A witness in the politically-charged trial of ethnic Albanians accused of killing five ethnic Macedonians near Skopje said that one defendant was nowhere near the crime scene.
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The Montenegrin government has published a draft action plan to increase judicial independence and answer EU concerns about politicisation of the country’s legal system.
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The extradition from Kosovo of two ethnic Albanians wanted in Macedonia for the killing of five people near Skopje may take a year, the lawyer for the suspects said.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s High Representative Valentin Inzko has expressed concern about repeated statements from Bosnian Serb politicians advocating the dissolution of the state.
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Work on constitutional changes intended to increase judicial independence and bring EU accession closer is being hampered by post-election disputes, a top lawmaker said.
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An unknown perpetrator threw a Molotov cocktail at the Serbian consulate in the coastal city of Rijeka, but failed to inflict any damage.
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A new human rights report on Macedonia has brought hope for relatives of people who’ve been missing since the armed conflict between government forces and rebels in 2001.
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Thousands turned out to welcome policeman Johan Tarculovski, the only Macedonian convicted of war crimes by the Hague, who was feted at a government-funded celebration on his return to Skopje.
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Preparations are under way to welcome home former policeman Johan Tarculovski, the only Macedonian convicted of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, who was recently granted early release.
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The Hague Tribunal has given early release to former policeman Johan Tarculovski, the only Macedonian it has convicted of war crimes, after he served two-thirds of his sentence.
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Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga criticised MPs who staged a parliamentary debate about an ethnically-charged land dispute at the historic Serbian Orthodox monastery at Decan/Decani.
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Protesters took to the streets against the official introduction of the Serbian language and Cyrillic script but Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said he wouldn’t give in to their demands.
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Croatian war veterans will step up their campaign against the introduction of the Serbian language and Cyrillic script with a high-profile protest in Zagreb.
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National authorities have annulled the decision of the ethnic Albanian stronghold of Tetovo to make the former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Ramush Haradinaj an honorary citizen.
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Several thousand Macedonians took to the streets and jeered the country’s PM after the ethnically-mixed town of Kicevo got its first Albanian mayor in Sunday’s municipal vote.
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Timeline - Transitional Justice in Serbia
Key dates and events in transitional justice in Serbia.