War

Former senior Kosovo Liberation Army members Sylejman Selimi and Sami Lushtaku’s appeal against their conviction for war crimes against civilian prisoners began at the country’s Supreme Court.

Detainees at the UN war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia were not harmed when a fire erupted in a psychiatric unit cell at the high-security jail in Scheveningen in the Netherlands, killing one prisoner.

Depleted Uranium Engagement Points 6 Apr 99 - 10 Jun 99 - Map produced 18 Jan 01 - Photo: NATO.int

A group of doctors and lawyers intending to sue NATO for the 199 bombing of Serbia "has no chance of winning." This is what Belgrade-based Danas is reporting, citing its interlocutors.

Serbian experts hope to prove that depleted uranium used in the 1999 NATO bombing poisoned people and to file a series of lawsuits, but legal analysts say they have almost no chance of success.

A group of NGOs urged the Serbian authorities to ensure that high-ranking officials are prosecuted for war crimes and to stop what they said was the glorification of war criminals.

The chief war crimes prosecutor for the former Yugoslavia warned the UN Security Council that nationalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still denying the truth about crimes committed during the 1992-95 war.

The president of the Hague war crimes tribunal told the UN Security Council to take action to ensure that Belgrade finally arrests three wanted members of the nationalist Serbian Radical Party.

Photo: Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov

The joint Russia-Belarus-Serbia anti-terrorist exercise Slavic Brotherhood 2017 has started at Brestsky Ranges in Belarus.

The joint Russia-Belarus-Serbia anti-terrorist exercise Slavic Brotherhood 2017 has started at Brestsky Ranges in Belarus.

The Military Information Sevice at the Ministry of Defense has informed the Defense Parliamentary Committee on the current military and political situation in Southeast Europe and the implications for national security, according to BNR.