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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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

Man opens fire outside US Embassy in Bosnia

telegraph
7:34 PM BST 28 Oct 2011
A man opened fire with an automatic weapon outside the US Embassy in Bosnia on Friday.
After a 30-minute standoff, the sound of a single shot echoed and the shooter – brandishing a Kalashnikov on a street corner outside of the embassy – slumped to the ground. He was shot in the leg and was under police guard in hospital on Friday night....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/8856709/Man-opens-fire-outside-US-Embassy-in-Bosnia.html

Nato unleashes tear gas at Serbs

telegraph
2:58 PM BST 20 Oct 2011
Nato troops unleashed volleys of tear gas at Serbs trying to stop them dismantling barricades in northern Kosovo near the border with Serbia, leaving dozens needing treatment.
For nearly three months, Kosovo Serbs have been blocking roads to stop the country's ethnic Albanian leadership from extending its control over the part of the country populated mostly by ethnic Serbs....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/kosovo/8838836/Nato-unleashes-tear-gas-at-Serbs.html

Serbia recommended for EU membership but needs to sort out Kosovo

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Serbia has been given the coveted status of becoming a candidate for EU membership as long as Belgrade makes progress on settling a border dispute with Kosovo, a breakaway former Serbian province.

By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels
4:59 PM BST 12 Oct 2011
The European Commission on Wednesday recommended Serbia for EU membership and if the Kosovo issue is settled by December then entry negotiations will begin next year....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8822558/Serbia-recommended-for-EU-membership-but-needs-to-sort-out-Kosovo.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxIuUgrXgFY&feature=related

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By Bruno Waterfield
 11:57 AM BST 11 Oct 2011
Ratko Mladic has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia, raising new concerns that the former Bosnian-Serb general will not live long enough to face trial for alleged genocide and war crimes.

 Gen. Mladic., 68, was admitted to an undisclosed hospital on Monday after weekend reports that he had collapsed in his cell in the Scheveningen prison where UN war crimes prisoners are held....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/8819812/Ratko-Mladic-in-hospital-with-pneumonia.html

Ex-Yugoslav army chief jailed for 27 years by UN court over Srebrenica

telegraph
Bosnia
A UN court Tuesday sentenced ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic to 27 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
3:58PM BST 06 Sep 2011

Perisic, the highest ranking member of the former Yugoslav army, appeared a hearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague (ICTY).
Chief of the Yugoslav army's general staff between 1993 and 1998, Perisic gave personnel, officers, weapons and logistical support to the Bosnian Serb army as well as the self-proclaimed republic of Krajina's army, knowing it would be used to wage war and commit crimes against Muslim civilians, the judge said....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/8744553/Ex-Yugoslav-army-chief-jailed-for-27-years-by-UN-court-over-Srebrenica.html

Kosovo’s leader to be investigated over organ trafficking allegations

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KOSOVO

Allegations that Kosovo’s prime minister led a criminal gang that sold the organs of prisoners captured during the country’s war of independence against Serbia are to be investigated by an American prosecutor.

By Nick Squires
5:11PM BST 30 Aug 2011

John Clint Williamson has been named by the European Union mission in Kosovo as the chief prosecutor in a task force which has been set up to investigate the accusations against Hashim Thaci which date back to 1999....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/kosovo/8731378/Kosovos-leader-to-be-investigated-over-organ-trafficking-allegations.html

Serb war crimes suspect Goran Hadzic pleads not guilty

telegraph
Serbia
The wartime leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia, Goran Hadzic pleads not guilty to the murder of hundreds of Croats in one of the first ethnic cleansing campaigns of the Balkan conflicts.
5:29PM BST 24 Aug 2011

At The Hague's UN Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Hadzic was charged with 14 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. They include the extermination, torture, murder and wilful killing of hundreds of Croat and other non-Serb civilians....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8720684/Serb-war-crimes-suspect-Goran-Hadzic-pleads-not-guilty.html

Vatican and Croatia dispute over Adriatic monastery

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Croatia

A dispute over the ownership of a historic monastery on the Adriatic coast is causing bad blood between Croatia and the Vatican.

By Nick Squires, Rome11:16PM BST 04 Aug 2011

The monastery, in the town of Dajla on the coast of Croatia, was once owned by Italy's Benedictine order of monks.
It lies in the region of Istria, which was once part of Italy but was ceded to the then Yugoslavia after the Second World War.....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/8682455/Vatican-and-Croatia-dispute-over-Adriatic-monastery.html

Croatian prime minister hails convicted war crimes generals

telegraph
Croatia
Jadranka Kosor, the Croatian prime minister, has hailed two ex-generals jailed by a UN war crimes court for their role in the offensive that ended the 1991-1995 Croatian war on the operation's anniversary.

8:48PM BST 05 Aug 2011


"A special greeting I send to all Croatian veterans, all of Croatia's generals and particularly to generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac," Kosor said in the southern town of Knin at a ceremony marking the anniversary of Operation Storm, broadcast live by national television....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/croatia/8684853/Croatian-prime-minister-hails-convicted-war-crimes-generals.html

Angelina Jolie honoured at Sarajevo Film Festival

telegraph

Bosnia

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie paid a surprise visit to Sarajevo with her partner Brad Pitt to receive an honorary award at the city's film festival.

