 RFE/RL Balkan Report 3/25/2010 8:54:11 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 . |
 Kosovo Recognition Question Looms Large For European Diplomats The Serbian government's precondition that Kosovo take part in international gatherings only under the designation of the UN civilian authority in Kosovo, UNMIK, got a major boost recently because of disunity within the EU on Kosovo. More  Bosniak Officer Held Over Wartime Killings Bosnian police today arrested a former Muslim commander for his role in the killing of 22 Croatian civilians and soldiers during the country's 1992-95 war. More  Serbia Shuns Conference Over Kosovo The office of Serbian President Boris Tadic today said that he will not attend the EU-Balkans summit this weekend in Slovenia because of a row over how Kosovo would be represented there. More Dutch officials have rejected a claim by a former U.S. army general that Dutch soldiers failed to prevent the 1995 Srebrenica massacre partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers. More  EU Official Chides Bosnian Serbs European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has accused Bosnia's Serb entity of obstructing the peace process in that Balkan country. More  Bosnian PM Criticizes Talk Of Serb Pullout From State Posts Bosnian Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, an ethnic Serb, today dismissed as "politically dangerous" any speculation about a possible move by Bosnia's Serb entity to call on Bosnian Serbs to withdraw from state government structures. More The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) has condemned what it calls an attack against a journalist from "Euroblic," the Bosnian-Herzegovinian edition of the "Blic" daily in Belgrade. More  EU Police Attacked Near Serbia Border European Union police in Kosovo were fired upon early today in a northern area of the country near the border with Serbia. More  Bosnian Courts 'Could Have Resolved Ganic Case Years Ago' As an extradition case continues in London against Bosnian Muslim wartime leader Ejup Ganic, his supporters have criticized Sarajevo for failing to investigate and resolve Serbia's allegations of war crimes against him, which the UN's war crimes tribunal called for seven years ago. More  Ganic Granted Bail By London Court A former member of the Bosnian wartime presidency, Ejup Ganic, who was arrested in Britain last week on suspicion of war crimes, was released on bail by the High Court in London today. More  EU Enlargement Chief Tackles Balkans, Moldova, Eastern Neighbors, And 'Elephant In The Room' Stefan Fule, the new EU commissioner for enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy, says the European Union is looking to keep its relations with neighbors on a pragmatic footing. Fule also recommends pragmatism to the EU's neighbors in their relations with Russia, but says the countries must remain free in choosing their own future. In an interview with RFE/RL's Brussels correspondent, Ahto Lobjakas, the commissioner also said the EU would not accept the emergence of any new states in the Balkans. More  What Really Happened During The Dobrovoljacka Attack? Although he is an ethnic Serb, Jovan Divjak joined the ranks of the Bosnian Territorial Defense forces at the beginning of the war and became a key figure in Sarajevo's defense against the besieging Serbian forces. Divjak recently spoke to RFE/RL about the seminal events of May 2 and 3, 1992 -- events which have been returned to the international spotlight by Serbia's extradition request for Ejup Ganic. More  Karadzic Trial, Ganic Extradition Request Awaken Ghosts Of Bosnian War The ghosts of the Bosnian war have been awakened in the past week by the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic and the arrest in Britain of Bosniak wartime leader Ejup Ganic on an extradition request from Serbia. Both cases have rekindled bitter arguments between Serbs and Bosniaks over events in Sarajevo at the start of the Bosnian war. More  Tug-Of-War Under Way For Former Bosnian Vice President A British court will have to decide between competing demands from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina for custody of Ejup Ganic, who has been arrested in London on suspicion of war crimes. More |
