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July 24, 2008 on 5:49 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
THE HAGUE, Netherlands-Radovan Karadzic’s lawyer says the former Bosnian Serb leader wants to defend himself against U.N. war crimes charges. That has set up the prospect of Karadzic using the courtroom in The Hague as a soapbox to preach his Serb nationalism and seeking to rewrite the history of the Balkan wars in the same way […]
Karadzic plans to defend himself, Associated PressTHE HAGUE, Netherlands-Radovan Karadzic’s lawyer says the former Bosnian Serb leader wants to defend himself against U.N. war crimes charges. That has set up the prospect of Karadzic using the courtroom in The Hague as a soapbox to preach his Serb nationalism and seeking to rewrite the history of the Balkan wars in the same way […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:48 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — A senior Kosovo Serb has dismissed U.S. calls for the international community to take control over northern Kosovo. “I think this is a scandalous statement, the goal of which is to push the northern part of Kosovo into an independent Kosovo,” Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Serb assembly Marko Jakšić told Beta in response […]
BELGRADE — A senior Kosovo Serb has dismissed U.S. calls for the international community to take control over northern Kosovo. “I think this is a scandalous statement, the goal of which is to push the northern part of Kosovo into an independent Kosovo,” Deputy Speaker of the Kosovo Serb assembly Marko Jakšić told Beta in response […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:46 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
SINGAPORE — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes that Ratko Mladić will be the next Hague fugitive to be caught. “The Serbs are gradually closing a dreadful chapter in their history, and I hope that Mladić will be next,“ Rice told journalists in Singapore, where she is taking part at a meeting of the Security […]
SINGAPORE — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes that Ratko Mladić will be the next Hague fugitive to be caught. “The Serbs are gradually closing a dreadful chapter in their history, and I hope that Mladić will be next,“ Rice told journalists in Singapore, where she is taking part at a meeting of the Security […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:43 am | In News in English | No Comments
BELGRADE — Olli Rehn says that Serbia could become a candidate for EU membership in the first half of 2009. The EU enlargement commissioner said that the arrest of Radovan Karadžić was a key step for Serbia’s cooperation with the Hague Tribunal that had to be recognized. “We must recognize this, and continue to support Serbia’s orientation […]
BELGRADE — Olli Rehn says that Serbia could become a candidate for EU membership in the first half of 2009. The EU enlargement commissioner said that the arrest of Radovan Karadžić was a key step for Serbia’s cooperation with the Hague Tribunal that had to be recognized. “We must recognize this, and continue to support Serbia’s orientation […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:42 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | No Comments
Belgrade, 24 Thursday (AKI) - The United Nations envoy to Kosovo has arrived in Belgrade for talks with two senior Serbian Government ministers in a new bid to resolve the dispute over Kosovo’s status. A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Lamberto Zannier was meeting Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic […]
Belgrade, 24 Thursday (AKI) - The United Nations envoy to Kosovo has arrived in Belgrade for talks with two senior Serbian Government ministers in a new bid to resolve the dispute over Kosovo’s status. A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that Lamberto Zannier was meeting Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanovic […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:30 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Serbs will now look to The Hague for a kind of closure, but it is always better for a nation to seek atonement within itself Simon Jenkins The capture of Radovan Karadzic is unqualified good news. Despite yesterday’s queue of Balkan pundits eager to destroy any hope of his getting an unadulterated trial, he was half […]
Serbs will now look to The Hague for a kind of closure, but it is always better for a nation to seek atonement within itself Simon Jenkins The capture of Radovan Karadzic is unqualified good news. Despite yesterday’s queue of Balkan pundits eager to destroy any hope of his getting an unadulterated trial, he was half […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:25 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
The war tribunal’s anti-Serb bias means a fair trial for Karadzic is unlikely, argues Neil Clark One of the worst men in the world, the Osama bin Laden of Europe, has been captured”. That was the verdict of an ecstatic Richard Holbrooke, former US envoy to the Balkans, on the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. But no […]
The war tribunal’s anti-Serb bias means a fair trial for Karadzic is unlikely, argues Neil Clark One of the worst men in the world, the Osama bin Laden of Europe, has been captured”. That was the verdict of an ecstatic Richard Holbrooke, former US envoy to the Balkans, on the arrest of Radovan Karadzic. But no […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:19 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
July 22, 2008 By Brian Whitmore Elections, it appears, do matter. Analysts and Balkan-watchers say the surprise arrest recently of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic came about as a direct result of a pro-Western government coming to power in Belgrade following elections in May — and previous power brokers falling […]
July 22, 2008 By Brian Whitmore Elections, it appears, do matter. Analysts and Balkan-watchers say the surprise arrest recently of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic came about as a direct result of a pro-Western government coming to power in Belgrade following elections in May — and previous power brokers falling […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:10 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
by Nebojsa Malic A one-line communiqué from the office of the Serbian president flashed across the world on Monday: Radovan Karadzic, wartime leader of the Serbs in Bosnia, was arrested in Belgrade. He is wanted by the Hague Inquisition for allegedly masterminding the Bosnian War, […]
