Le TPIY lance un mandat d'arrêt contre son ex-porte-parole pour amende impayée

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16.11.11
18h13 • Mis à jour le 16.11.11
20h16
Le Tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie (TPIY) a lancé, mercredi 16 novembre, un mandat d'arrêt contre Florence Hartmann, journaliste et ancienne porte-parole du procureur du TPIY. Condamnée à verser une amende de 7 000 euros pour avoir "délibérément et sciemment entravé le cours de la justice", la Française avait refusé de payer. La sanction a été "transformée en une peine de sept jours de prison", précise la chambre d'appel....more....
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http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2011/11/16/le-tpiy-lance-un-mandat-d-arret-contre-son-ex-porte-parole-pour-amende-impayee_1604750_3214.html

La chaîne Al-Jazira s'implante dans les Balkans

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11.11.11
21h18
"Vous regardez la première chaîne régionale d'information dans la région." Cette annonce est la première que Sasa Delic, un des deux présentateurs de la première émission d'information de la chaîne d'information en continu, Al-Jazira Balkans, a formulé pour ses téléspectateurs, à 18 heures vendredi 11 novembre.
Dans une ex-Yougoslavie morcelée, le paysage médiatique l'était tout autant. La célèbre télévision qatarie d'information en continu a donc pris le pari de s'implanter dans la région pour ouvrir ce service d'information intégré à une échelle régionale, ce qui n'existait plus depuis la dissolution de la Fédération. Inédit....more....
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http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medias/article/2011/11/11/al-jazira-s-implante-dans-les-balkans_1602703_3236.html

Ratko Mladic absent d'une audience devant le TPIY

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10.11.11
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L'ancien chef militaire des Serbes de Bosnie, Ratko Mladic, 69 ans, a annoncé jeudi 10 novembre qu'il n'assisterait pas à une audience prévue dans l'après-midi devant le Tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-Yougoslavie (TPIY).

"Je ne suis pas en mesure d'assister aux procédures devant la cour ce jour en raison d'une maladie", a-t-il indiqué dans un document publié par le TPIY. "Je renonce à mon droit à être présent devant la cour ce jour et donne mon consentement à ce que la procédure continue en mon absence, mais en présence de mon avocat", a-t-il ajouté....more...
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http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2011/11/10/ratko-mladic-absent-d-une-audience-devant-le-tpiy_1602069_3214.html

Ex-Croatian prime minister pleads 'not guilty' in corruption trial

deutsche welle
CRIME

10.11.2011
Croatia's former prime minister has denied accepting bribes from a Hungarian oil company as his corruption trial resumed in Zagreb. Sanader already stands accused of receiving bribes from an Austrian bank.

Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader pleaded not guilty to further corruption charges on Thursday as his trial continued in the Croatian capital, Zagreb.

Sanader said he denied "categorically and with indignation" accepting a bribe worth 10 million euros ($13.63 million) from the Hungarian oil company MOL. The latest charges were added to an existing corruption case against the 58-year-old which began last week....more...
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15523316,00.html

Alleged Muslim extremist opens fire on US Embassy in Bosnia

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TERRORISM

28.10.2011
A man has opened fire on the US Embassy in Bosnia, injuring at least one Bosnian police officer. Officials have labeled the shooting a "terrorist attack" and have blamed it on a Muslim extremist.

A man opened fire outside the US embassy in Bosnia on Friday in what authorities have labeled an act of terrorism.

At least one police officer was injured in the attack in the capital, Sarajevo, which after a 30-minute standoff with police ended with the gunman being shot. He was arrested with wounds and was reportedly being treated in a hospital. The embassy said none of its employees had been injured....more...
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15496378,00.html

NATO troops back off from ethnic Serbs blockading border post

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KOSOVO

22.10.2011
NATO peacekeepers have retreated from a confrontation with ethnic Kosovo Serbs blockading border posts. The troops had been set to remove barriers built by protesters angry at a handover of frontier controls to Pristina.

