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6 from Judges' Quota Elected for Bulgaria's Next Supreme Judicial Council

Five Supreme Judges and one Chairperson of a District Court have been elected members of the next Supreme Judicial Council from the judges' quota. This was decided by the judges at the first direct elections of the governing body of the judiciary on 18th of June. The General Assembly meeting ended shortly before 23:00 and the results were announced, according to BNT.

Testimony: Why Reuters, AP videos dissapeared and why ICTY dropped all charges regarding Racak

"When we did an investigation in Racak, it was clear that there was an armed conflict, that it is about Albanian terrorists and that there are no questions about torture. Walker, however, said otherwise, and Serbia was bombed," says Danica Marinkovic, former head of the investigative team of the District Court in Pristina.

Turkish President Erdogan Blames Dutch for Srebrenica

Turkish president Recep Tayip Erdogan blamed the Dutch for the Srebrenica massacres during a live televised address on Tuesday, causing outrage in the Netherlands.

"We know the Dutch from the Srebrenica massacre. We know how rotten their character is from their massacre of 8,000 Bosnians there," Erdogan said in the speech.

Bulgaria Refuses to Extradite Len Homeniuk to Kyrgyzstan

Bulgaria won't extradite the dual U.S./Canadian citizen Leonard Homeniuk to Kyrgyzstan, a Bulgarian court has decided.

The District Court in the Danube city of Vidin on Wednesday denied a request of the Kyrgyz authorities to extradite the retired geologist on charges of corruption, citing the lack of an extradition treaty between Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan.

Taci will be arrested, Belgrade responds to Pristina

BELGRADE - Belgrade's liaison officer in Pristina Dejan Pavicevic on Monday responded to Pristina's request that Kosovo Foreign Minister Hasim Taci be allowed to visit Belgrade by indicating that there is a final conviction against Taci and that he would be taken to a competent court, it was confirmed to Tanjug in the Office for Kosovo-Metohija.

Ciric sentenced to 15 years in prison for Ovcara crime

BELGRADE - The Appellate Court in Belgrade sentenced Petar Ciric, former member of the Vukovar Territorial Defence, to 15 years in prison for participating in the war crime at the Ovcara farm near Vukovar where a least 193 prisoners of war, members of the Croatian Armed Forces, were tortured and killed on November 21, 1991.

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