Serbian nationalists

Theodor Meron, the presiding judge in Radovan Karadzic’s appeal against genocide and war crimes convictions, removed himself from the case after the former Bosnian Serb political leader’s defence accused him of bias.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asked the UN court in The Hague to exclude judge Theodor Meron from his appeal procedure due to alleged bias, after he was removed from Ratko Mladic’s trial.

Genocide and war crimes defendant Ratko Mladic has been asked to be the honorary president of the Organisation of Military Chiefs of the Bosnian Serb Army - a move likely to offend war victims.

Mladic, a military leader of Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1992-95 conflict, was previously found guilty on war crimes and genocide charges and sentenced to life in prison - a ruling that both Mladic and the prosecution have appealed against.

A mural monument honouring former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, which has been installed at the entrance to his hometown Kalinovik, was criticised for glorifying the war crimes defendant.

Pro-Russian Serbian nationalists have mourned the killing on August 31 of the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine, Alexander Zakharchenko.

Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj asked the UN court in The Hague to be allowed to appeal against its final verdict sentencing him to ten years in prison for the persecution of Croats.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has extended the provisional release in Serbia for Jovica Stanisic – charged with committing crimes against non-Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia – until January 2019.

Bosnian Serb war crimes defendants Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic welcomed the UN court’s decision to allow them to make online video calls to their families while in detention.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will fly into Belgrade in November to join Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbian military parade marking the centenary of the signing of the armistice treaty that ended WWI, Serbian daily Vecernje Novosti reported on Thursday evening.