NATO soldiers retreated from a tense stand-off on Saturday as they tried to dismantle a barrier erected by ethnic Kosovo Serbs.

Serbs in northern Kosovo had erected 16 barricades on roads leading to Brnjak and Jarinje after Kosovo authorities said in July they would replace ethnic Serb customs officers at the border with its own staff and EU officials....more...
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15480187,00.html

NATO begins dismantling Serb barricade in northern Kosovo

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KOSOVO

20.10.2011
NATO-led troops have fired tear gas to disperse angry Serb crowds manning roadblocks at a contested border crossing in northern Kosovo. The soldiers have used armored vehicles to remove the barriers.

NATO troops in full riot gear moved in the early hours of Thursday to dismantle makeshift roadblocks set up by Kosovo Serbs in northern Kosovo....more....
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15474510,00.html

Media War of Yugoslav Secession continues

ari rusila's balkan blog
November 6, 2011

”Who needs facts if a good story is available?” (Ari Rusila)

A few weeks ago I promoted new Srebrenica documentary film Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed . Everybody was not happy about critical view of documentary. E.g the Norwegian Helsinki Committee made official complaint to Norwegian Broadcasting Council and Press Complaints Commission. This is not surprising as media war in Bosnia started same time as war on the ground. While the whole artificial outside forced state creature without any own identity is now openly tottering the media again is the tool to improve political interests....more...
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http://arirusila.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/media-war-of-yugoslav-secession-continues/

“Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed” – Finally a Critical Documentary about Srebrenica Tragedy

ari rusila's balkans blog
“If you want to use a word “genocide” (for Srebrenica) – then OK, but we need a new word to replace the old “genocide” word…” (Noam Chomsky)

Srebrenica: A Town Betrayed a Norwegian documentary film directed by Ola Flyum and David Hebditch is now free to watch in Youtube. The film approaches Srebrenica tragedy from a bit different viewpoint than usual in Western mainstream media. Norwegian documentary about Srebrenica challenges generally accepted narratives about the 1995 massacre giving light to the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from non-biased point of view. It also connects Srebrenica into a wider context that is often ignored by the Western media, showing the crimes committed by the Bosnian army against Serbian civilians and villages in the area. These atrocities may also partly explain why some war crimes happened later in Srebrenica.....more...
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http://arirusila.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/srebrenica-a-town-betrayed-%E2%80%93-finally-a-critical-documentary-about-srebrenica-tragedy/

Bosnia Detains Another Suspect Over U.S. Embassy Attack

radio free europe
November 14, 2011

Bosnia's state court has said it is detaining for one month a man suspected of assisting a gunman who fired at the U.S. embassy in Sarajevo....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_detains_another_suspect_over_us_embassy_attack/24390678.html

Al-Jazeera Launches Balkans Network

radio free europe
November 11, 2011

On November 11, Pan-Arabic television network Al-Jazeera is set to launch its Balkans network, which will broadcast in local languages....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/al_jazeera_launches_balkans_network/24388037.html

Bosnia Jails Islamists For Planning Attacks

radio free europe
November 10, 2011
A court in Bosnia has jailed three radical Islamists for up to 4 1/2 years for planning attacks in the Balkan country in 2007-2008....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_jails_islamists_for_planning_attacks/24387353.html

Ailing Ratko Mladic Misses Court Appearance

radio free europe
November 10, 2011
Former Bosnian Serb military chief General Ratko Mladic says he is too ill to attend a war crimes court hearing at which he is scheduled to enter a plea to a fresh count of multiple killings.....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/sick_ratko_mladic_misses_court_appearance/24387062.html

Police Say Serb Injured In Kosovo Clash Dies

radio free europe
November 10, 2011

Police and hospital officials say an ethnic Serb injured by gunfire during a clash between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo's north has died.
Two other injury victims, including a policeman, are still being treated.
Police spokesman Besim Hoti said Savo Mojsic died in a hospital in the Serb-run part of the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica on November 10 after a three-hour surgery....more..
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http://www.rferl.org/content/police_say_serb_injured_kosovo_dies/24386488.html

