RFE/RL Balkan Report 12/23/2009 4:02:10 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about the countries of the western Balkans. For more stories on the Balkans, please visit and bookmark our Balkans page . |
With EU In Sights, Will Serbia Give Up Mladic? Even as Serbia formally files its application to join the European Union, it still has much to do to prove its worthiness as a candidate. Chief among them -- handing over fugitive Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic. More Serbia's Vojvodina Regains Autonomy The assembly of Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina has adopted a statute that will give it back some of the autonomy from Belgrade that it lost nearly two decades ago, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports. More Spirit Of Dayton Accord Eludes Bosnia Fourteen years after the signing of the Dayton accords ending the Bosnian war, peace in the multiethnic country remains fragile. Now, Milorad Dodik, the leader of Bosnia's Serbian entity, is threatening to hold two referendums he says will put Bosnia's loyalty to the international community to the test. More Former Company Exec Says Serbian Buses Used The former director of a Serbian bus company says the firm's buses were used to transport Bosnian Muslims from the town of Srebrenica after it fell to Bosnian Serb forces in 1995, RFE/RL's Balkan Service reports. More |