by Nebojsa Malic A one-line communiqué from the office of the Serbian president flashed across the world on Monday: Radovan Karadzic, wartime leader of the Serbs in Bosnia, was arrested in Belgrade. He is wanted by the Hague Inquisition for allegedly masterminding the Bosnian War, […]
July 24, 2008 on 5:08 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Anna FILIMONOVA Riding the wave of the West’s well-organised and well paid- for overthrow, are now in the final phase of the liquidation of the Serbian state as such. The Belgrade regime has broken its own record of humiliation of Serbs. Just a day or two after the formation of a new government, an acid test was […]
Anna FILIMONOVA Riding the wave of the West’s well-organised and well paid- for overthrow, are now in the final phase of the liquidation of the Serbian state as such. The Belgrade regime has broken its own record of humiliation of Serbs. Just a day or two after the formation of a new government, an acid test was […]
July 24, 2008 on 4:53 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Mark Twain once famously said, “It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Richard Holbrooke probably never read Twain, and even if he had, that would hardly stop him. The man who ended the Bosnian War on America’s terms (after Washington sabotaged every attempt […]
Mark Twain once famously said, “It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Richard Holbrooke probably never read Twain, and even if he had, that would hardly stop him. The man who ended the Bosnian War on America’s terms (after Washington sabotaged every attempt […]
July 24, 2008 on 4:50 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
By Richard Holbrooke Wednesday, July 23, 2008; Page A15 Standing with Slobodan Milosevic on the veranda of a government hunting lodge outside Belgrade, I saw two men in the distance. They got out of their twin Mercedeses and, in the fading light, started toward us. I felt a jolt go through my body; they were unmistakable. Ratko […]
By Richard Holbrooke Wednesday, July 23, 2008; Page A15 Standing with Slobodan Milosevic on the veranda of a government hunting lodge outside Belgrade, I saw two men in the distance. They got out of their twin Mercedeses and, in the fading light, started toward us. I felt a jolt go through my body; they were unmistakable. Ratko […]
July 23, 2008 on 6:03 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 3 Comments
22 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo Serbs are hindering power decentralisation, a member of Kosovo’s governing cabinet claims. Sadri Ferati, Kosovo’s minister of local governance, told Prague-based Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that Kosovo Serbs are delaying this important move, despite the government’s efforts to implement it. “With these delays, Serbs are endangering the entire process. We […]
22 July 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo Serbs are hindering power decentralisation, a member of Kosovo’s governing cabinet claims. Sadri Ferati, Kosovo’s minister of local governance, told Prague-based Radio Free Europe on Tuesday that Kosovo Serbs are delaying this important move, despite the government’s efforts to implement it. “With these delays, Serbs are endangering the entire process. We […]
July 23, 2008 on 6:00 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
THE HAGUE — The Dutch govt. wants to hear Serge Brammertz’s view on Belgrade’s cooperation regarding the 2 remaining fugitives. Only after the Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor has stated his position will the Netherlands decide whether to ratify the interim trade agreement with Serbia. Dutch European Affairs Minister Frans Timmermans told journalists at the ministers meeting in […]
THE HAGUE — The Dutch govt. wants to hear Serge Brammertz’s view on Belgrade’s cooperation regarding the 2 remaining fugitives. Only after the Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor has stated his position will the Netherlands decide whether to ratify the interim trade agreement with Serbia. Dutch European Affairs Minister Frans Timmermans told journalists at the ministers meeting in […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:58 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Radovan Karadzic, the wanted war crimes suspect arrested in Serbia on Monday night, was tracked down after a tip off from British and American intelligence services, it has been claimed. By Harry de Quetteville in Berlin Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service MI6 has long been involved in the hunt for Balkans war crimes suspects, but has often […]
Radovan Karadzic, the wanted war crimes suspect arrested in Serbia on Monday night, was tracked down after a tip off from British and American intelligence services, it has been claimed. By Harry de Quetteville in Berlin Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service MI6 has long been involved in the hunt for Balkans war crimes suspects, but has often […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:56 am | In Economy, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
BRUSSELS, July 22 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it wants to start implementing the trade benefits of a new agreement with Serbia following the arrest of top Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic. “While recognising that it is the (EU) Council’s right to decide, from the Commission’s point of view, we should […]
BRUSSELS, July 22 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it wants to start implementing the trade benefits of a new agreement with Serbia following the arrest of top Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic. “While recognising that it is the (EU) Council’s right to decide, from the Commission’s point of view, we should […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:54 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 2 Comments
BRUSSELS — The French foreign minister has called on Serbia to drop its plans to consult the ICJ over Kosovo’s independence. Bernard Kouchner, chairing yesterday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, made the plea to Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremić. Kouchner said that it was surprising that Serbia was intending to seek the support of the UN […]
BRUSSELS — The French foreign minister has called on Serbia to drop its plans to consult the ICJ over Kosovo’s independence. Bernard Kouchner, chairing yesterday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, made the plea to Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremić. Kouchner said that it was surprising that Serbia was intending to seek the support of the UN […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:53 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