Macedonia Unhappy With Greece Over Progress With Name Dispute

radio free europe
November 07, 2011

PRAGUE -- Macedonia is concerned at the lack of progress in UN-mediated talks with Greece about the country's formal name, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports.
Greece and Macedonia have been at loggerheads over the use of the name "Macedonia" for nearly two decades.
Macedonia was admitted to the UN under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) because Greece lays claim to the toponym "Macedonia" as part of its classical heritage....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/macedonia_unhappy_with_greece_over_progress_with_name_dispute/24383910.html

Russian Diplomat Criticized For Speech At Serbian Opposition Rally

radio free europe
November 02, 2011

BELGRADE -- The Serbian ruling party has criticized a speech by the Russian ambassador to Belgrade at a nationalist party rally as meddling by Moscow in Serbia's internal affairs, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports.
Six weeks after he blasted Serbian politicians and intellectuals at a Belgrade security forum for leaving it to Russia to defend Serbian interests abroad, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin praised the nationalist Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at a rally in Belgrade on October 29....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/russian_diplomat_criticized_for_speech_at_serbian_opposition_rally/24379085.html

The Results Of Hate Speech And Inaction In Bosnia

radio free europe
October 31, 2011

By Nenad Pejic
Last week, 23-year-old Mevlik Jasarevic made headlines when he got off a tram outside the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo and began firing an automatic rifle.
But his journey began several hours earlier that morning, when he crossed the border from Serbia into Bosnia-Herzegovina. Jasarevic is a Serbian citizen.
Stepping from tram No. 3, Jasarevic reportedly yelled "Run! Run away!" at passersby as he pulled an AK-47 from his backpack and began to fire. He continued to shoot for some 20 minutes before a police sniper shot him in the leg. It was later revealed that he had two explosives on him, but he apparently made no attempt to activate them. In fact, he stood calmly at the tram stop throughout the incident, making no effort to leave or to take cover....more...
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http://www.rferl.org/content/results_of_hate_speech_and_inaction_in_bosnia/24377389.html

Commander of UN forces 'aware Srebrenica massacre was about to happen'

telegraph
The Dutch commander of UN forces charged with protecting Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica was aware that the massacre was about to happen, an army surgeon who allegedly witnessed the killings has claimed in a new television documentary.

By Bruno Waterfield
5:41 PM GMT 08 Nov 2011
Col Thom Karremans has always denied that he knew that 8,000 Muslim men and boys he saw being taken away by Bosnian Serbs were going to be murdered....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8877056/Commander-of-UN-forces-aware-Srebrenica-massacre-was-about-to-happen.html

Mladic’s Poor Health Is New Focus at The Hague

ny times
By MARLISE SIMONS

Published: November 5, 2011
THE HAGUE — Each time Ratko Mladic has come to court, he has complained about his health — his fatigue, his stroke-weakened right arm, his kidney pains — emphasizing his ailments as if they were the central focus of his trial on war crimes and genocide charges.
But as the extent of health problems of Mr. Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general, has become more apparent after five months in custody, court officials worry that they may well shape the case against him, their most high-profile defendant....more...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/world/europe/ratko-mladics-poor-health-is-new-focus-of-his-war-crimes-trial.html?ref=bosniaandherzegovina

Gunman opens fire at US embassy in Sarajevo -video-

telegraph
9: 35 PM BST 28 Oct 2011
A gunman fired on the United States embassy in Bosnia on Friday in a 30-minute assault blamed by state television on a radical Islamist from neighbouring Serbia.
The gunman was wounded by a police sniper during the attack in Sarajevo's busy downtown, in which a police officer was seriously wounded and shop workers scrambled for cover....more....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/8856953/Gunman-opens-fire-at-US-embassy-in-Sarajevo.html