International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

ICTY rejected Mladic's request to extend the appeal deadline

The Appeals Chamber of the Judicial Mechanism in The Hague (ICTY) rejected the request of Mladic's defense to extend the deadline for the appeal against the first-instance verdict for another 90 days, as it believes it is not supported by new arguments which were adopted in December, reports Serbian daily "Vecernje Novosti".

Appeal Hearing For Radovan Karadzic To Be In April

Appeals against Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic's 40-year prison sentence will be heard before judges at a UN tribunal at The Hague in April.

The president of the UN war crimes tribunal, Theodor Meron, said on February 27 that the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals will hear "the appeals in the case" on April 23 and 24.

Popular Serbian Actor Nebojsa Glogovac Dies

Serbian actor Nebojsa Glogovac had died in Belgrade having been admitted to the Institute of Oncology ten days ago, which is when media reported that he was seriously ill and that his health condition was serious.

Glogovac was born on August 30, 1969 in Trebinje, southern Bosnia, into a family of Orthodox priests. The family moved to Pancevo, Serbia, when he was seven years old.

Bosnian Croat Leaders Accused of Provoking Hatred

The Mostar Camp Association war victims' group filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against Dragan Covic, chairman of the Bosnian tripartite presidency, and Bozo Ljubic, president of Croatian Democratic Union 1990 party, accusing them of provoking national, racial and religious hatred, strife or intolerance.

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