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Serbia, Israel sign deal; Croatia, Serbia indict killers
Ministers of agriculture of Serbia and Israel Sasa Dragin and Shalom Simhon signed an agreement on cooperation between the two countries in the area of agriculture, which will contribute to an increase of the volume of trade of agricultural products. The agreement also includes cooperation in the area of education in the agricultural sector. Dragin underscored... »
Croatian soccer chant “Kill a Serb” condemned
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor has condemned Croatian fans who chanted “Kill a Serb” throughout the match between the youth teams of Serbia and Croatia held in Croatian town of Varazdin. “In the name of our government I condemn that sort of savagery and the message is that it will not be tolerated, that no one... »
Serbia police search house of Croatian Serb
Serbia’s police on Friday searched the house of a Balkan war crimes fugitive who is sought by a U.N. tribunal for atrocities committed during the Croatian war. The results of the several-hour search in the northern city of Novi Sad were not immediately disclosed. Witnesses at the scene and the local media said police appeared... »
Swiss ban Croatian Nazi singer
Swiss authorities have banned the popular Croatian singer, Marko Perkovic Thompson, from visiting the country for 3 years because his songs glorify Nazi atrocities in which Croatia took part during WWII. The ban on Thompson’s visit stems from the Swiss constitution that deals with country’s security. Swiss authorities have noted that Thompson is not welcome because... »
Croatian church gives no apologies for WWII genocide
Croatian Cardinal Josip Bozanic gave no apologies during his visit Thursday to a Nazi-era extermination camp where the Croatian state killed hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews and Roma. Instead, the Cardinal demanded the “truth” about the communist regime which took over after the collapse of the Nazis in Croatia. “As we pray here with Christian... »
Roundup: Serbia appeals acquittals of policemen
Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor has appealed the acquittals of three former policemen tried for one of the worst massacres of the Kosovo war. Serbia’s war crimes court in April convicted and sentenced four ex-policemen to up to 20 years in prison, but acquitted three others of killing 48 ethnic Albanians in March 1999 in the... »
Croat doctor withheld treatment to a Serb
A man with stroke symptoms was refused treatment by a Croatian doctor because the patient was an ethnic Serbs charges Croatian Health Ministry and the police. An ethnic Serb Bosko Radic who was ethnically cleansed by Croatian forces in the 1990s returned to Vrhovina in central Croatia but when he sought help from a doctor... »
Captain Dragan wins freedom
A former Serb paramilitary commander won an appeal Wednesday against his extradition from Australia to face a war crimes trial in Croatia. Dragan Vasiljkovic has denied accusations that he ordered subordinates to commit murder and fire on civilians during the bloody breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and has been fighting extradition... »
Croat President wants less Catholic state
Croatian President Stipe Mesic spoke out against the use of mainly Catholic religious symbols in public institutions and called for a more secular state in an interview broadcast Thursday. “Only the coat of arms of the republic and possibly the flag and nothing else can be used . Because we are a secular state, I... »
Croatia, Slovenia Optimistic Of Resolving Border Row
Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and her Slovenian counterpart Borut Pahor voiced optimism Friday about resolving a long-running border row blocking Croatia’s bid to join the European Union. “We had very good, constructive talks,” Kosor said after meeting Pahor inside the 13th-century castle of Trakoscan, near the Slovenian border. “I am very satisfied since I believe... »
