UN appeals panel cuts sentence of Serb general convicted in Sarajevo siege by 4 years
Serb general’s sentence cut by 4 years THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.N. judges trimmed the sentence Thursday of a Bosnian Serb general from 33 to 29 years but upheld his convictions for leading troops who terrorized Sarajevo with a deadly rain of shells and sniper bullets. Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal’s early release
Bosnian president angry over war criminal release Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal Plavsic’s early release
Bosnian president angry over Plavsic release Prosecutor says Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic was ‘undisputed’ leader of wartime Serb forces
Genocide trial begins, Karadzic fails to show up Bosnian Serb ex-president Plavsic returns to Serbia after release from Swedish prison
Bosnian Serb ex-leader set free BELGRADE, Serbia — Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sentenced in 2003 by a U.N. war crimes tribunal to 11 years in prison, returned to her home in Belgrade on Tuesday after an early release from a Swedish jail. Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic boycotts opening of his genocide trial; judges adjornKaradzic boycotts opening of his war crimes trial Radovan Karadzic boycotts opening of his genocide trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal
Bosnian Serb boycotts opening of war crimes trial Radovan Karadzic genocide trial set to start at Yugoslav tribunal despite his boycott
Karadzic genocide trial to begin despite boycott Radovan Karadzic genocide trial set to start at Yugoslav tribunal without defendant in court
Karadzic trial set to start without Karadzic US, EU officials give Bosnian officials advice about joining NATO, the EUSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials met with Bosnian leaders on Friday to discuss ways of overcoming a stalemate that has kept the nation behind others seeking to join NATO and the 27-nation European Union. US, EU officials meet with Bosnians in talks dubbed ‘Dayton 2′SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials sat down with leaders in Bosnia on Friday for talks aimed at putting the country on a quicker path to EU and NATO membership. EU, US officials to meet with Bosnia leaders in effort to break political deadlockSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials will meet with Bosnian leaders next week on how to break a political deadlock in the Balkan country, officials said Friday. UN prosecutors resist judges’ call to streamline war crimes case against Radovan KaradzicTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors are resisting calls by the U.N. court’s judges to further streamline their case against Radovan Karadzic, saying it could mean dropping key charges against the former Bosnian Serb leader. Photos of UN judges burned in Sarajevo to protest handling of Karadzic war crimes caseSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Protesters have set photos of several U.N. war crimes tribunal judges on fire in Sarajevo to oppose the shortening of the genocide indictment against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Bosnia’s ethnically divided schools seen as one of Europe’s worst examples of segregationSTOLAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s shortly after noon, and teenagers who were taught their capital is Zagreb, in neighboring Croatia, are streaming out of Stolac High School. In an hour, their classrooms will be filled with children who have learned that their capital is Sarajevo, Bosnia. EU’s financial package aimed to help Bosnia mitigate the impacts of economic crisisSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The EU says it has approved a euro39 million ($55.39 million) financial aid package for Bosnia to help it deal with the effects of the financial and economic crisis. Bosnian interior minister sackedSARAJEVO - Bosnian Interior Minister Tarik Sadovic was fired Friday, the Bosnian government confirmed. Veterans, widows force Bosnian government not to cut their benefits by 10 percentSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Veterans in wheelchairs and on crutches and the widows and children of slain soldiers protested Thursday in Sarajevo, forcing the government to abandon plans to cut their benefits 10 percent. Bosnian TV shows home videos of top war crimes fugitive Ratko MladicSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian state television has broadcast several video clips it says show war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic living freely in Serbia despite genocide charges filed against him by a U.N. tribunal in 1995. Court confirms genocide indictment against Bosnian Serb, for murder of 1,000 peopleSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia’s war crimes court says a former Bosnian Serb police officer accused of taking part in the killing of at least 1,000 Muslim Bosniak men from the town of Srebrenica will be tried for genocide. Martin Luther King III promotes tolerance and unity among Bosnia’s segregated youthSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III told young people in Bosnia on Tuesday that the country’s ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness to a strength. Martin Luther King III promotes tolerance and unity among Bosnia’s segregated youthSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III is telling young people in Bosnia that the country’s ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness into a strength. $1,120 trash can, $790 ashtrays prompt probe of alleged fraud in new Bosnian Serb HQSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Most Bosnian Serbs barely make ends meet, but you’d never know it from their new government complex: It features a euro15,000 ($19,725) love seat, an euro850 ($1,120) wastebasket and euro600 ($790) ashtrays. |