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Army chief rejects NGO's accusations
Army chief rejects NGO's accusations
BELGRADE -- Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army General Ljubisa Dikovic has rejected all accusations by the Humanitarian Law Center (FHP) NGO.
In a statement for the Belgrade-based broadcaster TV Pink late on Monday, he stressed that he did not take part in war crimes either as a soldier or as a commander.
Serbian Foreign Ministry respects ICJ recommendation
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.
Svilanovic: Genuine reconciliation only through better ties
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.
Linta dissatisfied with rejection of Serbia's counter-claim
BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta said Tuesday he was not content with today's decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss Serbia's counter-claim charging Croatia with committing genocide against the Serb population during the 1991/95 war in Croatia.
Obradovic: Outcome of ICJ process expected
THE HAGUE - Head of the Serbian legal team Sasa Obradovic said on Tuesday the outcome of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) process regarding Croatia's charges of genocide against Serbia and Serbia's counterclaim had been expected, and that Operation Storm could no longer be referred to as a legal operation by the Croatian military.
Construction of wind farm starts in northwestern Serbia
KULA - MK Fintel Wind, a joint venture of the Italian public enterprise Fintel Energia Spa and Serbia's MK Group, announced on Tuesday that it has begun the construction of a wind farm near Kula, northwestern Serbia, with installed capacity of 9.9 megawatts, and the works are expected to be completed by the end of October.
Varady: ICJ decision is logical and correct
BELGRADE - Expert on international dispute settlement and academician Tibor Varady qualified as logical and correct the Tuesday decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which decided to drop the Croatian genocide suit against Serbia and Serbia's genocide counter-suit against Croatia.