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VIENNA - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz thinks that the Tuesday verdict by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague is an opportunity for a new beginning and a shared interpretation of history.

BELGRADE - Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has said that the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the mutual genocide lawsuits filed by Croatia and Serbia is a good opportunity for overcoming the past and turning to a common European future.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated that he is personally dissatisfied with the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which decided to drop both the Croatian suit and the Serbian counter-suit for the genocide committed against Serbs in Croatia during the 1991-1995 war.

BELGRADE - Jadranka Joksimovic, Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of the EU integration process, has said after a number of meetings with members of the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels that Serbia takes an active stance with regards to the amendments that Croat MEPs made to the draft resolution on Serbia.

"It is now up to Serbia and Croatia to prosecute crimes"

BELGRADE -- Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic has said that the ICJ judgment in the mutual lawsuits "put an end to the legal dispute between Serbia and Croatia."

BRUSSELS - Serbia and Croatia should accept the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) decision on their mutual genocide lawsuits and turn to building a lasting reconciliation, said Eduard Kukan, chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Countries of South East Europe.

13 hurt as Serbian bus overturns in Croatia

BELGRADE -- A bus owned by the Serbian company Lasta traveling on the Belgrade-Split line overturned around 03:30 CET on Wednesday in Croatia.

13 passengers have been injured, none with life-threatening wounds, according to unofficial reports. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

BELGRADE- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday that Croatia failed to prove that the Serbian side had any intent to commit genocide during the 1991/95 war in Croatia, but on the other hand, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Croatia committed mass crimes against Serbs.

BELGRADE- The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released on Tuesday that it respects the recommendation issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague for both the Serbian and the Croatian side to invest efforts and solve the fate of the people gone missing during the war in Croatia in the period 1991-1995.

BELGRADE- The situation has been created which should direct the two countries' public toward the search for a solution to the issues the war left behind, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council Goran Svilanovic stated on Tuesday, commenting on the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on mutual genocide suits filed by Croatia and Serbia.