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Fighting units under the ultimate command of Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic "controlled the situation on the ground" in Serb-controlled parts of Croatia and, to a lesser extent, Bosnia during the wars of the 1990s, veteran Serbian journalist Filip Svarm told BIRN ahead of the verdict in the pair's war crimes trial in The Hague.

EU leaders said on June 25 the bloc had rejected a push by Germany and France to relaunch meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin after fierce resistance from member states worried about Moscow's aggressions.

Brussels – Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša is among the EU leaders attending a summit in Brussels on Thursday dedicated to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic, post-pandemic economic recovery, migrations, and relations with Russia and Turkey. Janša did not make a doorstep statement or take questions from reporters on arrival in Brussels.

Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron will tell EU leaders to impose quarantine restrictions on British tourists to stop the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus at a summit in Brussels today.

AGERPRES special correspondent, Florentina Peia, reports: President Klaus Iohannis stated on Thursday that at a European level there is need for better crisis management. "We will start to discuss about the evolution of the pandemic, about the way in which the pandemic was fought and the measures we've taken.

Biden's Order

US President Joe Biden, at the time U.S. Vice President, addresses the Bosnian parliament during his visit to Sarajevo, 19 May 2009. EPA/STR

Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Mugur Isarescu sent Parliament a letter requesting the introduction in the bill adopted by the government that prohibits public employees from collecting both wage and pension, of an exception allowing the members of the BNR Board to work beyond the age of 70.

Asked if he is afraid of the frozen conflict, especially since the Kosovo Security Forces are arming the West, Ivica Dacic answered: "We have openly warned that any change in the situation on the ground by force means that the signed agreements are no longer valid, Serbia will not allow military conquest of the North. It is clear to everyone what that means.

Prominent Serbian journalist Gordana Susa, who quit TV Belgrade in 1991 over its shift to uncritical support of Slobodan Milosevic and was a founding member of the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia, NUNS, has died after a long illness, NUNS announced on Tuesday. She was 75 years old.

During the 13 years of the SNS's existence, only four of its officials were in conflict with the boss and had the "privilege" to feel all of Vucic's power.