The UN tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges after he refused to plead.
Serbia is hunting intensively for Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, the last genocide suspect from the Bosnian war still on the run, and could arrest him soon, the country's top war crimes prosecutor said.
I learned an important lesson about war reporting in 1992, when I was covering the conflict in Sarajevo: pay attention to actions, not words, says Gordana Knezevic of RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service.
Serbia has said it would seek an opinion from the International Court of Justice on whether Kosovo's declaration of independence was legal and that Belgrade would abide by whatever the court said.
The former U.S. peace mediator for Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke, has rejected as baseless Radovan Karadzic's claim that the United States had offered the former Bosnian Serb leader a deal that would spare him prosecution for war crimes.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has faced a judge for the first time at the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague. During his court appearance, a tribunal judge informed Karadzic of 11 charges against him relating to his alleged role in atrocities committed against non-Serbs during the 1992-95 Bosnia civil war.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to face a judge after spending his first night in a cell at the detention center of the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The judge is expected to ask Karadzic to enter pleas to 11 charges related to atrocities committed against non-Serbs during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Serbia's radical nationalists predicted that some 300,000 people would protest against the extradition of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic. In fact, just 10,000 showed up. Could it be that Serbian nationalism has exhausted itself?
The arrival of Radovan Karadzic in The Hague serves as an important vindication for the EU. It shows that reconciliation, not just force, can bring justice. But it also highlights the complex problems the EU faces in attempting to bring about change in difficult neighborhoods such as the western Balkans.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was extradited from Serbia to the Netherlands on an early-morning flight, and has been taken into custody by the UN war crimes court in The Hague. The transfer took place just hours after ultranationalists staged a smaller than expected protest against Karadzic's arrest.
With ultranationalists assembling in Belgrade for a mass protest against the capture of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, Serbian authorities are still awaiting the delivery of a last-minute appeal against his extradition to a UN court.
The European Union has postponed a decision again on whether to unfreeze trade benefits for EU hopeful Serbia following the arrest last week of key war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, diplomats said.
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