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Bosnian Police Arrest Tycoon-Politician Radoncic

Police from the Bosnian State Investigation and Protection Agency on Monday arrested Radoncic, a tycoon who leads the Alliance for a Better Future of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SBBBiH party.

According to a statement from the Bosnian prosecution, Radoncic was arrested in Sarajevo for allegedly "interfering with the work of the judiciary".

Kosovo Fails to Integrate Serbian Civil Protection Members

It seemed so simple on paper. Under an EU-brokered agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, almost 500 former employees of the ethnic Serbian "Civil Protection Corps" were to be integrated into the relevant Kosovo state agencies.

Kosovo announced that the process of integration was complete on January 12.

Kosovo talks to continue, but unknown when and at what level

Pristina will continue dialogue with Belgrade, but it is not known for now when and at what level, said Kosovo's deputy minister for local government.

Bajram Gecaj told Radio Free Europe's Albanian language edition that he "neither denied nor confirmed" whether Prime Minister Isa Mustafa would attend the meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels.

"Kosovo loses diplomatic battle" as PCA bid fails

"Kosovo lost its first diplomatic battle of 2016 by failing to become a member of the Hague-based International (Permanent) Court of Arbitration," said a daily.

Albanian language newspaper Koha Ditore, published in Pristina, also writes on Tuesday that the membership bid did not succeed as Pristina was left with the support of "the U.S. and the Quint countries."

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