do not enjoy the rights to education, employment and healthcare.
>>>
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Ćuruvija files given to judge
Belgrade, December 13 (Source: B92)
The case of the murder of journalists Slavko Ćuruvija has been transferred
to Judge Dragan Lazarević.
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War crimes suspect extradited
Zagreb, December 12 (Source: B92)
War crimes indictee Zoran
Obradović has been extradited from Bulgaria
to Croatia.
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Vukovar Three defense case ends
The Hague, December 11 (Source: B92)
Defense teams called a total 36 witnesses. The prosecutor indicated the
prosecution will seek leave to call evidence in rebuttal.
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Radicals say Hague is hypocritical
Belgrade, The Hague,
November 13 (Source: B92)
Radicals accuse Tribunal’s
spokesman Refik Hodžić of hypocrisy after he said the
court put indictees’ health first.
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Verdict for alleged hate crimes today
Novi Sad, November 10 (Source: B92)
The verdicts for the
individuals who interrupted an anti-fascist conference will
be read today in Novi Sad.
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Agreement for election expected today
Belgrade, November 09 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliament is expected to reach an agreement on when to hold
parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Šešelj disrupts trial
Amsterdam, November 02 (Source: B92)
U.N. officials removed the Vojislav Šešelj from court after he disrupted
a hearing on how to proceed with his trial.
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Glavaš hospitalized
Zagreb, Osijek,
November 01 (Source: B92)
Branimir Glavaš has been
hospitalized after a five-day hunger strike.
>>>
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Serbian constitution's claim on Kosovo unacceptable
Tirana,
October 31 (Source: B92)
Albania said that the new Serbian constitution's claim over Kosovo is unacceptable.
>>>
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Slogans of hate at the stadium
Belgrade, October 20 (Source: B92)
Education and Sport Minister Slobodan Vuksanović wants strict prohibition
of racist behavior at sporting events.
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Columnist finds constitution “offensive”
Zrenjanin,
October 19 (Source: B92)
Weekly Vreme’s columnist
Teofil Pančić said that he has no intention of voting
in the constitutional referendum. >>>
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First constitution, then elections
Belgrade, October 17 (Source: B92)
Discussions have started for the next set of elections in Serbia.
>>>
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| Still no word on arrest of court officials
Belgrade,
April 13 (Source: B92)
There is still no official statement on why
officials of the Commercial
Court were taken into custody yesterday.
>>> |
| War crimes cooperation discussed
Belgrade,
April 12 (Source: B92)
Officials of the three major states of the former
Yugoslavia
are discussing cooperation in war crimes proceedings.
>>> |
| Biserko encourages Holmec investigation
Belgrade,
April 11 (Source: B92)
Sonja Biserko said that the Holmec war crimes
case warrants further investigation.
>>> |
| Case
closed as far as Slovenia
is concerned
Ljubljana, April 10 (Source:
B92)
The Slovenian
State Prosecutor’s Office has denied the accusations coming
from Serbia that war crimes were committed during conflicts
near Holmec in 1991.
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| Chances of genocide case, “50-50“
Belgrade,
April 10 (Source: B92)
Democratic Party
official Dragoljub Micunovic said that the charges of genocide
against Serbia-Montenegro filed by Bosnia-Herzegovina and
the ongoing court case, can only lead to further destabilisation
in the region. >>> |
| Another minute for Milosevic
Belgrade,
April 07 (Source: B92)
The Serbia-Montenegro Parliamentary meeting began
today with yet another minute of silence to honour the late
Slobodan Milosevic. >>> |
| The
Tribunal, a successful experiment
Washington
D.C, April 06 (Source: B92)
Former Hague President
Theodore Meron said that the work of the Tribunal has proven
to be successful.
>>> |
| Mladic extradited by the end of April
Belgrade,
April 06 (Source: B92)
Both international and state officials are expecting
Ratko Mladic to be extradited by the end of April. >>> |
|
Jovanovic taken into custody
Belgrade,
April 05 (Source: B92)
President of the Liberal-Democratic Party, Cedomir
Jovanovic, has been taken into custody after failing to appear
in court.
>>> |
| Parliament tries again today
Belgrade,
April 04 (Source: B92)
After three months off and another week dedicated
to Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian Parliament will try to
get some work done today.
>>> |
| Hadzic in Belarus?
Belgrade,
April 03 (Source: B92)
Hague indictee Goran Hadzic is hiding in Belarus,
not in Russia as it was earlier reported, according to daily
Blic.
>>> |
| What Del Ponte had to say
Belgrade,
March 31 (Source: B92)
The Hague’s Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte
left Belgrade yesterday without giving a public evaluation
of her meeting with Serbian officials.
>>> |
| Socialists begrudge coalition colleagues
Belgrade,
March 30 (Source: B92)
Law being proposed by Miloljub Albijanic and
Vlajko Senic will have a tough time getting the support of
the Socialists Party of Serbia. >>> |
| “Embarrassing” acts of the parliament
Novi
Sad,
March 29 (Source: B92)
Veljko Stambolic, son of the late Serbian president
Ivan Stambolic, said that it is a great embarrassment that
the Serbian Parliament did not hold a minute of silence in
honour of his father. >>> |
| Milosevic honoured – twice
Belgrade,
March 28 (Source: B92)
Socialists Party of Serbia officials gave a
minute of silence in honour of their late president Slobodan
Milosevic at the beginning of today’s meeting of the Serbian
parliament.
>>> |
| No minute of silence for Milosevic
Belgrade,
March 27 (Source: B92)
Serbian Parliamentary Speaker Predrag Markovic
said that he will not allow the request to have a minute of
silence for Slobodan Milosevic at today’s parliamentary meeting.
>>> |
| A third warrant for Markovic
Belgrade,
March 24 (Source: B92)
The Belgrade District Court will be issuing
a third warrant for the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic’s widow
Mirjana Markovic for failing to appear before the court for
questioning.
>>> |
| Lilic won’t testify
The
Hague, March 23 (Source: B92)
The beginning
of Serbia-Montenegro’s defence case, which was scheduled to
begin today, has been postponed for Thursday. >>> |
| Whether Lilic will testify still uncertain
The
Hague, March 22 (Source: B92)
The announced
appearance of former Yugoslav president Zoran Lilic on the
witness stand in the Bosnia-Herzegovina genocide case against
Serbia-Montenegro is still uncertain.
>>> |
| Indictees attend funeral
Belgrade,
Pozarevac, March 21 (Source: B92)
Three Hague indictees, who have
been set free until the beginning of their trials, were seen
at Slobodan Milosevic’s funeral in Pozarevac.
>>> |
| Back to business at the Tribunal
Tha Hague, March 20 (Source:
B92)
Legal processes
in progress at the Hague Tribunal will reconvene this week.
>>> |
| Milosevic supporters attack B92 news team
Belgrade,
March 17 (Source: B92)
B92 will be pressing charges against those individuals
responsible for the attack on its news crew yesterday in front
of the Sveti
Sava Hospital.
>>> |
| Milosevic’s body to be displayed in Belgrade
Belgrade,
March 16 (Source: B92)
The posthumous remains of Slobodan Milosevic
will most likely be put on display at a museum within the
May 25th complex in the Belgrade
suburb of Dedinje.
>>> |
| Ceku
wants a human rights report
Pristina, March 15 (Source: B92)
Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku
would like to see a report on human rights activities in the
region. >>> |
| Russian State Duma wants Hague shut down
Moscow,
March 14 (Source: B92)
The Russian State Duma plans on adopting a document
that will call for the termination of the Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
| Bosnia’s case weakened by Milosevic
death
Belgrade,
March 13 (Source: B92)
The death of Slobodan Milosevic could weaken
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s case in the charges of genocide it has
pressed against Serbia-Montenegro.
>>> |
| UN court cuts sentence of Bosnian Serb
The
Hague, March 09 (Source: B92)
A UN appeals
court on Wednesday cut seven years from the 27-year sentence
of a Bosnian Serb army officer convicted of being a key figure
in the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian
enclave of Srebrenica. >>> |
| Serbia-Montenegro’s to begin arguments
The
Hague, March 08 (Source: B92)
Serbia-Montenegro’s
defence team will begin its presentation today in front of
the international war crimes court.
