Croatia

On Tuesday, Seselj stated during his closing arguments that Serbs were not the aggressors, since they had only defended their land. “Serbs were not aggressors, and I did not encourage anyone to commit

Vojislav Seselj will today continue his closing argument before the Hague Tribunal, where he is on trial for war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Seselj’s closing argument was pushed last week from Monday and Tuesday to Wednesday and Thursday, after he underwent a second surgery when the defibrillator he …

Croatia has appointed its first Members of the European parliament, who will immediately have the right to participate in sessions but not to vote until Croatia joins the EU next July. The new Croatian MEPs were chosen on the basis of the last general election results held on December 4.

A mass grave has been found a few days ago in Croatia, near the town of Petrinja. Forensic experts have dug out the remains of eight people so far from the mass grave located near the town of Petrinja’s city rubbish dump.

Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović said that relations between Serbia and Croatia are better than a few years ago. Asked whether Croatia was planning on standing in

Croatian President Josipovic, speaking at a round table discussion concerning the prosecution of war crimes, expressed his dismay: “The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY, and the domestic courts, release those convicted before they serve their full sentence. I do not think that is good.”

Hague Tribunal Spokeswoman Nerma Jelacic said late Tuesday that Vojislav Seselj had returned from the hospital where he was transferred earlier in the day. She added and that he would begin

Croatia’s parliament, the Sabor, unanimously ratified the country’s EU Accession Treaty on Friday, 14 months before Croatia is due to join the European club as its 28th member. Croatian MPs on Friday ratified the

Amnesty International says the responsibility of senior Croatian military officials for war crime against Serb civilians in Medak Pocket should be investigated. The arrest of five people suspected of war crimes against

Serbian Prosecution Office charged Ljuban Devetak, Milan Devcic, Milan Radojcic, Zeljko Krnjajic, Miodrag Dimitrijevic, Darko Peric, Radovan Vlajkovic, Radisav Josipovic, Jovan Dimitrijevic, Sasa Stojanovic, Dragan Bacic, Zoran Kosijer, Petronije Stevanovic and Aleksandar Nikolaidis for war crimes against 70 civilians