Croatian War of Independence

Zagreb state attorney’s office filed an indictment accusing 22 members of rebel Croatian Serb forces of committing war crimes against Croats in villages in the Slavonia region in 1991.

Former Bosnian Army and Croatian Defence Council troops called on MPs to respond to their demands for benefits for unemployed veterans and a proper unified register of those who fought in the 1992-95 war.

Vojislav Seselj, the leader of the SRS party, surrendered to MITC's predecessor ICTY (Hague Tribunal) 15 years ago, and then spent 11 years in custody before he was temporarily released for health reasons.

Former Yugoslav general Borislav Djukic, accused of the attempted destruction of the Peruca dam in Croatia during wartime, complained that the court is refusing to hear 23 Serbian defence witnesses.

The UN war crimes tribunal said Belgrade must declare its willingness to take over the case against two Serbian Radical Party members who are wanted for interfering with witnesses at their leader’s trial.

ZAGREB - There are many outstanding issues from the past and that it why it is much more important for Serbia and Croatia to look to the future, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a meeting with Croatian Parliament Speaker Goran Jandrokovic in Zagreb on Monday.

Former Serb fighter Slobodan Mutic was deported to Croatia from the US and put into a remand prison while authorities investigate his alleged participation in war crimes and murder.

Former Serbian security chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence tried to prove that Slobodan Milosevic advocated the acceptance of peace plans in Bosnia and Herzegovina which did not meet the Bosnian Serbs’ goals.

A prosecution witness told the trial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the Belgrade authorities supported Bosnian Serb leaders their attempt to create a homogenous Serb state in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

County court in the Croatian coastal city Split issued one-year prison sentence for two Croats who beat a Serb on Orthodox Christmas in 1998.