Serbia, Kosovo welcome EC reports
Belgrade hails acknowledgement of its ‘clear progress’ while Pristina was also content with the EC’s statements – although Brussels remained carefully ‘status neutral’ about Kosovo.
Sun, Nov 22 2009
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Belgrade hails acknowledgement of its ‘clear progress’ while Pristina was also content with the EC’s statements – although Brussels remained carefully ‘status neutral’ about Kosovo.
Visiting Sweden, currently holder of the EU presidency, Serbian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic is told that hopes are to do away with Schengen visa requirements for Western Balkan countries in coming months.
During his Western Balkans tour, European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Belgrade that the EC was committed to Serbia’s EU future but the country must co-operate with The Hague tribunal and continue regional co-operation.
Milan Lukic given life term, Sredoje Lukic 30 years for 1992-94 crimes against Muslims in Vissegrad, including burning civilians alive.
It is disgusting that the International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Netherlands, is strongly considering dropping genocide charges against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.
Ahead of a visit by the Dutch foreign minister and the July EU ministerial, Belgrade insists it is co-operating with The Hague tribunal. The Dutch are not persuaded.
Belgrade believes that The Netherlands is ready to reconsider its opposition to implementing Serbia’s trade and aid deal.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić has demanded that 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, be dropped due to his claim that former US assistant secretary of state Richard Holbrooke promised immunity for war crimes prosecution if Karadžić removed himself from public and political life.
Former Serbian general is a fugitive from justice and his continuing 'freedom' is said to be a major obstacle to Serbia joining the European Union
In Belgrade, Italian foreign minister joins in joint statement with Romanian and Serbian counterparts calling for speeding up of Serbia’s European integration.
It has been 15 years since 8000 Bosnian men and boys were executed by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Visiting Madrid, Serbian president Boris Tadic thanks prime minister Jose Luis Zapatero for Spain's unstinting opposition to Kosovo independence
Party leaders meet to try to ensure voting goes peacefully, a key condition for Macedonia's European hopes; 'name dispute' with Greece to be big issue
Milan Milutinovic tells journalists at Belgrade Airport that he is grateful to 'all who believed in his innocence'
March summit expected to debate proposal to send delegation to check co-operation with The Hague tribunal, while Czech EU presidency maintains caution about proposal
Serbia will never recognize an independent Kosovo, Serbia president Boris Tadić said on February 14 at a Serbian Army exercise in Novi Sad.
Countries around the region wrestled with long-standing disputes, traumatic changes, organised crime and corruption, the impact of the global economic crisis, dismissals and resignations of cabinet ministers - and wrestled with each other