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05 February 2010 |

Simon Cottrell It's a shame that the internet is a virtual medium, because there are a lot of people out there that I'd like to express my deep feelings of friendship to, and having spent the last two years here in Serbia, I'd like to do it in a truly Serbian way.


Feith: 'New Beginning' for Mitrovica
05 February 2010 | Lawrence Marzouk

The International Civilian Representative in Kosovo, Pieter Feith, has said the appointment of a team to create a new Serb-majority municipality in the divided city of Mitrovica could herald a 'new beginning'.

Georgieva, Ciolos Approved with New Commission
09 February 2010 |

The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission at its session in Strasbourg. Kristalina Georgieva and Dacian Ciolos are the new commissioners from Bulgaria and Romania, respectively.

Koricanske stijene: Awareness of Security
09 February 2010 |

A member of the Intelligence-Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina says he spoke to Milorad Skrbic while investigating the murder at Koricanske stijene and "determined that he did not have any operational data about this event".



Serbia Upbeat Following ICTY Visit

Belgrade | 05 November 2009 | Bojana Barlovac
 
Serge Brammertz at a meeting in Belgrade (FoNet archive)
Serge Brammertz at a meeting in Belgrade (FoNet archive)

The Serbian government painted an upbeat picture of the latest visit to Belgrade by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, ICTY, Serge Brammertz.

Brammertz has spent the past two days meeting Serbian officials, gathering information for his upcoming report on the country's cooperation to the UN Security Council.

The report is considered of crucial importance for Serbia's EU aspirations. Progress has been blocked by the Netherlands, whose government has blocked the unfreezing of a trade deal between Belgrade and EU before remaining war crimes fugitives, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, are handed over to the Tribunal.

During Brammertz's visit Serbia's top officials worked hard convince Brammertz that they are doing everything to arrest the two fugitives and take their international obligations towards the Tribunal seriously. 

Serbian President Boris Tadic announced at the meeting that that Serbia will continue cooperating with the ICTY. Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said that completing cooperation is a top government priority.

Serbian officials said Brammertz is pleased with the country's cooperation so far, and praised the efficiency of the authorities, but emphasised that the two indictees must be handed over.

The office Director of Serbia's National Council for Hague Cooperation, Dusan Ignjatovic, told Balkan Insight that the Brammertz’s visit was a regular one. “The most important thing is that the cooperation is good, and will continue to be like that regardless of the [UN] report,” Ignjatovic pointed out.

The director of the government's Office for EU Integration Milica Delevic told Balkan Insight that full cooperation is of great importance for Serbia and its future EU integrations.

“Brammertz will confirm that Serbia is cooperating with the Tribunal regardless of the term he will use for it,” Delevic explained.



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