News about the Balkans from the Committee on Conscience

New Srebrenica mass grave found in Bosnia: commission

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:36:01 GMT

New Srebrenica mass grave found in Bosnia: commission
AFP - 35 minutes ago
The Srebrenica massacre remains the only episode in the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s to have been ruled genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for ...

Serbia closer to fugitive general Mladic

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:36:24 GMT

Serbia closer to fugitive general Mladic - official
Reuters - 22 minutes ago
Serbia's government fell in March over whether the country should pursue its EU path despite the bloc's backing of the independence of Kosovo. ...

Karadzic challenges legality of trial, wants Holbrooke to testify

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:46:01 GMT

Karadzic challenges legality of trial, wants Holbrooke to testify
AFP - 9 minutes ago
In an updated submission to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Bosnian Serb wartime leader claims the very existence ...

Karadzic trial is not about the truth

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:45:17 GMT

Karadzic trial is not about the truth
Brisbane Times, Australia - 25 minutes ago
... years to prove multiple counts of genocide when a defendant can be sentenced to life imprisonment on a charge that can be established in a few months. ...

Serbia: Karadzic will destroy 'myth' of Srebrenica, says aide

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:33:20 GMT

Serbia: Karadzic will destroy 'myth' of Srebrenica, says aide
EuropeNews, Denmark - 28 minutes ago
The Hague-based United Nations international war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has charged Karadzic on 11 counts, including genocide, ...