Balkans

Croatian President at Odds With Church

Croatia’s President Stepjan Mesic welcomed the visit by Croatia’s top prelate Cardinal Josip Bozanic to the notorious World War II concentration camps this week, but commented that the visit should have come ‘much earlier’. Bozanic, accompanied by some 400 priests, set out on a historic pilgrimage to visit the sites …

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Serbia Says All Visa Conditions Met

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic announced that the government on Firday sent its official report to the European Commission showing that it has met all the conditions for the lifting of the visa regime. Speaking at a round table titled “Towards the White Schengen List“, Djelic explained that the …

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Mladić hunt “round the clock”

War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević says the security services are working round the clock to arrest Hague fugitive Ratko Mladić. Vukčević did not wish to reveal details of operations under way, but reiterated that he believed Mladić would be in the Hague by the end of the year. “All I …

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Investigation to continue in Bytyqi case

War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has told B92 that the prosecution will continue the investigation into the murder of the Bytyqi brothers. Vukčević said that the prosecution would appeal the acquittals of two former police officers Sreten Popović and Miloš Stojanović, who were cleared of complicity in the murders.

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