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A status conference will be held today in the trial of Radovan Karadžić. Representatives of six countries are expected to give their statements. The chamber of the Hague Tribunal conducting the trial against the former political leader of Bosnia’s Serbs has given Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, France, Holland and Iran a …

Crotian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor on Friday (February 12th) said that a successful fight against organised crime requires close and lasting co-operation between police across the region. Opening the fourth meeting of interior ministers from the six former Yugoslav republics in Zagreb, Kosor said that without joint efforts against organised …

The Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) on Friday (February 12th) rejected an appeal of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to fire his court-appointed lawyer. According to the court, the appointment did not violate the legal rights of the defendant. The ICTY appointed British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Karadzic …

Spanish ambassador to Serbia Inigo de Palacio Espana said that Madrid does not support the plan for the integration of northern Kosovo. Commenting on media speculation that suggests that Spain supports the plan of the International Civil Office (ICO) in Kosovo Chief Pieter Feith for the integration of northern Kosovo …

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe U.S. Adm. James Stavridis has met in Belgrade with Serbian Army (VS) Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Miloje Miletić. Stavridis was today quoted as saying during the talks that NATO’s force in Kosovo, KFOR, would consider all security aspects in Kosovo.

Serbian President Boris Tadić met with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Admiral James Stavridis on Thursday. They discussed Serbia’s activities within the Partnership for Peace program and cooperation with KFOR in preserving peace and security in Kosovo.

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, will pay a visit to Belgrade on February 18. Ashton took up the post from Javier Solana in December 2009 and officially stepped in office as First Vice President of the European Commission on February 9, 2010.

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger hopes for soon ratification of Stabilization and Association Agreement between Serbia and EU and start of accession talks by 2014 the latest. In his interview for Belgrade daily “Blic” he said that it’s not real all Western Balkan countries to join EU by 2014.

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger will arrive in Serbia on Wednesday for a one-day official visit. He will meet with Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, PM Mirko Cvetković and one of his deputies, Božidar Đelić. According to announcements, they will discuss the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) …

Serbia has agreed to accept the appointment of a new ambassador from Bosnia, ending a three-year diplomatic impasse between the two countries, Bosnia’s foreign ministry has announced. The ministry said in a statement that Belgrade’s approval resulted from a series of trilateral meetings between the foreign ministers of Bosnia, Serbia …