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Sarajevo is not your city, Mr Karadzic, but mine

02 March 2010 | By Nidzara Ahmetasevic

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.

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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.

Returned Asylum Seekers Arrive in Region
12 March 2010 |

A bus carrying Macedonian and Serbian nationals who unsuccessfully sought asylum in Belgium arrived in the two Balkan countries on Thursday after departing Brussels the previous day.

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.

Croatia Closes More EU Accession Chapters

Zagreb | 27 November 2009 |

Zagreb

Croatia on Friday closed a further three chapters needed in the country's accession to the European Union.

With provisionally 15 chapters provisionally closed, Zagreb hopes to form a task force that will draw up an accession treaty with the EU in the coming months, the hina news agecy reports.

Croatia hopes to open to negotiations all remaining chapters by the end of this year and conclude negotiations with the EU on these chapters by March 2010.

Earlier this week, Enlgargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Croatia is moving towards its EU membership goal but urged Zagreb to accelerate reforms, especially in fighting corruption and organised crime.

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