Bosnia Jails Ex-Serb Fighter For War Killings, Rape (Nasdaq)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AFP)–A Bosnian court jailed a former Serb paramilitary soldier for 18 years Friday over the killing, torture and rape of Muslim civilians at the start of the country’s 1992-1995 war.
Hail destroys vineyards in Slovenia and Hungary (Decanter.com)
Spring hail has demolished vineyards in Slovenia and Hungary.
Bulgaria Opposition Party Blockades Ethnic Turkish Party Offices (Novinite.com)
Members of Bulgaria’s opposition “Order, Law and Justice” (RZS) party along with their coalition partners have blockaded Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish party (DPS) headquarters.
Bosnia court jails ex-Serb army commander for 18 years (The Malaysian Insider)
SARAJEVO, July 3 Bosnia s war crimes court jailed a Bosnian Serb wartime army commander today for 18 years for the killing, rape and torture of Muslims in eastern Bosnia early in the 1992-95 war. Momir Savic was found guilty of persecution, murder, imprisonment, rape, torture and other inhuman acts against Bosnian Muslim civilians in and around the eastern town of Visegrad from April to …
Polish, Serbian FMs discuss EU, bilateral affairs (People’s Daily)
Poland supports Serbia’s European aspirations and opts for easing visa requirements toward Serbia, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Thursday after meeting with his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic. Addressing a joint press conference, Sikorski said that relations between Poles and Serbians are traditionally excellent, while relations between the two countries are very good. …
Bosnia court jails ex-Serb army commander for 18 years (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters SARAJEVO, July 3 (Reuters) – Bosnia’s war crimes court jailed a Bosnian Serb wartime army commander on Friday for 18 years for the killing, rape and torture of Muslims in eastern Bosnia early in the …
Bosnia jails Serb 14 years on warcrimes (UPI)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, July 3 (UPI) — A Sarajevo court has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police officer to 14 years in prison for killing 200 Bosnian non-Serb civilians in 1992.
Hungarian company opens pellet plant in Ukraine (Budapest Business Journal)
Hungary’s Sk la-Energy on Thursday inaugurated a 40 million Ukrainian hryvnia ( 3.7 million) pellet plant in the Ukrainian city of Tiachiv.
Czech politicians take election campaign to Croatian beaches (EARTHtimes.org)
Prague/Zagreb – Czech politicians are taking their election campaign to Croatian beaches as voters get set for early parliamentary polls just weeks after the summer holidays. Ex-premier Mirek Topolanek and three vice-chairmen of his center- right Civ…
‘Big return’ Serbian flights to Croatia get scrapped early (EARTHtimes.org)
Zagreb/Belgrade – Loudly billed as the big return after 18 years, tourist charters from Belgrade to the Croatian resort of Dubrovnik have been scrapped after only two flights, authorities in Zagreb confirmed Friday. Only two promotional flights h…
