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Croatia's power company, HEP, has written to Bosnia's tripartite presidency, state government, foreign ministry and attorney general, demanding resolution of its pre-war investment in the Gacko power plant in eastern Bosnia, either through amicable settlement or by international arbitration.

Supporters of the restoration of the Serbian monarchy, abolished by the communists after World War II, have collected over 123,000 signatures of support, which will be submitted to parliament, the Kingdom of Serbia Association said.

Ramush Haradinaj, candidate of the "war wing":

Ramush Haradinaj will be running as the candidate of the biggest coalition in Kosovo, linking the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, led by Kadri Veseli, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, led by Haradinaj himself and Fatmir Limaj's initiative for Kosovo, NISMA.

BELGRADE - Shouting "Get out of Belgrade, murderer" and "This bastard advocated a bombing of Yugoslavia eight years prior to the NATO intervention", three members of the left-wing organisation SKOJ interrupted a speech by controversial French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy after late Wednesday's screening of his film Peshmerga at the BELDOCS documentary film festival.

A team of international legal experts will represent Serbians suffering from cancer as a result of the 1999 bombing by bringing cases against NATO states, the head of the Serbian Royal Academy of Scientists and Artists told BIRN.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy was hit in the face with a cake late on Wednesday, during the screening of his film Peshmerga at the BELDOCS festival.

The incident happened moments after he started addressing the audience in Belgrade's Cultural Center.

A young woman from the audience first ran past Levy and threw the cake at him.

Serbia will ask the OSCE to urgently take a stance on the role of William Walker, the former head of its verification mission in Kosovo.

The Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting on Thursday.

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy said an incident in Belgrade, when he was hit in the face with a cake, was a picture of the "pressures, insults and intimidation" that democrats in Serbia face every day.

AP PHOTO/ RONALD ZAK - Jan. 25 1999

Serbian Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic commented to Sputnik on the recent remarks of former head of the OSCE verification mission in Kosovo William Walker that he "has a project to unite Albanians," saying that the 'Greater Albania' project was used as a pretext for NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.

Locals in the Kosovo capital Pristina are divided over whether the country's parliament should ratify the controversial border agreement with Montenegro, which opposition parties say will rob Kosovo of land.

However, most doubt adoption of the agreement will singlehandedly lead to the EU lifting visa requirements.