June, 2011

• 1 June

  Mladic was extradited to Hague

  War crimes suspect Ratko Mladic will make his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague on Friday at 10am. Mladic was placed in an isolation cell at the Hague Tribunal’s detention unit on Tuesday night as he awaited medical exams before his initial appearance in front …

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• 1 June

  Hague prosecutors consider combining Karadzic, Mladic trials

  The Hague tribunal prosecutor’s office is mulling whether to combine the trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic with that of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, Frederick

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• 1 June

  Serbian Interior Minister Dacic says Serbia does not face suspension of visa free regime

  Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic attends a briefing Tuesday (May 31st) in Brussels for visa experts from missions of EU member states. On Monday, he met with EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom to

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May, 2011

• 31 May

  Turkey and Georgia took their visa-free travel one step further

  Turkey and Georgia took their visa-free travel policy a step further on Monday, initiating a passport-free travel regime under which their nationals will be able to visit each other’s country with national identity cards alone.

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• 31 May

  Moldova will not recognize Kosovo

  The Republic of Moldova has not recognized and is not going to recognize Kosovo as an independent country, Moldova’s Acting President and Speaker of Parliament Marian Lupu stated at the

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• 31 May

  Serbian President wants EU to do its part now

  Serbian President Boris Tadić says the Serbian authorities arrested Hague indictee Ratko Mladić the moment they discovered him. He said that the remaining Hague fugitive, Goran Hadžić, will soon be arrested “in the next few weeks, a month, the year ahead of us”.

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• 31 May

  Serbian President will boycott 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, because Kosovo was invited

  Serbian President Boris Tadić will miss the June 2 celebrations in Rome to mark the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy. He said that decision came because Kosovo’s president, Atifeta Jahjaga, was invited.

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• 31 May

  Serbian Court to decide on Mladic extradition

  A court in Belgrade is set to consider an appeal against the extradition of Ratko Mladic after it received the motion on Tuesday. Serbia’s Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said that the Special Court for War Crimes had received the appeal on Tuesday, and a three-member chamber would now …

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• 31 May

  Italy backs Romania to join Schengen

  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi visited Romania on Monday and said that Italy supports Romania’s bid to join the Schengen Area. “We wanted Romania to join the EU with all our heart and we are now siding with you again for acquiring full-scale EU membership,” said the Italian premier, making

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• 31 May

  Transdnestr asks for up to 3,200 Russian peacekeepers

  The authorities in Transdnestr believe Russia should dramatically increase the number of its troops in Moldova’s breakaway republic to 3,200 peacekeepers, said Oleg Belyakov, the head of the Transdnestr delegation to the Joint Control Commission which monitors the peacekeeping mission.

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