Serbian general Perisic jailed for 27 years at Hague

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6 September 2011 Last updated at 11:11 GMT Help

The UN tribunal at The Hague has convicted the most senior officer of the former Yugoslav Army to stand trial for war crimes....more...
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Kosovan admits shooting US airmen at Frankfurt airport

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31 August 2011, Last updated t 13:11 GMT
A Kosovo man has told a German court he regrets shooting dead two US servicemen at Frankfurt airport and does not understand why he did it.

Arid Uka, 21, told the court he had been radicalised by jihadist propaganda videos he watched online.

Prosecutors believe he acted alone in carrying out the first deadly attack by an Islamist on German soil....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14727975

Croatian ex-Premier Ivo Sanader charged with corruption

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31 August 2011, Last updated 16:55 GMT
The authorities in Croatia have charged former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader with corruption over a loan he negotiated in 1995.

He is alleged to have received a kickback worth nearly $695,000 (£425,000; 480,000 euros) for the loan from the Austrian bank Hypo.

He is said to have facilitated Hypo's entry into the Croatian market....more...
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Kosovo border violence on UN Security Council agenda

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Recent deadly violence in Kosovo is set to be on the agenda as the UN Security Council meets in New York, but there are also new hopes for peace.

Fighting flared in July when Kosovo's authorities sent police into the north, the territory's biggest Serb area.
Serbia, which refuses to accept an independent Kosovo, wants the Security Council to condemn the action....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14715623

Vukovar suspect Goran Hadzic pleads not guilty

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24 August 2011, Last updated at 13:53 GMT
Goran Hadzic, the last major war crimes suspect sought by The Hague, has pleaded not guilty to crimes at Vukovar during the Croatian conflict.

The former commander of Serb rebel forces during the 1991-95 war is charged with 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14652784

Germany's Angela Merkel ties Serbian EU hopes to Kosovo

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23 August 2011, Last updated at 13:37 GMT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a visit to Belgrade, has told Serbia it must normalise ties with Kosovo if it wants to join the European Union.

Serbian President Boris Tadic said the issue was "very complex", but that his country did not intend to "bring a new conflict into the EU"....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14631297

New war crimes trial for Kosovo ex-premier Haradinaj

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18 August 2011, Updated at 14:54 GMT
Former Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj is back on trial at The Hague in its first-ever partial retrial for war crimes.

He is re-appearing before the UN War Crimes Tribunal after his 2008 acquittal was overturned on grounds of witness intimidation.

The ex-Kosovo Liberation Army fighter is being tried with two co-accused....more...
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Ex-Kosovan PM faces war crimes retrial -video-

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18 August 2011 Last updated at 05:58 GMT Help

Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, is facing retrial at The Hague for war crimes allegedly committed when he was a rebel commander....more...
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Profile: Ramush Haradinaj

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 17 August 2011, Last updated at 16:53 GMT
Ramush Haradinaj, the former Kosovo prime minister, is facing retrial at The Hague for war crimes allegedly committed when he was a rebel commander.

He was acquitted of the charges in 2008, but a partial retrial was ordered after appeal judges at the international war crimes tribunal found witnesses had been intimidated during the original 10-month trial....more...
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Kosovo Serbs begin dismantling road blockades

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 10 August 2011 Last updated at 12:58 GMT

Serbs in northern Kosovo have begun dismantling roadblocks set up amid increased tensions over two border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo.
Last month Kosovo's mainly ethnic Albanian government sent paramilitary police to seize the two crossings.
After a two-week stand-off with Nato-led peacekeepers, a deal has now been reached to allow Nato to control the border crossings....more....
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Montenegro to bury remains of German war dead

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10 August 2011 Last updated at 16:07 GMT

Germany and Montenegro have signed an agreement on burying the remains of German soldiers killed during World War II.

The agreement was reached during a visit to the Balkan state by the German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle.

A site containing more than 400 bodies was excavated in Montenegro's capital Podgorica in 2007....more....

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Nato sends more troops to Kosovo after border unrest -video-

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3 August 2011 Last updated at 06:08 GMT Help

Nato is sending hundreds of additional troops to Kosovo amid rising tensions over two crossings on its northern border with Serbia....more...
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Nato sends more troops to Kosovo after border unrest

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2 August 2011 Last updated at 21:43 GMT

Nato is sending hundreds of extra troops to Kosovo amid rising tension in the north along its border with Serbia.

The military alliance said the situation had not deteriorated but that reinforcements were needed to relieve troops currently patrolling the north....more...
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Nato takes over Kosovo border posts after clashes

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 28 July 2011 Last updated at 20:43 GMT

Nato has deployed peacekeepers in the north of Kosovo after a border post with Serbia was burnt down and a Kosovo policeman killed.

Serbian nationalists in Kosovo attacked the post on Wednesday after Kosovo's government sent police to enforce a ban on imports from Serbia....more...
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Violence at Kosovo Serbia border -video-

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28 July 2011 Last updated at 12:00 GMT Help

A border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia has been attacked by ethnic Serbs in the north of the territory....more...
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Kosovo Serbia border post set alight -video-

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27 July 2011 Last updated at 23:41 GMT Help

Ethnic Serbs have attacked and set fire to a security post on Kosovo's northern border with Serbia...more..
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Serbs attack Kosovo border post as violence flares -video-

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27 July 2011 Last updated at 21:18 GMT

Serbs set fire to the the border crossing at Jarinje in northern Kosovo

Ethnic Serbs have attacked and set fire to a security post on Kosovo's northern border with Serbia.

They reject Kosovan independence and were protesting over attempts by police to take control of the border.
After the Kosovo police withdrew, it appeared a deal had been struck and there was a lull, but the Serbs attacked again in the early evening....more...

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Kosovo tense after deadly clash on Serbian border

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27 July 2011 Last updated at 00:26 GMT
International concern has been raised over a Kosovo police bid to take over two border crossings in the ethnic Serb north in which one officer was killed.
Kosovo police units, who came under fire, pulled back after Serbs refusing to recognise their authority took up arms and mounted roadblocks....more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14303165

Goran Hadzic refuses to plea before UN war crimes court

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 25 July 2011 Last updated at 16:04 GMT
Croatian Serb wartime leader Goran Hadzic has refused to enter a plea at the UN war crimes court at The Hague.
Mr Hadzic, now 52, led Serb rebel forces during Croatia's 1991-95 war. He faces 14 war crimes charges, including persecution, extermination and torture...more...
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14281390

Ivo Sanader, Croatia's ex-PM, extradited from Austria

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19 July 2011 Last updated at 11:48 GMT
Croatia has put its former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader behind bars after his night-time extradition from Austria.
He is due to be questioned this week over allegations of corruption and abuse of power....more...
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