Second Yugoslavia
Simatovic Lawyer Calls Witness Claims 'Fabricated'
The defence for the former Serbian State Security official Franko Simatovic claimed that a key witness 'fabricated his testimony' concerning Simatovic's alleged role in fuelling the war in Croatia, which the witness denied.
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Stanisic, Simatovic Retrial Resumes Before Tribunal
The retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, two former leaders of the Serbian State Security Service, SDB, for crimes in Croatia and Bosnia continues on Tuesday.
Serbian Official Denies Key Role in Croatian War
The defence lawyer for former security official Franko Simatovic told the Hague Tribunal that a witness’s claim that the Serbian State Security Service was a protagonist in the Croatian war in 1991 was false.
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"Yugo-nostalgia" widespread in Serbia and BiH
"Many in the Balkans" think that the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has brought more harm than benefit, according to a new survey.
The Gallup poll, based on face-to-face interviews with at least 1,000 respondent from across the region, found that "Yugo-nostalgia" was still widespread, particularly in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Vecernji: Russia supplied weapons including S-300 to Croatia during Yugoslav wars
Russian Ambassador to Croatia, Anvar Azimov, summoned to a meeting Zvonko Zubak, Croatian businessman who deals in trafficking of arms, in order to ask him where are missing missiles from rocket system S-300, which Russia delivered to Croatia in the first half of the nineties, claims Croatian daily "Vecernji list", without citing sources.
Yugoslav General Who Staged Croatia Retreat Dies
Former Yugoslav People’s Army general Vladimir Trifunovic, who was prosecuted for treason in Serbia and war crimes in Croatia, remained controversial for his dramatic withdrawal from Croatia in 1991.
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Independent Slovenia gained crucial recognition 25 years ago
The crucial recognition came after the July 1991 Brijuni agreement, which ended the ten-day war in Slovenia and was the first international agreement between Slovenia and the European Community.
The integration of Slovenia into the international community was followed by recognitions from across the globe and in May Slovenia was already admitted to the UN.
Kosovo Dissident’s Serbian Assassins Given Life Sentences
A Belgian court has given life sentences to a former Yugoslav secret police official and two Serbian hitmen for the assassination of Kosovo Albanian dissident Enver Hadri in Brussels in 1990.
Yugoslav Spy Chief Convicted of Kosovo Dissident’s Murder
A former Yugoslav secret police official and two Serbian hitmen were convicted of the assassination of Kosovo Albanian dissident Enver Hadri in Brussels in 1990.
"Serbia didn't want Yugoslav breakup, West bided its time"
Serbia lost all that it created in the 20th century due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, the war, and the NATO bombing - and was also declared guilty.
This is what Borisav Jovic, who once served as president the Presidency of Yugoslavia (SFRJ, states in his book, "How Serbs Lost a Century - The Tragic Fate of Serbs in the Common State."