>>> |
| Hague prisoner commits suicide
The
Hague, 7. mart 2006. (Izvor: B92)
According
to official reports, convicted war criminal Milan Babic committed
suicide last night in his cell at the United Nations Detention
Unit in Scheveningen. >>> |
| Serbia continues to pay Kosovo
debts
Belgrade,
Prishtina, March 06 (Source: B92)
The Kosovo Privatisation Agency
is selling the ski-centre located near the Serbian enclave
of Strpci, as Serbia continues to regularly pay back debts
owed by Kosovo> >>> |
| Who’s to blame for letting killers out?
Belgrade,
March 03 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Supreme Court has begun the court
process to determine what judges were responsible for setting
free three Albanians convicted of murdering a Security Information
Agency official. >>> |
| Referendum proposal in Parliament today
Podgorica, March 01 (Source:
B92)
The Montenegrin
Parliament will discuss the proposal for the Referendum Law
for the state-legal status of Montenegro
today.
>>> |
| The latest dose of Mladic gossip
Belgrade, February 28 (Source: B92)
The print media in Serbia and around the world continues to publish speculations
into the eventual location, arrest and extradition of Hague
fugitive Ratko Mladic.
>>> |
| Milosevic medical appeal denied
Tha Hague, February 27 (Source:
B92)
The Hague
Tribunal’s Court Council has decided to deny Slobodan Milosevic’s
appeal for temporary release in order to receive medical treatment
in Moscow.
>>> |
| Mladic case still very hush-hush
Belgrade,
February 23 (Source: B92)
With numerous conflicting reports arising on
the efforts to arrest and extradite Ratko Mladic, the Serbian
Government continues to downplay the situation. >>> |
| Mladic still not in custody
Belgrade,
February 22 (Source: B92)
After numerous rumours circulated yesterday
that Hague fugitive Ratko Mladic had been arrested, the Tribunal’s
Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte confirmed that the this,
in fact, is not the case. >>> |
| Argentina extradites Lukic
Tha Hague, February 21 (Source:
B92)
Hague indictee
Milan Lukic has been extradited to The Hague by the Argentinean Government.
>>> |
| Scorpion admits to crimes
Belgrade,
February 21 (Source: B92)
Pero Petrasevic, a former member of the Scorpions
paramilitary unit, admitted to the charges against him of
killing Muslim civilians.
>>> |
| Del Ponte criticizes UNMIK
The
Hague, February 20 (Source: B92)
The Hague Tribunal’s Chief Prosecutor
Carla Del Ponte has criticized UNMIK for lack of cooperation.
>>> |
| Ministers discuss Mladic
Belgrade,
February 20 (Source: B92)
Serbian Justice Minister Zoran Stojkovic said
that the Serbian Government is doing everything within its
abilities to complete cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
| EU promoting regional free trade
Belgrade,
February 17 (Source: B92)
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso
said that the European Union wishes to create a free trade
zone in the Western Balkans.
>>> |
| Stankovic puts job on the line
Belgrade, February 16 (Source: B92)
Serbia-Montenegro Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic said that he will resign
from his position if all Hague fugitives are not located in
a reasonable amount of time. >>> |
| Chief
suspects revisit scene of the crime
Belgrade, 15. februar 2006. (Izvor: B92)
Those suspected of being responsible for the assassination of prime minister Zoran Djindjic will be present at investigative
sessions in the yard of the Serbian Government building -
the scene of the crime.
>>> |
| Mladic in Serbia, says Hartmann
The Hague,
Washington D.C, February
14 (Source: B92)
Spokesperson for the Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor,
Florence Hartmann, said that Ratko Mladic is still in Serbia.
>>> |
| Dinkic won’t back off of courts
Belgrade, February 13 (Source: B92)
Serbian Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic will not give up on his initiative
for making changes to the Serbian judicial system. >>> |
| Dinkic to disassemble courts
Belgrade,
February 10 (Source: B92)
At today’s meeting of the Serbian Government,
Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic will propose that all the
judges of the Serbian courts should be forced to undergo a
re-election process. >>> |
| New deadline for Mladic arrest
Belgrade,
February 09 (Source: B92)
According to media reports, the Serbian Government
has promised the Hague Tribunal’s Chief Prosecutor Carla Del
Ponte that Ratko Mladic will be arrested by February 21. >>> |
| Supreme Court judge’s trial set
Belgrade,
February 09 (Source: B92)
Ljubomir Vuckovic,
a former Serbian Supreme Court judge accused of taking bribes,
is scheduled to appear in court on March 6. >>> |
| Milosevic witness finishes testimony
The
Hague, February 08 (Source: B92)
Slobodan
Milosevic finished his questioning of former Yugoslavian senior
official Branko Kostic in front of the Hague Tribunal. >>> |
|
Hague problem weakening Serbia’s
position
Belgrade, February 07 (Source: B92)
Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic met in Washington D.C.
with US Under-Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, who said
that Serbia’s position in the Kosovo status discussions will
be continually weakened, up until the point when all Hague
fugitives are extradited. >>> |
| Del Ponte in Belgrade
Belgrade,
February 06 (Source: B92)
The Hague Tribunal’s Chief Prosecutor
Carla Del Ponte will be in Belgrade
today. >>> |
| Defence Council presents report
Belgrade, February 02 (Source: B92)
The Supreme Defence
Council stated that former military personnel who assisted
in the hiding of Ratko Mladic would have to be held criminally
responsible.
>>> |
| Eight years for Ovcara crime
Belgrade, January 30 (Source: B92)
The Belgrade District Court’s War Crimes Sector sentenced Milan Bulic to
eight years of prison for participating in war crimes committed
at the Ovcara Farm in 1991.
>>> |
| Progress made in minority rights issues
Belgrade, January 31 (Source:
B92)
Rolf Ekeus, the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s High
Commissioner on National Minorities, said that great progress
has been made in Serbia in the field of minority rights.
>>> |
| Del Ponte wants discussions halted
Paris, February 01 (Source: B92)
The Hague’s Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is asking the EU to halt all
association and stabilisation discussions with Serbia-Montenegro. >>> |
| Moscow gives guarantees for Milosevic
The Hague,
Moscow,
January 20 (Source: B92)
Slobodan
Milosevic’s defence team has delivered to The Hague Tribunal
the guarantee they have received from the Russian Government
for the temporary release of Milosevic for receiving medical
treatment in Moscow. >>> |
| Lene talks with both sides
Belgrade,
Pristina, January 19 (Source: B92)
According to Serbian officials, the proposal
for forming a Serbian entity in Kosovo does not call for a
division of Kosovo, nor is it similar to the relationship
between the Republic of Srpska
and Bosnia-Herzegovina. >>> |
| Mladic hunt continues in Zepe
Belgrade,
January 18 (Source: B92)
A police action, reportedly in search of Hague
fugitive Ratko Mladic, began this morning in the region of
Zepe in the Republic of Srpska.
>>> |
| MK Komerc bosses indicted
Novi
Sad,
January 17 (Source: B92)
The Novi Sad Public Municipal Court has indicted
the former director and owner of the MK Komerc Company. >>> |
| Kosovars seek compensation
Pristina, January 16 (Source:
B92)
Albanians
to demand millions of euro from Belgrade
for damages inflicted on territory's economy since 1989.
>>> |
| Senior bank official
arrested
Belgrade, January 13 (Source: B92)
Vice Governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Dejan Simic, was arrested
today under the suspicion of accepting bribes.
>>> |
| War crimes suspect killed
Sarajevo,
January 06 (Source: B92)
EUFOR troops shot and killed a Serbian
man accused of war crimes. >>> |
| Karic may face bribery charges
Novi
Sad,
January 05 (Source: B92)
The Novi Sad Prosecutor’s Office
has submitted a request for an investigation into corruption
allegations against Bogoljub Karic. >>> |
| Former regime responsible for Hague issues
Belgrade,
Januar 04 (Source: B92)
According to Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Affairs Minister
Vuk Draskovic, officials of Slobodan Milosevic’s regime are
responsible for keeping Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic
out of the reach of the Serbian Government.
>>> |
| Last warning to SCG
Belgrade,
December 21 (Source: B92)
The next round negotiations for EU stabilisation
and association will not start without full co-operation with
the Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
|
Officials expect stiffer attitude towards SCG
New York,
Belgrade,
December 19 (Source: B92)
After Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte
followed through on her promise to deliver a negative report
to the UN Security Council unless the authorities in Belgrade
made swift progress in co-operating with the Hague Tribunal,
politicians agree in their expectations that SCG will face
increased pressure from the international community.
