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Under a scheme to give victims a voice in war crime cases, a statement was delivered at the opening of the Hague trial of ex-guerrilla Salih Mustafa, claiming alleged victims of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters have been intimidated into silence.

Rights activists urged Serbia and Kosovo to make public a reported agreement to open up or exchange material from their wartime archives, which could reveal the whereabouts of the remaining missing persons from the 1998-99 conflict.

Edin Vranj was arrested at the border crossing between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina over accusations that he committed crimes against prisoners of war during the Bosnian conflict in 1993 and 1994.

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Prosecutors charged the mayor of Montenegro’s second city of Niksic, Marko Kovacevic, with inciting ethnic, racial and religious hatred after he denied that the Srebrenica massacres were genocide.

The authorities in the Serbian town of Negotin are supporting a promotional event for a book written by former Yugoslav People’s Army officer Veselin Sljivancanin, who served a sentence for committing war crimes during the conflict in Croatia.

A pre-trial judge at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague rejected a legal challenge by Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci to the indictment charging him with war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Kosovo has begun to develop a national transitional justice strategy, intended to address the unresolved legacies of the 1998-99 war - but questions remain over whether the political will exists to avoid a ‘mono-ethnic’ initiative.

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The movers and shakers of the video game industry in the Balkans say they are helping to bridge ethnic divides. But what about players in the neon-lit gaming lounges of Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo?

At a ceremony to mark the International Day of the Disappeared, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti called on Serbia to open up its state archives to reveal where the remaining wartime missing persons are buried.

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Rights group Amnesty International said that its analysis of video images from the conflict in Africa’s Sahel region identified 12 cases in which fighters were carrying weapons that were recently manufactured by Serbian company Zastava.

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‘Silenced’ Kosovo War Victims Given a Voice at Guerrilla’s Trial

Serbia, Kosovo Urged to Publish ‘Deal to Open Up War Archives’

Serbia Arrests Senior Bosnian Ex-Police Officer for War Crimes

Montenegro Mayor Indicted for Srebrenica Genocide Denial

Serbian Municipality Supports War Criminal’s PR Event

Hague Court Rejects Thaci’s Challenge to Kosovo War Crime Charges

22 Years On, Kosovo Plans Post-War Truth and Justice Strategy

Playing War: Pitfalls and Potential of Video Games in the Balkans

Kosovo PM Urges Serbia to Reveal Truth about Wartime Missing

Serbian Arms Used in Africa’s Sahel Conflict: Amnesty International

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