July, 2009

• 2 July

  Karadzic pleads not guilty in letter

  THE HAGUE, The Netherlands Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said in a letter to The Hague war crimes tribunal on Tuesday (June 30th) that he is not guilty of the 11 counts in the indictment against him. Karadzic, who faces charges of genocide, murder and torture stemming from the …

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• 2 July

  BiH sentences former Serb military police member

  SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) The Court of BiH on Tuesday (June 30th) sentenced a former member of the Serb military police to seven and a half years in prison for murdering and torturing non-Serb civilians during the 1992-1995 conflict. Earlier, defendant Rade Veselinovic pleaded guilty to murdering one civilian …

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• 2 July

  US’s Bryza weighs in on oil exploration dispute

  NICOSIA, Cyprus An oil exploration dispute between Turkey and Cyprus will not undermine ongoing efforts by the two Cypriot communities to reunify the island, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza said on Tuesday (June 30th). The dispute is a commercial and legal matter and should have no impact …

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• 2 July

  Turkey, NATO discuss border with Syria

  ANKARA, Turkey The defence ministry said on Tuesday (June 30th) it has started talks with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency on a project to clear land mines from the country’s border with Syria. The announcement came amid heated public debate on who should complete the task. The army and …

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• 1 July

  GREEK CONSIDERATIONS AND OBAMA’S TURKEY TRIP

  The developments that occurred over the past few weeks and after the end of the Gaza war, have showed to an extent that Turkey acquires a louder voice in the Middle Eastern affairs by promoting itself as the main Muslim power and in parallel trying to combine that with its …

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• 1 July

  Kemal Čaušević: Neće biti zloupotreba s povećanim akcizama

  Neće biti malverzacija s plaćanjem novih i povećanih akciza, koje od danas počinje u BiH, tvrdi Kemal Čaušević, direktor Uprave za indirektno oporezivanje BiH. Kaže da su poreski obveznici dužni da popišu sve zalihe i u roku od 10 dana plate razliku između dosadašnje i povećane akcize na kafu, cigarete …

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• 1 July

  OHR ostaje do ispunjenja uslova

  SARAJEVO – Upravni odbor Vijeća za implementaciju mira u BiH nije donio odluku o gašenju OHR-a, a međunarodna zajednica će ostati u BiH sve dok u potpunosti ne bude ispoštovano pet ciljeva i dva uslova. Visoki predstavnik međunarodne zajednice za BiH Valentin Incko naglasio je da je Upravni odbor PIC-a …

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• 1 July

  US official envisions Cyprus deal by year’s end

  NICOSIA, Cyprus Washington hopes the two Cypriot communities will make an “historic breakthrough” this year to end the island’s division, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza said on Monday (June 29th) during a visit to Nicosia.

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• 1 July

  Over 230 OSCE observers to monitor parliamentary elections in Moldova on July 29

  CHISINAU. More than 230 observers with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe /OSCE/ will monitor the early parliamentary elections in Moldova, RBC announced.

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• 1 July

  Bosnia: Testimony About Indescribable Horrors

  In testimony lasting several hours, Damir Ivankovic recalls in detail the crime committed in August 1992 at Koricanske stijene. “I fired a single burst, but not to the end. I moved on the sides, careful not to hit any members of the special response team. I did not use the …

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