>>> |
| Dossier
excerpt fails to impress Tribunal
Belgrade,
December 14 (Source: B92)
The Prosecutor’s Office of the Hague Tribunal
is not satisfied with the part of general Ratko Mladic’s dossier
dispatched by Belgrade. >>> |
| Martic trial starts today
The
Hague, December 14 (Source: B92)
The trial against Milan Martic, former president of Republika Srpska Krajina,
is scheduled to start today at the Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
| Mladic
arrest by New Year, Belgrade daily writes
Belgrade, December 13 (Source: B92)
Hague fugitive Ratko Mladic has been located and will be arrested and handed
over to the Tribunal by year’s end, writes Belgrade daily
Vecernje novosti.
>>> |
| Martic trial starts today
The
Hague, December 13 (Source: B92)
The trial against Milan Martic, former president of Republika Srpska
Krajina, is scheduled to start today at the Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
| Public
prosecutor probes revoked mandates
Belgrade, December 12 (Source: B92)
The municipal prosecutor’s office will investigate whether two G 17 Plus
deputies in Serbian Parliament had their mandates revoked
legally. >>> |
| Gotovina and Martic pending first appearance
The
Hague, December 12 (Source: B92)
The initial appearances of war crimes suspects Ante Gotovina and Milan Martic
will take place today at the Hague Tribunal. >>> |
| Del Ponte report negative without immediate progress
Belgrade,
December 09 (Source: B92)
Carla Del Ponte said she would give a negative evaluation
of Serbia’s
co-operation with the Hague Tribunal if there was no progress
within a week.
>>> |
| Del Ponte report: Thumbs up or thumb down…
Belgrade, December 08 (Source: B92)
Depending on the answers she gets
today, ICTY chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte will decide whether
to give a positive or negative evaluation of Serbia’s co-operation
with the Hague Tribunal. >>> |
| General Ante Gotovina arrested
Belgrade,
December 08 (Source: B92)
Croat general Ante Gotovina was arrested
on
the Canary Islands late last night, Carla Del Ponte stated
in Belgrade.
>>> |
| Belgrade negotiation team holds
meeting
Belgrade, December 07 (Source: B92)
The Belgrade team for negotiations over the
future status of Kosovo held their first meeting in Government
offices yesterday. The meeting was attended by representatives
of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
>>> |
| Aligrudic addresses corruption allegations
Belgrade, December 06 (Source: B92)
Democratic Party of Serbia official Milos Aligrudic
gave a statement to the police pertaining to an ongoing inquiry
into allegations of corruption within the Serbian Parliament.
>>> |
| Karadzic, Mladic arrests unlikely
Sarajevo,
December 06 (Source: B92)
EUFOR Commander Major-General David Leakey said there
was little chance EU forces would arrest Radovan Karadzic
and Ratko Mladic.
>>> |
| Does the Parliament own credibility?
Belgrade, December 05 (Source:
B92)
The police refuses
to state if it has talked to Serbian Parliament delegates
(and with whom) over whether attempts have been made to bribe
them.
>>> |
| Martic trial on schedule
The
Hague, December 02 (Source: B92)
The trial against former
president of Republika Srpska Krajina is scheduled to begin
after the Christmas break.
>>> |
| Police investigate parliament corruption
Belgrade,
December 1 (Source: B92)
Serbian police will interview four people in their investigation
of allegations of seat trading in the parliament, Police Minister
Dragan Jocic said today.
>>> |
| Kostunica “won’t apologise”
Zagreb,
November 24 (Source: B92)
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, visiting Zagreb yesterday, avoided
making any kind of public apology to the Croatian people for
the events of the last decade’s wars. >>> |
| Milosevic indictments to be tried separately?
The Hague,
Belgrade,
November 23 (Source: B92)
The Trial Chamber of the Hague Tribunal has said it will
review the possibility of separating proceedings against Slobodan
Milosevic. >>> |
| Presevo
sacks mayor
Presevo,
November 21 (Source: B92)
According to first results, Riza Halimi, the long-term
mayor of the municipality of Presevo on the Kosovo border,
has lost his job in yesterday’s referendum.
>>> |
| Del Ponte give Belgrade positive report
The
Hague, November 21 (Source: B92)
Hague Tribunal Prosecutor
Carla Del Ponte will give a positive report on Belgrade’s
cooperation with the Tribunal, even if top fugitive Ratko
Mladic is not arrested by December 15, B92 has learnt unofficially.
>>> |
| Tadic proposes Kosovo partition
Moscow, November 17 (Source: B92)
Boris Tadic has proposed the creation of two
entities in Kosovo as a solution for the future of the province.
>>> |
| Ljajic to meet Del Ponte
The
Hague, November 16 (Source: B92)
The chairman of the
National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal is
today on a one-day visit to the court. >>> |
| Ovcara crimes defendant confesses
Belgrade,
15. novembar 2005. ( Source: B92)
Ivan Atanasijevic admitted that he had participated
in war crimes committed at the Ovcara farm.
>>> |
| Hague’s patience wearing thin
Belgrade, November 14 (Source: B92)
Theodore Meron said that the international
community is losing its patience and wants to see Radovan
Karadzic and Ratko Mladic extradited as soon as possible.
>>> |
| Government condemns Novi Sad
“neo-Nazis”
Belgrade, November 14 (Source: B92)
Any further incidents of hooligan attacks such as that
which occurred in the Philosophy Faculty of Novi Sad University
yesterday will be strongly sanctioned, Education Minister
Slobodan Vuksanovic said today.
>>> |
| “Good start” to EU negotiations
Belgrade,
November 09 (Source: B92)
The first round of Serbia-Montenegro’s negotiations on
stabilisation and association with the European Union began
in a good and constructive atmosphere, negotiators said yesterday.
>>> |
| Nice work if you can get it
Belgrade,
November 09 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s Parliament didn’t
sit yesterday, having failed to reach a quorum of its highly
privileged members, despite them voting themselves a pay rise
last week. >>> |
| Jovanovic sets up new party
Belgrade,
November 08 (Source: B92)
Serbia this week has a new
political party led by former deputy prime minister Cedomir
Jovanovic.
>>> |
| Kostunica and Cavic discuss Hague
BELGRADE,
November 04 (Source: B92)
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met with Republic of Srpska President Dragan Cavic today.
>>> |
| Seselj pleads “not guilty,” sort of…
THE
HAGUE, November 04 (Source: B92)
Hague indictee Vojislav
Seselj continues to refuse to plead to the charges he stands
accused of by the Hague Tribunal. >>> |
| More hate crimes in Serbia
Novi Sad,
Belgrade, November 02 (Source:
B92)
More racist graffiti
has appeared in Novi
Sad. >>> |
| New constitution and elections in 2006
Belgrade,
November 01 (Source: B92)
Serbian State Administrations and Local Self-Administrations
Minister Zoran Loncar said that Serbia will adopt a new constitution
and hold general elections in 2006. >>> |
| Annan to name envoy soon
New York,
Belgrade,
November 01 (Source: B92)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is expected to name his
special envoy for Kosovo status discussions in the coming
days. >>> |
| Defence Minister wants it in writing
Belgrade, October 31 (Source: B92)
Newly-appointed Serbia-Montenegro Defence Minister
Zoran Stankovic is asking senior ministry officials to submit
written confirmations that they do not know where Hague fugitive
Ratko Mladic is currently located.
>>> |
| Scorpions member pleads “not guilty”
Belgrade,
October 31 (Source: B92)
Former member of the Scorpions paramilitary unit, Slobodan
Davidovic, plead not guilty to all charges in front of the
Zagreb War Crimes Court yesterday.
>>> |
| War crimes suspects in custody
Belgrade,
October 27 (Source: B92)
Nine individuals suspected of war crimes perpetrated
in Suva Reka have been taken into custody and are awaiting
questioning by the War Crimes Sector of the Belgrade District
Court.
>>> |
| Another mass grave site uncovered
Srebrenica, October 26 (Source:
B92)
Experts estimate that
the remains of several dozen Bosnians are buried in the mass
grave site recently found fifty kilometres north of Srebrenica.
