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After a period of negotiating between the centre-left government and other parties on the left, Croatian parliament will pass on Friday a new law on electing members of parliament, introducing some crucial changes.

The former general, who served a four-year sentence in Bosnia for crimes commited in Croatia's independence war, has returned his hometown of Osijek to await a fresh trial.

Zagreb county court made the ruling on Tuesday, clearing the way for Glavas to return from Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he was released from jail last week.

Glavas's Facebook page posted the decision to revoke the arrest warrant on Tuesday with a picture showing a man breaking free of chains and the word "Freedom".

Release of Glavas "insult to Serb victims"

BELGRADE -- Miodrag Linta believes that the release of war criminal Branimir Glavas constitutes another insult and humiliation for Serb victims.

The president of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia believes this is true not only of those who perished Croatia's town of Osijek, but throughout that country as well.

BELGRADE - President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta believes that the release of war criminal Branimir Glavas constitutes another insult and humiliation for Serb victims, not only in Osijek, but throughout Croatia as well.

BELGRADE - The decision by the Croatian Constitutional Court to overturn the sentence against Branimir Glavas, found guilty of war crimes in the "garage" and "duct tape" cases, is shameful and scandalous, head of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta has said.

The Croatian constitutional court on Monday revoked the ruling convicting Glavas, who was found guilty in two cases of war crimes against Serb civilians in the city of Osijek in 1991-92, and ordered new proceedings against him.

OSIJEK - World vice champions Serbia failed to qualify for the second phase of the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship after losing to Slovakia 23-21 (6-11) in their last group D match of the Preliminary Round in Osijek (Croatia) last night.

The team coached by Sasa Boskovic lost all the three matches it played in the group, from Montenegro, France and Slovakia.

BELGRADE - National park Fruska Gora and Gornje Podunavlje special nature reserve from Serbia won the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas awarded by the EUROPARC Federation, officials of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) stated in the Belgrade Media Centre on Friday.

OSIJEK - Serbia lost to France 27-16 (11-3) in the second round of Group D of the women's handball European championships in Osijek, Croatia, on Wednesday.

This was Serbia's second defeat at this event, after losing to Montenegro 22-19 in the first round.