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 'Happy Birthday, Mr President Karadzic'

    | 19 June 2009
 
Photo by InfoBrcko.com - Posters in Brcko
Photo by InfoBrcko.com - Posters in Brcko 
The Serbian National Movement, based in Banja Luka, Bosnia, has put up posters in nine cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, wishing war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic a happy birthday.


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Paramilitaries Get 15 - 20 Years for Kosovo Crimes

Belgrade | 19 June 2009
 

Kosovo Policeman
Kosovo Policeman
Three Scorpions paramilitaries have been sentenced to serve up to 20 years in prison for killing 14 civillians in Podujevo, near Pristina, in March 1999.

 

Serbia Pulled Off EU Summit Agenda

Belgrade | 19 June 2009
 

EU Leaders and Ministers at Summit - Image by FoNet
EU Leaders and Ministers at Summit - Image by FoNet
Talks surrounding Serbia’s European future were withdrawn at the last minute from this week's EU Summit agenda in Brussels.

 

US Urges Calm After Albania Politician Murder

Tirana | 19 June 2009
 

US ambassador John L Withers
US ambassador John L Withers
The US Embassy in Tirana has urged Albanian politicians to maintain a "peaceful environment" in the run-up to elections after a local party boss was killed by an explosive device placed in his car.

 
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Serbian President Boris Tadic meets with deputies in French parliament. Photo by FoNet
Serbian President Boris Tadic meets with deputies in French parliament. Photo by FoNet 

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