>>> |
| Crime group back on trial?
Belgrade,
October 26 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Supreme Court Council has reversed the decision
to free members of the Makina organized crime group. >>> |
| Military obligation shortened again
Belgrade, October 25 (Source: B92)
The Serbia-Montenegro Parliament adopted a
change in the Military Law over the weekend to shorten the
term for mandatory military service from nine to six months.
>>> |
| More
corruption in Supreme Court: Dinkic
Belgrade,
October 24 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s finance minister has confirmed that more Supreme
Court judges have been charged with accepting bribes. >>> |
| Twelve year sentence for crime boss
Belgrade, October
24 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Supreme
Court has confirmed the initial sentence for members of the
Jotkina organize crime group which total to thirty years of
prison time for the group’s convicted members. >>> |
| Democrats urged to return to parliament
Belgrade,
October 20 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Renewal Movement has called on Boris Tadic’s
Democratic Party to quit its boycott of the parliament, saying
that Serbia is in the
most difficult position it has been in since the fall of the
Milosevic regime. >>> |
| War crimes investigation continues
Belgrade, October 20 (Source: B92)
The Belgrade War Crimes Court is nearing the
end of its investigation into war crimes allegedly committed
in the Croatian village
of Lovas
in the autumn of 1991. >>> |
| Soldier
chooses suicide over shame
Belgrade,
October 19 (Source: B92)
Soldier Darko Milovanovic, who committed suicide three
days ago, was advised by the military psychologist to leave
the military and return home, but refused. >>> |
| Former deputy PM goes on the attack
Belgrade, October 19 (Source: B92)
Former deputy prime minister Cedomir Jovanovic
accused senior officials of the Serbian Government of trying
to stop the Zoran Djindjic murder trial from continuing. >>> |
| Kosovo Serbs undecided on role in negotiations
Pristina, Belgrade, October 18 (Source: B92)
With talks on the future
status of Serbia’s southern province due to start within weeks,
Kosovo Serb political leaders have still not agreed on whether
they should be involved with the Belgrade negotiating team.
>>> |
| Inflation outstrips projections
Belgrade, October 17 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s trade minister, Bojan Dimitrijevic,
has admitted that annual inflation this year will be higher
than the government’s projections. >>> |
| Kosovo
independent next year?
London, Prague, October 13 (Source: B92)
Kosovo will be independent under the condition of international
control of democratic standards, Reuters writes.
>>> |
| Sljivancanin
pleads not guilty
Belgrade,
October 12 (Source: B92)
Former Yugoslav National Army officer Veselin Sljivancanin
pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of war crimes committed
in Ovcara, near Vukovar in Croatia in 1991. >>> |
| Justice
minister survives sacking initiative
Belgrade,
October 12 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliament has voted against an
initiative by Boris Tadic’s Democratic party for the sacking
of Justice Minister Zoran Stojkovic. >>> |
| Motion
to sack justice minister
Belgrade, October 11 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s parliament will today debate a proposal to dismiss
Justice Minister Zoran Stojkovic. >>> |
| The
thorny road to the stars
Belgrade,
October 10 (Source: B92)
Negotiations between Serbia-Montenegro and the
European Union on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement
begin formally in Belgrade today. >>> |
| Purge
of army leadership
Belgrade,
Podgorica, October 07 (Source: B92)
Serbia-Montenegro
Army chief-of-staff Dragan Paskas has been pensioned off,
along with all senior army generals born before 1953.>>> |
| Either
Mladic or Karadzic needed
Belgrade, October 07 (Source: B92)
The extradition of Radovan Karadzic to The Hague is not
Serbia-Montenegro’s obligation, but it may become its responsibility
if Ratko Mladic is not extradited by the end of the year.
>>> |
| Stankovic
denies Mladic arrest pledge
Belgrade, October 06 (Source: B92)
Zoran Stankovic has denied Carla Del Ponte’s claims that
he made guarantees to her that Ratko Mladic would be arrested.
>>> |
| Government
“admits army hiding Mladic”
Belgrade, October 05 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Government has admitted that Ratko Mladic
is in Serbia and being protected by a section of the Army,
Hague Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte has told the BBC.
>>> |
| Del
Ponte “approves” defence portfolio candidate
Belgrade, October 04 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Government’s candidate for federal defence
minister, General Zoran Stankovic, had a meeting with Carla
Del Ponte during her visit to Belgrade last week, B92 has
learnt. >>> |
| Court
returns Jovanovic case to prosecution
Belgrade, October 04 (Source: B92)
Belgrade’s Fifth District Court has denied claims by
a lawyer representing Cedomir Jovanovic that the court has
not upheld an objection to charges against the former deputy
prime minister. >>> |
| Loncar
expects more surrenders soon
Belgrade, October 03 (Source: B92)
Zoran Loncar said that the Hague Tribunal’s decision
to free indicted general’s Nebojsa Pavkovic and Sreten Lukic
until their trials begin, will encourage more Hague fugitives
to turn themselves in. >>> |
| Batic
wants special prosecutor to resign
Belgrade, October 03 (Source: B92)
Vladan Batic is asking Special Prosecutor Slobodan Radovanovic
to hand in his resignation.
>>> |
| Pension
Law amendments adopted
Belgrade, September 30 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliament has adopted amendments to the
Pension and Disability Insurance Law. >>> |
| Former
justice minister jailed
Belgrade, September 30 (Source: B92)
Former prime Minster Zoran Zivkovic said that he believed
Batic was being held in prison to settle political scores
and to demonise the former justice minister and the government
in which he served. >>> |
| Prijic
back on the case
Belgrade, September 29 (Source: B92)
Jovan Prijic will replace the deputy organised crime
prosecutor in charge of the Zoran Djindjic murder case who
resigned yesterday.
>>> |
| Row
brews over candidate for defence portfolio
Belgrade, September 28 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Government has endorsed the former head of
the Military Medical Academy, Zoran Stankovic, as its candidate
for the federal defence portfolio, despite a statement yesterday
from Montenegro’s ruling party that Stankovic would unacceptable.
>>> |
| Mladic
friend “unacceptable” as defence minister
Podgorica,
September 27 (Source: B92)
The former head of Belgrade’s Military Medical Academy,
Zoran Stankovic, would not be an acceptable choice for federal
defence minister, a senior official of Montenegro’s ruling
Democratic Party of Socialists said today.
>>> |
| Court
to dig deeper on military supplier
Belgrade, September 27 (Source: B92)
Belgrade District Court investigating magistrate Novica
Mihajlovic has ruled that the investigation of military equipment
supplier Mile Dragic should be broadened.
>>> |
| Elections
in spring, says Tadic's party
Belgrade,
September 26 (Source: B92)
There will be extraordinary elections for the Serbian Parliament
tin the spring of 2006, an official of Boris Tadic’s Democratic
Party said today.
>>> |
| Canada
to extradite Scorpion
Toronto,
Belgrade, September 26 (Source: B92)
Scorpion paramilitary
unit member Dejan Demirovic is to be extradited to Serbia
following a decision by a Toronto court. >>> |
| More corruption arrests ahead
Belgrade, September 23
(Source: B92)
The
charges laid yesterday against key figures in the military
equipment procurement scandal are only the tip of the iceberg,
Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic said yesterday.
>>> |
| German
team takes over Topcider case
Belgrade, September 23
(Source: B92)
The
Wiesbaden Criminology Institute in Germany is to investigate
the deaths of two soldiers last year at the Topcider military
barracks.
>>> |
| State
officials ignore information requests
Belgrade,
September 22 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s public information
commissioner, Rodoljub Sabic, says that it is a common practice
for state officials to ignore requests for information. >>> |
| Hague
judge cuts “pointless” Seselj testimony
The Hague, September 21
(Source: B92)
Serbian
Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj has ended his weeks of
testimony for Slobodan Milosevic’s defence after the presiding
judge ruled that it was pointless.
>>> |
| Dragic
interrogated
Belgrade, September 21 (Source: B92)
The four major suspects in the military procurement scandal
were interrogated last night in the Belgrade District Court.
