Special Operations Unit

In a final ruling that was made public on Monday, Belgrade Appeals Court cleared Milorad 'Legija' Ulemek and six other former members of the Special Operations Unit, JSO of involvement in a rebellion in November 2001 against the Serbian government led by Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.

After reading the verdict, the president of the Trial Chamber announced that the accused Radomir Markovic and Milan Radonjic were sentenced to 30 years in prison. Miroslav Kurak and Ratko Romic received 20 years each, Prva TV reported on Friday.

Belgrade Higher Court acquitted seven members of the Serbian security service’s now-disbanded Special Operations Unit of involvement in a rebellion against the government of Zoran Djindjic in 2001.

The Humanitarian Law Center has filed a criminal complaint against a former high-ranking officer of the Special Operations Unit (JSO), Radojica Bozovic.

The criminal complaint was filed for alleged war crimes he committed in Doboj in the spring and summer of 1992.

In an appeal hearing on Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the prosecution asked for a reversal of the initial verdict on former state security officials Stanisic and Simatovic which found them not guilty of war crimes in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s.

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Tuesday gave Serbia's late Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, the country's highest honour for improving relations between Serbia and Montenegro during his term in offce.

Despite statements from the Belgrade government that resolving the killing of the former premier would be a condition laid down in the rule-of-law section of Serbia’s EU accession negotiations, the European Commission said on Wednesday that individual cases will not be used as benchmarks.

Selakovic said the government was keen to uncover - and divulge - the broader political context of the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic. "I am convinced that we [the government] are absolutely ready for it," Selakovic said.

BELGRADE - Minister of Justice Nikola Selakovic said on Tuesday that any new evidence in relation to the murder of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic is welcome.