Republic of Serbian Krajina

BELGRADE - The Documentation and Information Centre Veritas welcomed on Friday the Declaration on the role of the state in the search for a solution to the issue of persons gone missing in armed clashes and violation of human rights which was signed by heads of four countries in the region in Mostar on Friday.

BELGRADE - The 19th anniversary of Serb exodus from Croatia in Operation Storm and the continuation of the military action known as Operation Mistral in the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) was marked in Serbia and Republika Srpska (RS) on Monday by commemoration services and honouring the victims.

A Serbian man wanted in Croatia for alleged war crimes has been arrested in northern Greece.

Police said the unnamed man was arrested on Monday night near Kilkis, Central Macedonia, by officers from a local precinct.

Subsequent checks confirmed that there were a number of international warrants for his arrest.

Former Croatian Serb leader Hadzic told his war crimes trial that he was not responsible for the mass expulsion of Croats from Serb-dominated areas of Croatia during the 1990s war.

Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic told his war crimes trial that Serbs in Croatia were justified in wanting an independent state like the Croats after Yugoslavia broke up.

Former Bosnian Serb Army troops testified at the trial of Ratko Mladic that volunteer fighters from Serbia and Montenegro were to blame for wartime crimes in the town of Foca.

The Yugoslav People’s Army was responsible for war crimes around the Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991, former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic told his trial at the Hague Tribunal.

A European arrest warrant has been issued for former Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic, who is serving a war crimes sentence in Estonia, accusing him of bombing two Croatian towns.

Ex-commander Gojko Eror pleaded not guilty to being responsible for the expulsion of non-Serb civilians from the village of Berak near Vukovar in 1991, some of whom were killed.

Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic, on trial for war crimes, said that attempts by the Zagreb authorities to get rid of the Yugoslav flag sparked armed conflict in 1991.