>>> |
| Justice
minister “not surprised” by corruption arrests
Belgrade,
September 20 (Source: B92)
Serbian Justice Minister Zoran Stojkovic has said that
he is not surprised by last week’s arrests of a Supreme Court
judge and a deputy special crimes prosecutor. >>> |
| Court
rules out plea bargain for key Djindjic witness
Belgrade, September 20 (Source: B92)
The Belgrade District Court has refused an application
from former organised crime prosecutor for a key witness in
the Djindjic assassination case to be given witness associate
status.
>>> |
| Military
equipment supplier arrested
Belgrade,
September 20 (Source: B92)
Mile Dragic, the military equipment supplier
at the centre of the army procurement scandal has been arrested
on charges of giving bribes and is being held in custody,
B92 has learnt. >>> |
| Parliament
rules on judicial detentions
Belgrade,
September 19 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliament’s Administrative Committee
has recommended that a senior prosecutor and a Supreme Court
judge arrested this week be remanded in custody.
>>> |
| Radical
satraps bully media in southern town
Vranje, September 16 (Source: B92)
Serbian Radical Party officials in the southern Serbian
city of Vranje have threatened the editor and journalists
of a local radio station with arrests and “suffering” over
the station’s editorial policy.
>>> |
| Parliament
to rule on judicial detentions
Belgrade, September 16 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliament’s Administrative Committee has
recommended that a senior prosecutor and a Supreme Court judge
arrested this week be remanded in custody. >>> |
| Mira
Markovic fails to appear in court
Belgrade, September 15 (Source: B92)
Slobodan Milosevic’s wife,
Mirjana Markovic, failed to appear in the Belgrade District
Court this morning to answer charges of abuse of authority.
>>> |
| Senior
judge and prosecutor arrested
Belgrade, September 15 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s deputy organised crime prosecutor and a Supreme
Court judge were arrested late yesterday on corruption charges.
>>> |
| Hague
fugitive surrenders
Belgrade, September 14 (Source: B92)
Hague Tribunal fugitive Sredoje Lukic has surrendered
voluntarily, the Serbian Government confirmed last night.
>>> |
| Organised
Crime division investigates Dragic
Belgrade, September 13 (Source: B92)
Military equipment supplier Mile Dragic said today that
officers from the Organised Crime Unit of the Serbian police
have visited his company.
>>> |
| Pension
Bill before parliament
Belgrade,
September 13 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliament will hold an extraordinary
session tomorrow to discuss the Pension and Disability Insurance
Bill.>>> |
| Constitution
on agenda this week
Belgrade, September 12 (Source: B92)
The Serbian Parliamentary Commission convened to draft
a new constitution is expected to meet some time this week
after a break of several months.
>>> |
| Pension
Act “by end of month”
Belgrade, September 09 (Source:
B92)
New pensions legislation, one of the key conditions
demanded by the International Monetary Fund for the continuation
of its loan arrangement, will be adopted by the end of this
month, the labour minister said today.
>>> |
| Ministry
to review own role in procurement scandal
Belgrade, September 09 (Source: B92)
The federal Cabinet has approved the establishment of
a commission to examine all aspects of the military procurement
scandal.
>>> |
| New
legislation to tackle monopolies
Belgrade, September 08 (Source: B92)
The monopolistic abuses and price-fixing rife in the
Serbian domestic market must be rooted out if the state is
to have any chance of joining the European Union.
>>> |
| Kosovo
“better but not good enough”
Brussels, September 7 (Source: B92)
The security situation in Kosovo is better than it was,
“but not good enough,” the UN secretary-general’s special
envoy for implementation of standards in the province said
today. >>> |
| Vojvodina
Hungarians want duel citizenship
Subotica,
September 6 (Source: B92)
Hungarians living in Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina
must be allowed to hold duel citizenship, Jozsef Kasza said
today.
>>> |
| Prosecutor
moves on Army procurement
Belgrade, September 6 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s state prosecutor said late yesterday that he
has demanded documentation on Army procurement from the federal
Defence Ministry and the Serbian finance and internal affairs
ministries. >>> |
| Another busy week for The Hague
The
Hague, September 05 (Source: B92)
The proceedings for three cases are scheduled
to continue this week at The Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
| Public
to push for new constitution
Novi Sad, September 05 (Source: B92)
The Serbian public is expected to organize a number of
actions aimed at encouraging the government to speed up the
process of adopting a new constitution. >>> |
| Judiciary
“taking sides under pressure”
Belgrade, September 02 (Source: B92)
There have been demands for new charges to be laid against
Slobodan Milosevic’s son Marko following the conviction of
his common-law wife Milica Gajic for libel earlier this week,
but prosecutors say that the two cases are not related. >>> |
| Lukic
to be extradited to Hague
Buenos Aires, September 02 (Source: B92)
War criminal Milan Lukic is to be extradited to The Hague,
a court official in Buenos Aires said today.
>>> |
| Sarajlic
trial delayed
Belgrade, August 31 (Source: B92)
The main hearing in the trial of former deputy state
prosecutor Milan Sarajlic has been postponed because of the
defendant’s health.
>>> |
| Montenegrin
police chief murdered
Podgorica, August 30 (Source: B92)
The head of the General Criminal Division of the Montenegrin
police, Slavoljub Scekic, was killed early this morning in
the Podgorica suburb of Tolosi.
>>> |
| Broadcast Act back in Parliament today
Belgrade, August 29 (Source:
B92)
The
Serbian Parliament is today debating amendments to draft amendments
and additions to the Broadcast Act. >>> |
| Zelenovic
arrested?
Belgrade, August 26 (Source: B92)
The Republic of Srpska’s Minister of Internal Affairs
still has not received official confirmation of whether Hague
suspect Dragan Zelenovic has been arrested in Russia.
>>> |
| Concrete
steps must be taken
Belgrade, August 25 (Source: B92)
US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Pierre-Richard
Prosper, said that the US expects concrete actions to be taken
in the fall in order to ensure the arrests of Radovan Karadzic
and Ratko Mladic. >>> |
|
Borislav
Medan arrested
Mostar, August 24 (Source: B92)
Police officials in Mostar have arrested suspected war criminal
Borislav Medan.
According to a police statement, Medan was arrested at his
home in Mostar under a warrant issued by the Republic of Srpska
Internal Affairs Ministry. Medan has been handed over to the
Bosnia-Herzegovina Prosecutor’s Office and a decision on his
imprisonment will be announced tomorrow. Media sources in
Banja Luka have unofficial information that links Medan with
war crimes allegedly committed in the Srebrenica region. |
| Serbian
Oil Law repealed
Belgrade, August 23 (Source:
B92)
The Serbian Parliament
has voted to repeal the Serbian Oil Industry Law which would
have separated the company into three different sectors as
of October 1. >>> |
| Bill on competition protection prerequisite
for EU accession
Belgrade, August 22,
2005
Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Services Bojan
Dimitrijevic said today that the Bill on protection of competition
that will be discussed in the parliament on August 29, secures
the equality of all market players and encourages economic
efficiency. >>> |
| Seselj
takes the stand
The Hague, August 22 (Source: B92)
The leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj,
today began giving evidence for the defence in the trial of
Slobodan Milosevic before the Hague Tribunal.
>>> |
| Mandic
“extradited according to regulations”
Podgorica, August 19 (Source:
B92)
Police in Montenegro have
extradited Serbia-Montenegro national Momcilo Mandic to Bosnia
under the bilateral protocol on judicial collaboration between
the two former Yugoslav republics. >>> |
| Karadzic support suspect arrested
Belgrade,
August 18 (Source: B92)
The first minister of justice of the Republic of Srpska, controversial
businessman Momcilo Mandic, was arrested this afternoon in
his apartment in the Montenegrin coastal resort of Budva.
>>> |
| Spanish bomb suspect arrested in Belgrade
Belgrade, August 18 (Source:
B92)
A suspect in the terrorist
attacks in Madrid in March of last year has been arrested
in Belgrade.
>>> |
| Djindjic assassination charges “won’t
change”
Belgrade, August
17 (Source: B92)
Serbia’s new organised
crime prosecutor says he won’t change the charges connected
to the assassination of prime minister Zoran Djindjic, nor
the list of witness associates – defendants who have
cut plea bargains in return for giving evidence. >>> |
| Milosevic case to resume tomorrow
The Hague, August
16 (Source: B92)
Slobodan Milosevic will continue
presenting his defence case to the Hague Tribunal tomorrow
after a three-week summer recess. >>> |
| Education
for academicians
Belgrade, August 15 (Source: B92)
The Youth Initiative for Human Rights has presented a
set of books to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts as
a stimulus for the further development of the institution.
