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LEPOSAVIC - Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Aleksandar Vucic made it clear to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Thursday that he guarantees them security and survival.

ATHENS – Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodic attended a demonstration exercise performed by the Hellenic Army’s 13th Special Operations Command in Greece on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations stated that the meeting between Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic leads to further enhancement of the two countries relations, but it also warned that mutual respect would not be possible without first finding a fair solution to open issues.

Peaceful protests showing first results in BiH

Protesters are not giving up on their desire for economic change.

Hundreds of Bosnian demonstrators march in Sarajevo during a non-violent protest on February 22nd. [AFP]

ATHENS - Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodic stated after a meeting with his Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday that a decision has been made to enhance the bilateral military cooperation.

BELGRADE - Coordination of the Serbian Associations of Families of Missing Persons from the territory of former Yugoslavia stated on Tuesday that the Zagreb government's insistence on resolution of the issue of missing persons in the past war is “insincere and hypocritical”, having in mind that the remains of 400 Serb victims have still not been exhumed from known gravesites in Croatia.

Lawmakers in Ukraine have voted in favour of trying the fugitive ousted President Viktor Yanukovych at The Hague's International Criminal Court (ICC).

It is unclear whether the ICC would accept a case from Ukraine, as the country is not a signatory to the Rome Convention which established the institution.

The amendment initiated by the ministry of justice follows reports that a growing number of Albanian citizens have joined radical Islamist groups fighting in the Syrian civil war.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” Arjan Dyrmishi, a security expert with the Albanian Institute of Democracy and Mediation told Balkan Insight.  

Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj, on trial at the Hague Tribunal on war crimes charges, is to run in the upcoming Serbian parliamentary elections, styling himself as a ‘freedom fighter’.

ICJ embargoes reporting on witness testimonies

THE HAGUE -- The International Court of Justice has prohibited public disclosure of witness testimonies in public hearings in the Croatian and Serbian genocide lawsuits.