By JOVANA GEC, Associated Press Writer BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic will be handed over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal by early next week, a Serbian official said Wednesday. Bruno Vekaric, spokesman for Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor, said the former Bosnian Serb wartime leader’s extradition to The Hague, Netherlands, “could be Monday or […]
By JOVANA GEC, Associated Press Writer BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic will be handed over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal by early next week, a Serbian official said Wednesday. Bruno Vekaric, spokesman for Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor, said the former Bosnian Serb wartime leader’s extradition to The Hague, Netherlands, “could be Monday or […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:02 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 1 Comment
BRATISLAVA — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has welcomed the news of the arrest of Radovan Karadžić. Fico warned however that it was necessary to establish responsibility for the deaths of a great many civilians during the 1999 NATO airstrikes against Serbia. “It is very good that investigations into all war crimes are taking place. Everybody who […]
BRATISLAVA — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has welcomed the news of the arrest of Radovan Karadžić. Fico warned however that it was necessary to establish responsibility for the deaths of a great many civilians during the 1999 NATO airstrikes against Serbia. “It is very good that investigations into all war crimes are taking place. Everybody who […]
July 23, 2008 on 5:00 am | In In Focus, Kosovo & Metohija, News in English | 1 Comment
BELGRADE — UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier is making an official visit to Belgrade today. Zannier will meet Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović, said UNMIK spokesman Russell Giki. Giki said that the UNMIK chief and Serbian officials would discuss issues stemming from the letters UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent to the presidents of […]
BELGRADE — UNMIK Chief Lamberto Zannier is making an official visit to Belgrade today. Zannier will meet Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Kosovo Minister Goran Bogdanović, said UNMIK spokesman Russell Giki. Giki said that the UNMIK chief and Serbian officials would discuss issues stemming from the letters UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent to the presidents of […]
July 23, 2008 on 4:44 am | In News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
Radovan Karadzic is arrested at last, in a big boost to Serbia’s prospects of joining the European Union reuters RADOVAN KARADZIC, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, has, at last, been arrested in Serbia. He was indicted by the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague almost exactly 13 years ago for his alleged […]
Radovan Karadzic is arrested at last, in a big boost to Serbia’s prospects of joining the European Union reuters RADOVAN KARADZIC, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, has, at last, been arrested in Serbia. He was indicted by the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague almost exactly 13 years ago for his alleged […]
July 23, 2008 on 4:40 am | In Kosovo & Metohija, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 1 Comment
Attorney, writer and president of the Washington chapter of the Serbian Unity Congress John Bosnitch posted the following comment under an article about the capture this weekend of Bosnian-Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic: Those of us who personally know Radovan Karadzic to be innocent both of genocide and of fomenting the civil war in Bosnia will […]
Attorney, writer and president of the Washington chapter of the Serbian Unity Congress John Bosnitch posted the following comment under an article about the capture this weekend of Bosnian-Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic: Those of us who personally know Radovan Karadzic to be innocent both of genocide and of fomenting the civil war in Bosnia will […]
July 23, 2008 on 4:38 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
by Srdja Trifkovic The spirit of the media frenzy surrounding the arrest of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on July 21 is based entirely on the doctrine of non-equivalence inaugurated in 1992: Serbs willed the war, Muslims wanted peace; Serb crimes are bad and justly exaggerated, Muslim crimes are understandable. This doctrine was spectacularly reiterated […]
by Srdja Trifkovic The spirit of the media frenzy surrounding the arrest of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on July 21 is based entirely on the doctrine of non-equivalence inaugurated in 1992: Serbs willed the war, Muslims wanted peace; Serb crimes are bad and justly exaggerated, Muslim crimes are understandable. This doctrine was spectacularly reiterated […]
July 23, 2008 on 4:28 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | No Comments
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic yesterday (or Friday, as some reports indicate) occasioned an orgy of Serbophobia in the Western press, as wire services, newspapers and TV networks competed in who would trot out more rancid propaganda to “spice up” otherwise factually sparse reports about Karadzic’s capture. Karadzic was thus described as minion of Milosevic (false), […]
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic yesterday (or Friday, as some reports indicate) occasioned an orgy of Serbophobia in the Western press, as wire services, newspapers and TV networks competed in who would trot out more rancid propaganda to “spice up” otherwise factually sparse reports about Karadzic’s capture. Karadzic was thus described as minion of Milosevic (false), […]
July 22, 2008 on 3:38 am | In In Focus, News in English, Republic of Srpska | 3 Comments
EU officials say the arrest of Radovan Karadžić is a “key event that improves Serbia’s chances of joining the EU”. Speaking of the arrest, EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Chief Javier Solana said that, “this is a good day for justice in the Balkans,” adding that the “new Serbian government has proven its firm devotion […]
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