3:42PM BST 31 Jul 2011

"I will start crying if you don't stop," Oscar-award-winning actress said as the audience at the Sarajevo National Theatre took to their feet for a standing ovation.....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/8673500/Angelina-Jolie-honoured-at-Sarajevo-Film-Festival.html

Angelina Jolie receives Heart of Sarajevo award

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Film news

A tearful Angelina Jolie has received the Heart of Sarajevo award in Bosnia for her "active engagement in the complexities of the real world".

9:16PM BST 31 Jul 20112

Jolie chose Bosnia's 1992-95 war as the setting for her first film as a director. In the Land of Blood and Honey is due to be released in December.
She has also visited Bosnia as a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency UNHCR and funded the construction of several houses for returnees in eastern Bosnia....more...

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8673569/Angelina-Jolie-receives-Heart-of-Sarajevo-award.html

Nato intervenes after Kosovo murder -video-

ny times
Kosovo
Nato troops monitor Serbian border crossings in Kosovo after the shooting of a policeman escalates ethnic tension in the area.

Alastair Good

2:56PM BST 28 Jul 2011

Troops have been deployed on the bridge crossing of the Ibar River in the town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, to keep ethnic Albanians and Serbs apart.
Crossings were prevented on Thursday as troops and armoured vehicles tried to keep the peace following the shooting of a Kosovan police officer during a clash with local Serbs....more...

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Goran Hadzic refuses to enter plea at UN Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal

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Serbia
Goran Hadzic, the wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs declined to enter a plea in his first Yugoslav War Crimes tribunal court appearance to face charges of murdering hundreds of Croats and expelling tens of thousands.

7:36PM BST 25 Jul 2011

Hadzic, 52, was the last fugitive among 161 military and political leaders of the Balkans conflicts indicted by the court since it was created in 1993 while the Yugoslav republics were still in flames.
His capture last Wednesday in a northern Serbian village clears the way for the court to close its doors when it concludes the current trials and appeals, probably in 2015....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8660895/Goran-Hadzic-refuses-to-enter-plea-at-UN-Yugoslavia-war-crimes-tribunal.html

Last remaining Serb war crimes fugitive Goran Hadzic arrested -video-

telegraph.co.uk
Serbia
Goran Hadzic, Serbia's last major war crimes fugitive, a Croatian Serb wartime leader indicted for crimes against humanity during the 1991-95 Croatian war, has been arrested.

8:56AM BST 20 Jul 2011


Hadzic was a key figure in the breakaway Krajina Serb republic in Croatia, and after the arrest of wartime General Ratko Mladic earlier this year, he was Serbia's last remaining figure sought by the United Nations war crime tribunal in the Hague.

A Serbian official confirmed the arrest but declined to give details. President Boris Tadic, who announced the arrest of Mladic in May, scheduled an urgent news conference for 11am. (0900 GMT)....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8649277/Last-remaining-Serb-war-crimes-fugitive-Goran-Hadzic-arrested.html

Profile: Goran Hadzic, the last Serbian war crimes fugitive

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Serbia
Goran Hadzic, Serbia's last major war crimes fugitive, a Croatian Serb wartime leader indicted for crimes against humanity during the 1991-95 Croatian war, has been arrested.

By Nick Squires, Rome10:45AM BST 20 Jul 2011

When Serbian special police arrested “the Butcher of Bosnia”, Ratko Mladic, two months ago, one last alleged war criminal remained on the run – Goran Hadzic.\
Hadzic, 52, is accused of the “extermination or murder” of hundreds of Croat civilians and the forcible deportation of around 28,000 Croats and other non-Serbs in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war....more...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8649468/Profile-Goran-Hadzic-the-last-Serbian-war-crimes-fugitive.html

Goran Hadzic to be transferred to The Hague next week

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serbia
Goran Hadzic, the former Croatian Serb leader, who was arrested on Wednesday will be transferred to the UN tribunal in The Hague approximately a week from the moment he is brought before a Serbian court, a prosecutor said.

12:22PM BST 20 Jul 2011

"He will be extradited to The Hague (the seat of the UN court) within the maximum legal framework of approximately one week from the moment he is brought to the court," deputy war crimes prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said....more....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8649652/Goran-Hadzic-to-be-transferred-to-The-Hague-next-week.html

Arrest of Goran Hadzic paves way for Serbia's EU entry - video -

telegraph.co.uk
Serbia
Serbia accomplished a three year quest to reclaim international respectability with the arrest of Goran Hadzic.
By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent1:10PM BST 20 Jul 2011

The country's moderate centre-Left government has worked hard to deliver the last three international fugitives from war crimes charges to The Hague.
Hadzic was not as high profile as Radovan Karadic, the leader of the breakaway Bosnia Serb republic, or Ratko Mladic, commander of Bosnian Serb forces....more...


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War crimes suspect Goran Hadzic finally captured after investigation into stolen Modigliani painting

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Serbia

Goran Hadzic, the last fugitive wanted over war crimes in the former Yugoslavia, was finally captured on Wednesday following seven years on the run after a police investigation into a stolen Modigliani painting led to a breakthrough in the case.

By Damien McElroy7:00PM BST 20 Jul 201127

Hadzic, who faces 14 counts of war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), was arrested in a forest not far from his former home in Novi Sad, near the Croatian border. His most notorious alleged crime was the massacre of 250 Croats and other non-Serbs taken from a hospital in Vukovar after the city fell to Serbian troops following a three-month siege in November 1991....more....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/serbia/8650502/War-crimes-suspect-Goran-Hadzic-finally-captured-after-investigation-into-stolen-Modigliani-painting.html