>>> |
No
twist expected
Belgrade, August 15, 2005 (Source: Danas)
The personnel shift in the top structures of the Special Prosecution
for organized crime has disturbed the public of Serbia, posing
the question of the possible consequences on the final stage
of the most important process unfolding before the Special
Court in Belgrade – the process on the assassination
of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran
Djindjic on March 12, 2003.
>>> |
|
Perjury charges for Marko Milosevic
accuser
Source:
B92, August 11, 2005
POZAREVAC
-- Thursday – Prosecutors in the Milosevic family home
town of Pozarevac
are examining the possibility of bringing criminal charges
against Zoran Milovanovic, following the
withdrawal of charges against Marko Milosevic, who was convicted
in absentia and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment
for threatening him with a chainsaw.
>>> |
| State blocks complaints in Strasbourg court
Source:
B92, August 10, 2005
BELGRADE -- Wednesday – The European Court for Human Rights in
Strasbourg is unable to hear
complaints from Serbia-Montenegro citizens because Belgrade
has failed to appoint a representative to the court. >>> |
|
Plot thickens in Topcider
murder mystery
Source:
B92, August 10, 2005
BELGRADE -- Wednesday – The son of former
Guard Brigade commander Radomir
Cosic has been arrested over an armed robbery at an army facility.
Nenad Cosic was at the Guard Brigade barracks in the Belgrade suburb of Topcider when two sentries died in an as-yet-unexplained shooting
on October 5 last year. He
is now suspected of attempted armed robbery of a safe in the
Centre for Relations with Foreign Military Representatives
in Belgrade.
>>> |
|
Who turned off the chainsaw?
Source:
B92, August 09, 2005
BELGRADE -- Tuesday – Boris Tadic’s Democratic Party has asked Public Prosecutor
Slobodan Jankovic for an explanation
of the withdrawal of charges against Marko Milosevic, son
of war crimes defendant and former Yugoslav president Slobodan
Milosevic.
The
Democratic Party’s Legal Committee today claimed that
the executive branch, headed by Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica,
has obviously interfered in the work of judicial organs.
>>>
|
|
Case of the vanishing chainsaw
Source:
B92, August 08, 2005
POZAREVAC
-- Monday – The District Prosecution in Pozarevac
has announced that charges against Marko Milosevic have been
withdrawn on the basis of a statement by witness Zoran
Milovanovic.
Milosevic,
the son of war crimes defendant Slobodan Milosevic, was tried
in absentia and convicted to six months’ imprisonment
on the strength of evidence from Milovanovic that he had threatened him with a chainsaw. >>> |
|
Storm celebrations in Knin today
Source:
b92, Fonet, August 05, 2005
BELGRADE -- Friday – The festivities
began in Knin today in honor of
National Victory and Thanksgiving Day, the holidays commemorating
the Croatian military operation, Storm.
>>> |
|
Decision was expected
Journalists and Otpor member Mile Veljkovic said
that he believes that the dropping of charges is the result
of an agreement which took place at high government positions,
most likely between Slobodan Milosevic, Vojislav Kostunica
and Cedomir Jovanovic, for Milosevic’s family to be taken care of
and freed from any criminal prosecution.
Veljkovic said that it is interesting that the indictment is being repealed by
someone other than the individual who issued it, the District
prosecutor, not the Municipal prosecutor.
“I talked to Dimitar Krstin today and he told me that he had no choice but to drop
the indictment, because the federal prosecutor told him to
do it instead of the person who brought up the indictment,
Miroslav Vojinovic. He also said
that he had decided to drop the charges because Zoran Milovanovic had told him and the prosecutor’s
office that he does not remember Marko Milosevic taking part
in mistreating him.” Veljkovic
said.
Another fellow Otpor supporter, Nebojsa Sokolovic, also feels that
this is a result of a political negotiation.
“I am not surprised one bit. This was more than expected.”
Sokolovic said. |
|
Marko Milosevic off the hook
Source: b92, August 05, 2005
POZAREVAC
-- Friday – The Pozarevac
District Court has dropped all charges and proceedings against
Slobodan Milosevic’s son, Marko Milosevic; all other
indictments are still pending.
This means that the warrant out for his arrest is practically nullified
and he can return to Serbia
without any worries of being taken into custody.
About two months ago, the international warrant for the arrest of Slobodan
Milosevic’s wife Mirjana Markovic was also repealed. Pozarevac
Deputy District Attorney Dimitar
Krstic did not give any reason for
dropping the charges.
In addition, all other suspects who are wanted for taking part in the
same alleged crime as Marko Milosevic was, remain on the indictments,
he was the only one taken off.
Milosevic stood accused of extortion until today’s decision to repeal
the indictment.
On March 7, 2000, according to the indictment, Otpor
official Zoran Milovanovic was forcefully
taken to Club Madona, where Milosevic
allegedly tried to get information from Milovanovic on who
was behind the Otpor movement and
where its finances were coming from, threatening to “cut
him to pieces with a chainsaw.”
B92 has not been able to get in contact with Milovanovic as of yet.
|
| Karadzic’s
son condemns crimes
| 13:47 August 04 | Beta
BELGRADE -- Thursday – Aleksandar Karadzic, Hague fugitive
Radovan Karadzic’s son, said that he is resentful of wartime
profiteers.
Aleksandar
Karadzic’s attorney Dusko Tomic relayed Karadzic’s message,
in which he condemned all war crimes committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina
and his remorse felt for victims on all three sides. Aleksandar
Karadzic said that he is also resentful of wartime profiteers
who used and are still using the name of Radovan Karadzic
in order to make enormous amounts of money.
“My
client stressed that he is sickened by those who have leached
from the Karadzic family and have developed fortunes, while
he and his closest relatives are living on the edge of poverty.
‘The more certain circles of people pay attention to my family,
the harder it is for us,’ Aleksandar says, and I think that
he is ready to go as far as to reveal the names of all those
who used the Karadzic name to acquire great fortunes at the
expense of their people.” Tomic said.
|
| Ten
years after the Storm
| 15:16 -> 20:50 August 04 | B92
BELGRADE, ZAGREB -- Thursday – Today marks the ten-year commemoration
of the Storm military operation. During this military move
which began on August 4, 1995, Croatian military forces killed
hundreds and forced about 250,000 Serbs out of their homes
and country, many of which still live in refugee centers around
Serbia today. Serbia-Montenegro Human Rights Minister Rasim
Ljajic went to visit one such refugee center, accompanied
for the first time by a Hague representative. >>>
|
| “Stanisic
knows where they are”
| 17:42 August 03 | Beta
SARAJEVO -- Wednesday – Bosnia-Herzegovina Vice President
Desnica Radivojevic said that Jovica Stanisic knows where
Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic are hiding.
“Those
who are searching for the Hague fugitives, if they really
want to arrest them and take them to The Hague, should be
asking the former Serbian chief of National Security. Get
him here to a base in Tuzla, and in ten days we will know
everything we need to know.” Radivojevic told daily Dnevni
Avaz.
>>>
|
| Karadzic
expected to surrender
| 18:42 August 03 | B92
BELGRADE -- Wednesday – NATO sources have told the
Reuters news agency that Radovan Karadzic could potentially
be transferred to The Hague in the coming weeks.
“There is
a good amount of optimism coming from NATO for his arrest
to happen in the next few weeks. He is running out of money.”
the unnamed source said.
“It is becoming
harder for him to finance his web of support and body guards.
His access to money has been for the most part shut gown and
he has no way of getting to it.” the source said, adding that
the financial pressure being put on the people who are supporting
Karadzic, the political pressure from the Republic of Srpska
government, and the psychological pressure of the Karadzic
family will all help in getting Karadzic extradited soon. |
| Indictments
coming for Scorpions
| 18:40 August 03 | Beta
BELGRADE -- Wednesday – Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor
Bruno Vekaric is expecting indictments titled “Zvornik” and
“Scorpions” to be on his desk soon.
Vekaric
expects that the indictments for the suspected killing of
civilians in Bosnia will be issued by the middle of August
if the, so-far effective, investigation proceeds as planned
in cooperation with the Bosnia-Herzegovina legislature.
