Thursday, 3 april 2025.
Stanisic and Simatovic, Belgrade’s Security Strongmen
Former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic will hear the judgment in The Hague this week in their retrial for masterminding the most notorious Serb combat units...
Ratko Mladic: Europe’s Most Wanted Faces Final Judgment
He was a devoted Yugoslav soldier, then a war crimes suspect on the run - now former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic awaits his final court verdict for the...
Serbia Shields Commanders from Kosovo Wartime Atrocity Cases
Twenty-one years after a massacre by Yugoslav Army soldiers in Kosovo, the trial of the alleged perpetrators is still ongoing and a Serbian court has ruled that senior commanders cannot...
Kosovo Ex-President Thaci Pleads Not Guilty to War Crimes
Recently-resigned President Hashim Thaci pleaded not guilty at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague to allegations that he committed crimes against humanity and war crimes in Kosovo and Albania...
Rule of Law Key to Balkans’ Progress – Germany’s Schutz
The Western Balkans Director at the German Federal Foreign Office says the region will be high on the agenda during Berlin’s EU Council Presidency – but countries seeking integration must...
Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor Charges Thaci with War Crimes
A ten-count indictment has been filed against Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci charging him with crimes allegedly committed in the independence war of the late-1990s, including murder and torture.
Teddy Bear Bomb in Libya Linked to Serbian Arms Violations
An improvised bomb found last week strapped to a teddy bear in the Libyan capital featured a mortar shell produced last year in Serbia. Despite an arms embargo, Serbian weapons...
Schwendiman: New Kosovo War Court ‘Not Anti-Albanian’
In his first interview since being appointed chief prosecutor of the new Kosovo special court, David Schwendiman told BIRN that suspected criminals are his target, not the Kosovo Liberation Army...
Karadzic in Hiding: Manhunt for Europe’s Most Wanted
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic evaded capture for over a decade because international forces and the Serbian authorities were unwilling and then unable to arrest him, says British author Julian...