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Hope for Change in Srebrenica?

24 June 2010 | BY Peter Lippman

Srebrenica My latest travels took me from Tuzla on to Bijeljina and Srebrenica, completing a circle from the northwest of Bosnia to the east.


EULEX to Remain in Kosovo for Two More Years
09 June 2010 |

The European Union on Tuesday extended the mandate of its rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, for another two years.

Bulgarian Nationalist Grants Mitrova EP Job
24 June 2010 |

Spaska Mitrova, a Macedonian woman who holds a Bulgarian passport and who was at the centre of tension between the two countries last year, will join the European Parliament as an assistant to the Bulgarian MEP from the far-right nationalist party "Ataka", Dimitar Stoyanov.

Fear Blamed for Handful of Brcko Trials
24 June 2010 | By Aida Alić, Brčko Distrikt

The courtrooms may be state-of-the-art, but that hasn’t resulted in many trials for war crimes in Brcko – a failure blamed largely on witnesses’ unwillingness to testify.



Transitional Justice

Serbia Submits 'Not Yet Seen' Evidence for Ganic Case

London | 24 June 2010 | Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Ejup Ganic
Ejup Ganic

Over the past seven days Belgrade delivered some 200 pages of materials and two videos to the Magistrates Court in London in relation to the extradition case of Ejup Ganic, a former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the prosecution revealed today at a procedural hearing.

Mladic Diaries May Sway Several Hague Trials locked

| 24 June 2010 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic

ICTY
ICTY

If accepted as evidence, the notebooks will have a bearing on seven of the nine trials ongoing before the ICTY, starting with that of Mladic’s wartime colleague, Radovan Karadzic.

Another Arrest in Kukes War Crimes Case

Pristina | 23 June 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

Alleged KLA prison in Kukes
Alleged KLA prison in Kukes

The EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, today arrested another man in connection with alleged war crimes related to torture camps the Kosovo Liberation Army allegedly maintained in Albania during the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia.


Belgrade Court Sentences Three for Crime in Medak

Belgrade | 23 June 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

Belgrade
Belgrade

A Belgrade court has handed down a verdict for four persons indicted for war crimes against Croatian prisoner Mirko Medunic in Croatia in September 1991.

Bosnia MP Requests Minute of Silence for Srebrenica at World Cup

| 23 June 2010 |

Srebrenica
Srebrenica

A member of the State Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina has sent an official request to FIFA to hold a minute of silence at the final World Cup match scheduled for July 11, which is the 15th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica.

Karadzic Questions Credibility of Witness

| 23 June 2010 | Nidzara Ahmetasevic

The Trila Chamber at Radovan Karadzic Trial - ICTY
The Trila Chamber at Radovan Karadzic Trial - ICTY

On the last day of his cross-examination of General John Wilson, Radovan Karadzic questioned the credibility of the prosecution witness.


 
 

Auctions are pretty rare in Belgrade and when they do happen they tend to be pretty posh affairs, where expensively dressed individuals bid on interesting art, antiques or curios.


Reclaimed by the royal family after time spent as the official residence of both Tito and Milosevic, the Royal Palace is now open to visitors at weekends.


A number of real estate agencies in Croatia have indicated that they expect property prices to drop in 2010, the Croatian Times reports.



Crash is a new club from the team that brought you Francuska sobarica and Batler.


Since the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 a number of books have emerged that focus on post-war, internationally driven state-building in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha leave the city and head for the desert in the second feature based on the world’s most popular TV series.