“The prosecutor
working on this case just recently talked to another witness
in Sarajevo and progress has been made in identifying the
victims as well.” Vekaric said.He
also said that an investigation of Branimir Glavas is also
in the works, but could not comment and on any further specifics.
|
| Russia
not an option for Milosevic
| 18:01 August 02 | Beta
THE HAGUE, MOSCOW -- Tuesday – According to the British
Sunday Times, if convicted, Hague defendant Slobodan Milosevic
would not be able to serve his sentence in Russia.
Russia does
not have any sort of agreement with the United Nations about
taking convicts in, and according to The Hague, only countries
that have signed agreement with the UN can take in convicted
war criminals from the former Yugoslavia. Norway, Finland,
Denmark, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, France and
Austria all have such agreement signed with the UN.
The countries
in which the convicts serve their terms must uphold the highest
international democratic, legal and humanitarian standards.
Currently
there are 17 Hague convicts serving their sentences in countries
around Europe. Dusko Tadic and Dragoljub Kunarac are in Germany,
Drago Josipovic, Vladimir Santic and Darko Mrdja are in Spain,
Dusko Sikirica and Mitar Vasiljevic are in Austria, Radomir
Kovac, Zoran Vukovic and Dragan Obrenovic are in Norway, Biljana
Plavsic is in Sweden, Goran Jelisic in Italy, Hazim Delic
and Esad Landzo are in Finland, Predrag Banovic in France,
Ranko Cesic in Denmark and Radislav Krstic is being held in
Great Britain. |
| Missing
persons protest announced
| 15:42 August 01 | B92, Beta
BELGRADE, SPLIT -- Monday – The families of Serbs who
were killed or are still missing from Croatia will be holding
a protest in front of the Croatian embassy on Thursday.
The demonstrators will walk around the embassy and
place roses around the embassy in memory of their family members.
>>>
|
| Radovanovic
instead of Prijic
Belgrade,
July 27, 2005 (Source: B92)
Slobodan Radovanovic is a newly appointed Special prosecutor
for organized crime, the former Special Prosecutor, Jovan
Prijic, will be his deputy. >>>
|
| A
total of 26 months for arson
Nis,
July 26, 2005 (Source: B92)
The Nis District Court passes sentence for the torching of
the local mosque on March 17th. One person sentenced to five
months in prison, seven others to a three-month term each,
two persons acquitted. >>>
|
| I
am satisfied with Milenkovic's statement
Belgrade,
July 26, 2005 (Source: B92)
Dejan Milenkovic Bagzi continues with his deposition before
Special Court Chamber. >>>
|
| Graduate
program in EU Law and International Business Law
Belgrade,
July 26, 2005 (Source: Danas)
European Center for Peace and Development (ECDP), at the United
Nations University for Peace fosters a tradition of graduate
MA program, specialized PhD and post-PhD studies intended
for graduate students of domestic and foreign universities.
>>>
|
| No
political pressure
Belgrade,
July 26, 2005 (Source: B92)
Serbian General Attorney Slobodan Jankovic said a decision
on the appointment of the Special Prosecutor will have been
made by the end of the week.
>>>
|
| What
happens with Milenkovic and Prijic?
Belgrade,
July 25, 2005 (Source: B92)
At a trial for the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister
Zoran Djindjic, the Council heard out the Prosecutor's request
for Dejan Milenkovic to appear as witness. >>>
|
| New
Constitution first, then Vojvodina Basic Law
Novi
Sad, July 25, 2005 (Source: Danas)
Borislav Nikolic, President of the Democratic Party (DS) Regional
Board, said the Government's draft constitution, as well as
the constitution proposal by the Expert Team, appointed by
Serbian President, implement certain resolutions which seem
"absolutely acceptable" to Vojvodina's administration.
>>>
|
| Customs
Tariff Law Comes into Effect as of Tomorrow
Belgrade,
July 25, 2005 (Source: Danas)
Ministry of Finances announced yesterday that on Tuesday,
July 26th, the new Customs Tariff Law is to come into effect,
according to which average rate of duty will figure out at
8.69%. >>>
|
| Did
the attorney Svetozar Vujacic act professionally when he refused
to represent the man charged with having abused and murdered
a three-year old girl?
Belgrade,
July 25, 2005 (Source: Danas)
Branislav Tapuskovic,
attorney from Belgrade
This could
be compared with a doctor who, for his moral reasons, refuses
to treat a patient, or who, for example, refuses to treat
someone because he or she is infected with some lethal or
contagious disease. Attorney ethics does not allow such attitude.
The law has its own parameters and one must fulfill his obligations.
If a person approaches someone for his professional expertise,
then he simply must comply with his professional duties. His
moral attitude is a completely different matter. Defending
a particular act instead of defending a person who has committed
it is one thing attorneys could even be prosecuted for. That
man will have his attorney – no doubt he will.
>>>
|
| The
Hague Tribunal referred „Mejakic and others” case to BH
The
Hague, July 21, 2005. (Source: Danas)
The case “Mejakic and others” will be sent to the Court in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, was decided by the Special Council
of the Tribunal, which considers the requests of prosecutors
for leaving the cases to national courts. >>>
|
| Supreme
Court only competent
Belgrade,
July 20, 2005. (Source: Danas)
The Supreme Court of Serbia will have to decide who was right:
the Council of the judge Bojan Misic in the Palace of Justice
which passed the maximal sentences of 15 years in prison to
the accused of the murder on Ibarska Highway or the Council
of the judge Dragoljub Albijanic which, in the Special Court,
sentenced the accused of the murder of Ivan Stambolic and
attempted assassination of Vuk Draskovic to 40 years in prison
each. >>>
|
13-year
sentence to Babic confirmed
The Hague, July 19, 2005. (Source: Danas)
The Appeals Chamber yesterday confirmed the sentence of 13 years
in prison to Milan Babic dismissing almost all grounds for appeal
by former leader of the “Republic of Serbian Krajina” in Croatia.
>>>
|
| Court
passed the sentence: Legija 40 years in prison
Belgrade,
July 18, 2005. (Source: B92)
Special Court passed the sentences to the accused of the murder
of Ivan Stambolic and attempted assassination of Vuk Draskovic
in Budva. >>>
|
Today
sentence to Milan Babic
The Hague, July 18, 2005. (Source: B92)
The first instanced sentence will be today passed in The Hague
Tribunal to Milan Babic, former leader of Serbs from Krajina.
>>>
|
| What
brings the budget rebalance?
Belgrade,
July 16, 2005. (Source: B92)
Adopting the amendments to the Law on Public Information,
the Serbian Parliament ended an extraordinary session on Friday
evening. >>>
|
Diploma
Supplement also at Belgrade University
Belgrade,
July 16, 2005. (Source: Danas)
It is a standardized document on a template developed by a working
group of the European Commission and it clearly shows what a
student is learning during his/her studies, and what a structure
of a high education system is at the time when a diploma is
obtained. >>>
|
| Sentences
for Sjeverin pronounced
Belgrade,
July 15, 2005. (Source: B92)
Before the Belgrade District Court Council sentences to the
accused of killing 16 Muslim civilians from Sjeverin were
pronounced today.Members of paramilitary formation “Avengers”
were sentenced today at the renewed trial to 75 years of prison
for a war crime of killing 16 Muslim civilians from Sjeverin.
>>>
|
Voting
in the Parliament
Belgrade, July 15, 2005. (Source: B92)
MPs of the Serbian Parliament are voting today on 39 law proposals
after which they are to start a new extraordinary session about
the rebalance of budget. The extraordinary session that started
on June 24 will be finished by voting on changes of a set of
judicial laws and several economic and financial laws. >>>
|
| Jovan
remains Prijic Special Prosecutor till March
Belgrade,
July 15, 2005. (Source: Danas)
Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime Jovan Prijic will remain
at that position until March next year, Danas finds out. According
to daily Danas’ sources, Republican Public Prosecutor Slobodan
Jankovic has recently extended Prijic’s mandate.>>>
|
Serbian
Judiciary subservient to politics
Belgrade,
July 15, 2005. (Source: Danas)
Serbian judiciary is still subservient to political influence
which presents a serious obstacle on Serbian road to Europe,
London Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) said. The
IWRP report points that pressure on judiciary is continuing
and was present during the government of Slobodan Milosevic
as well as after the changes of October 5, 2002 when Democratic
Opposition of Serbia (DOS) took over.
