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Sarajevo is not your city, Mr Karadzic, but mine

02 March 2010 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic, Sarajevo is not your city, and you have no right to say that it is, just as you do not have the right to say in public, even if it’s in court, that someone has dug up bones around Bosnia and brought them to Srebrenica to make a fake graveyard. This is insulting.


Feith: ICJ Opinion May Ease Tensions
09 March 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

Pieter Feith, the head of the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, said that the opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence could help alleviate tense relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

Athens-Skopje Talks “Focus on Name Alone”
15 March 2010 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

The Athens-Skopje name talks are focused only on finding a mutually acceptable name, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas told Macedonian media on Sunday.

Hodzic et al: Custody Debate
12 March 2010 |

The State Prosecution asks the Court to extend custody of three former members of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who are charged with crimes committed in Trusina village, Konjic municipality, in April 1993.



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Patrick Robinson
Patrick Robinson
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Serbia

Patrick Robinson: ‘Mladic Could Be Tried After Tribunal Closes’

Sarajevo | 10 March 2010 | By Dragana Erjavec

Tribunal president says court ‘exit’ strategy would not affect trials of outstanding fugitives, praises Bosnia’s war-crimes court and insists victims should receive compensation.




Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
Bosnia and Herzegovina

‘I would love to judge the Karadzic case’ locked

The Hague | 02 March 2010 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, one of the Tribunal’s most important presidents from the 1990s, recalls setting up the outreach programme and explains why the court must play a key role in regional reconciliation.

Albin Kurti, leader of Vetevendosje, says his movement could take part in elections
Albin Kurti, leader of Vetevendosje, says his movement could take part in elections
Kosovo

Kurti: ‘I’m Carrying on as Usual’ locked

Pristina | 26 February 2010 | By Jeta Xharra

In Vetevendosje’s main office in central Pristina, BIRN’s Jeta ne Kosove show interviewed its leader Albin Kurti, currenrly ‘on-the-run’ from justice after he failed to attend a court hearing this week about his involvement in the February 2007 protests, during which two of his activists were killed.

Albania | Kosovo | Serbia

Albania ‘Stalling’ Probe into Organ Trade Claims locked

| 25 February 2010 | By Branka Trivic

UN Rapporteur Philip Alston says Tirana is not doing itself any favours by not cooperating with an impartial, international, investigation into Serbian claims.


Serbia

Serbia’s Stefan GP Set to Join Formula One

Belgrade | 24 February 2010 | By Zoran Milosavljevic

As deadline looms for team to take part in Bahrain Grand Prix in March, Stefanovic stresses potential boost to Serbia’s world image.

Bojan Stojanovic
Bojan Stojanovic
Kosovo | Serbia

Gracanica Mayor – ‘We Will Feed Pristina’ locked

Pristina | 10 February 2010 | By Ivana Stevanovic

As the Serb enclave’s new mayor starts work, Bojan Stojanovic discusses parallel structures, improving ordinary people’s lives and living next door to the capital city.

Olli Rehn
Olli Rehn
Kosovo

Olli Rehn: Visa-Free Travel Will Follow Reforms locked

Pristina | 29 January 2010 | By Muhamet Hajrullahu

The EU enlargement commissioner discusses the conditions for visa liberalisation for Kosovo and highlights rule of law as a key area where improvement is needed.

David Schwendiman
David Schwendiman
Bosnia and Herzegovina

David Schwendiman: ‘I never intended to provoke Serbs’

Sarajevo | 25 January 2010 | By Merima Husejnovic

Bosnia’s former Deputy Chief Prosecutor speaks about the problems and pressures he encountered during his term of office.

Milorad Barasin
Milorad Barasin
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Milorad Barasin: The Most Difficult and Complicated Job

Sarajevo | 28 December 2009 | Erna Mackic

Over the past four and a half years of its work, the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has indicted 160 people for war crimes and organized crime. In his interview with Justice Report, the Chief Prosecutor speaks about the achievements, problems and plans of the Office he leads.

Ragmi Mustafa
Ragmi Mustafa
Serbia

Ragmi Mustafa:Belgrade Treats South Serbia Albanians ‘Like Extraterrestrials’

Presevo | 23 December 2009 | By Nikola Lazic

The mayor of Presevo is far from satisfied with the Coordination Body for Southern Serbia, the institution founded by the government after the end of the armed conflict in 2001 and tasked with improving the economy and Albanian integration. Albanians in South Serbia don’t enjoy “a fraction of the rights” enjoyed by Serbs in Kosovo, he says.




 
 

Living together. For some those two words are like the green or red wire on a bomb; choose the wrong one, and there’s going to be an explosion.


Belgrade Alternative Guide is a project set up by 10 young Serbians who see it as their responsibility to show visitors the true Belgrade.


Demand for office space in Sofia increased towards the end of 2009. By the end of 2009, rental values were 22.5 per cent off their summer 2008 peak and this more realistic pricing brought renewed interest in the sector, according to Elta Consult, a commercial property agency based in Bulgaria.



Trencherman needed the benefit of his significant girth on a trip to this famous Belgrade haunt.


A powerful new novel follows the fortunes of five Bosnians, trying and not always succeeding, to find their way home.


Lebanon is a film about a group of young Israeli soldiers who were part of the force that invaded the Lebanon in 1982. Along with ‘Waltz with Bashir’,the acclaimed 2008 bio-pic, this is another significant film which examines the controversial military conflict. Samuel Maoz, the director, re-lives his military days, through this small masterpiece of frantic, claustrophobia and humanity.