>>>
|
| New
proposition of Supreme Legislative Council
Belgrade,
July 14, 2005 (Source: B92)
As B92 has learned from sources close to the Supreme Legislative
Council, that body has made another controversial proposal.
>>>
|
For
socially responsible state
Belgrade,
July 14, 2005. (Source: B92)
Parliament of the State Union Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) will
ratify the changed European Social Charter until the end of
this year, Minster of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Slobodan
Lalovic announced yesterday at the conference organized by Council
of Europe on SCG preparations for taking duties this document
requires. He explained that Council of Europe had adopted the
Charter coming from the fact that civic, political, economic
and social rights are in a special interdependent relation and
that on March 22 this year Minister of Human and Minority Rights
Rasim Ljajic signed before SCG the revised European Social Charter.
>>>
|
| National
Councils on Constitutional Changes
Novi
Sad, July 14, 2005. (Source: TANJUG)
President of Slovakian National Council and coordinator of
the Council of all minority communities in Vojvodina Ana Tomanova
Makanova and Vice-President of the Assembly of Vojvodina Sandor
Egeresi said today that participation of national minority
representatives is necessary in designing and passing a new
Constitution of Serbia. They concluded that it is unbearable
that the state is functioning on “Milosevic’s Constitution”
while preparing for a membership in European Union. |
What
is humiliation and what torture
Washington, July 14, 2005. (Source: B92)
The report of the USA Military Commission states that there
was humiliation but not torture in Guantanamo prison. >>>
|
| Kosovo
trials before The Hague Tribunal to be pooled
Hague,
July 12, 2005. (Source: B92)
Court Council
presided by Patrick Robinson adopted a proposition by the
Prosecution to combine the trials of Milan Milutinovic, Nikola
Sainovic, Dragoljub Ojdanic, Nebojsa Pavkovic, Vladimir Lazarevic,
Sreten Lukic and Vlastimir Đordevic in the trial which can
start as soon as December of this year.
>>>
|
Milenkovic
accused Ulemek
Belgrade,
July 7, 2005. (Source: B92)
Milenkovic
named Ulemek as the most responsible for the assassination on
the Prime Minister Zoran Đindic. “Assassination on Đinidic was
Ulemmek’s idea”, Milenkovic allegedly told the Prosecutor explaining
in details who, apart from Dusan Spasojevic and Mileta Lukovic,
took part in the realization of the assassination.
>>>
|
| Amendments
to PII Condition for Arrangement Appraisal
Belgrade,
July 7, 2005. (Source: Danas)
International
Monetary Fund Delegation comes to Serbia at the end of this
week, Associate of Minister of Labour, Employment and Social
Policy Ljiljana Radifikovic confirmed for Danas. Though there
is no official confirmation, a conversation subject will be
delayed amendments to the Law on Pension and Invalid Insurance,
as Danas finds out, IMF representatives will give a clear
message to the Government of Serbia that there is no successful
end of negotiations on the sixth appraisal of three-year arrangement
without the agreed amendments to pension system in Serbia.
Loans, as Zoran Krasic (Serbian Radical Party) noticed, had
their annexes with the lists of conditions some of which referred
to rise in prices of medicines at the European level, unconditional
cooperation with The Hague, our defense powers and similar.
Games with loans leads Serbia into indebtedness, Serbian Radical
Party reminds “doubting this is an honest dealing, for they
do not know where donations are, or whether the loans were
spent on specified purposes, and they are especially worried
about the fact that contra-guarantees are given with such
a delay”.
In one of rare replicas, Democratic Party of Serbia representative
Dusan Prorokovic answered to Radicals: “You were against concessions
and now you are against contra-guarantees, what are you for
– for working actions? During your governing you were indebted
to China”.
|
Vojislav
Seselj Breaks Ban on Communication with Public
Hague, July 7, 2005. (Source:
Danas)
At the Saturday gathering of Serbian Radical Party in
Sava Center where a documentary film in the production of this
party called “Truth about Crimes over Serbs and members of Yugoslav
National Army (JNA) during the wars in former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ) from 1991-1999” a letter of The
Hague accused Vojislav Seselj was read.
>>>
|
| Assembly
of Montenegro condemned all crimes on the territory of former
Yugoslavia
Podgorica, July 12, 2005. (Source: TANJUG) – On the
occasion of the 10th anniversary of events in Srebrenica and
the terrorist attack in London, the Montenegrin Parliament
on Monday condemned all crimes committed on the territory
of the former Yugoslavia and terrorist acts in the world.
Vice-president of the Montenegrin Parliament Dragan Kujovic
said, pointing that it was a harmonized statement of all parliamentary
clubs, that the Assembly of Montenegro “expressed the deepest
mourning for all victims on the territory of former Yugoslavia
and terrorist acts victims regardless of their national, religious,
or any other affiliation or specificity”.
|
COUNCIL
OF EUROPE: Crime against Humanity
Strasburg, July 12, 2005. (Source: TANJUG)
The highest officials of the Council of Europe said that
what happened in Srebrenica in 1995 was a crime against our
common humanity. On 10th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Diogo
Freitas do Amaral, Foreign Minister of Portugal and Chairman-in-Office
of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers and René van
der Linden, President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary
Assembly made the following statement: “We strongly believe
that if we remember, recognize and face the past, we are not
condemned to repeat it … The work of facing the past is never
completed. While each new generation brings a new hope for the
future, it brings, too, the responsibility of the previous generation
to ensure that the young do not forget and are not abandoned
to repeat the errors of the past. Council of Europe officials
add that “as long as the accused criminals remain at large,
we have failed in this responsibility”. |
| Is
Prijic to be replaced?
Belgrade,
July 12, 2005. (Source: Danas)
Deputy Public
Prosecutor is under pressure to remove Jovan Prijic from office,
Blic writes.
Slobodan Jankovic is pressed by political circles to appoint
a new person Special Prosecutor in place of Jovan Prijic in
the period of about ten days, Blic writes relying on the source
close to the administration of justice. >>> |
Hague
Joined Trials to Milutinovic, Sainovic and Four Generals
Hague, July 7, 2005. (Source:
Danas)
The Hague Tribunal Court Council decided to combine trials
of Milan Milutinovic, Nikola Sainovic, Vladimir Lazarevic, Nebojsa
Pavkovic and Sreten Lukic accused of war crimes in Kosovo in
1999. The Council presided by Patrick Robinson explained the
decision on adopting the proposition of Public Prosecutor’s
Office by the fact that all former officials and generals in
Serbia and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ) were accused
of crimes against humanity over the Albanians from Kosovo in
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| Prosecutor
Vukasinovic demanded the strictest sentences
Belgrade,
July 7, 2005. (Source: TANJUG)
Deputy Public
Prosecutor Milana Vukasinovic demanded today, in her final
words, the accused of killing 16 citizens of Muslim religion
in Sjeverin be punished by the strictest prison sentences.
“I feel sorry and shame for the committed acts, and I demand
the strictest prison sentences to be pronounced so as such
crime not to happen again”, Vukasinovic pointed out. |
Amendments
to SCG Constitutional Chapter Proclaimed
Belgrade, July 7, 2005. (Source:
TANJUG)
A decision of the State Union Assembly on the proclamation
of the amendments to Constitutional Chapter, previously adopted
by Parliaments of the state members, is published in the latest
number of Official Military Gazette. “Indirect elections for
the State Union Parliament will be held separately, in both
state members, after the election for Republican Parliaments,
and mandates of the present MPs in the State Union Assembly
will be prolonged till the elections”, decision says. Amendments
to Constitutional Chapter were adopted by National Assembly
of the Republic of Serbia on June 2 and by national Assembly
of Montenegro on June 23 and by the State Union Parliament on
June 29. |
| National
Assembly of Serbia about Bill Amending and Modifying the Labour
Law
Belgrade,
July 1, 2005. (Source: Danas)
Amendments
to the Labour Law make an employee be a slave to his/her employer,
the MPs from opposition said yesterday in the National Assembly
of the Republic of Serbia despite the allegation of the Minister
of Labour Slobodan Lalovic who said that the point was to
make the Law “acceptable enough”. Boris Tadic, the President
of the Republic of Serbia rejected to sign this Law at t | | |