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Kosovo to boycott Nobel ceremony over Handke's prize

Dec 07, 2019 - 10:48 PM

Austrian author Peter Handke is criticized for his vocal support for Serbs in the 1990s wars in former Yugoslavia

Austrian writer Peter Handke poses in Chaville, in the Paris surburbs, on October 10, 2019 after he was awarded with the 2019 Nobel Literature Prize. - Austrian Peter Handke, one of the most original German-language writers alive, who once used his famously sharp tongue to call for the Nobel Prize in Literature to be abolished, was awarded with the 2019 Nobel Literature Prize on October 10. The prize brings its winner "false canonisation" along with "one moment of attention (and) six pages in the newspaper," the novelist, playwright, poet and translator told Austrian media in 2014. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

Macedonia starts crunch debate on controversial name change

Jan 09, 2019 - 11:08 AM

But the switch to 'the Republic of North Macedonia' is an uphill task involving 4 constitutional amendments and the support of two thirds of the 120-member parliament

NAME ROW. The flag of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (center) flying at UN headquarters in New York, July 2016. File photo by Loey Felipe/UN

PROFILE: Who is Ratko Mladic, the 'Butcher of Bosnia'?

Nov 22, 2017 - 8:23 PM

To the families of the victims of the Bosnian War, Ratko Mladic will forever be associated with the bloody 44-month siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica

EVIL, THEN AND NOW. This combination of pictures shows (L) Ratko Mladic then Bosnian Serb General looking on in Sarajevo on on February 15, 1994 and (R) Mladic smiling as he enters the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), on November 22, 2017, to hear the verdict in his genocide trial. 1994 photo by Pascal Guyot/AFP; 2017 photo by Peter Dejong/Pool/AFP

Ratko Mladic, 'Butcher of Bosnia,' found guilty of genocide

Nov 22, 2017 - 7:25 PM

(UPDATED) The court finds him guilty on 10 counts including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-1995 war that killed 100,000 people and displaced 2.2 million

CONVICTED MASS MURDERER. Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic enters the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), on November 22, 2017, to hear the verdict in his genocide trial. Peter Dejong/Pool/AFP

Historic verdict due in genocide trial of 'Butcher of Bosnia'

Nov 22, 2017 - 4:05 PM

The man, who remains a hero to many in Serbia, has denied 11 counts including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 1992-1995 war

CRY FOR JUSTICE. In this file photo, a member of the 'Mothers of Srebrenica' demonstrates next to a portrait of Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic during a demonstration in front of the European Court of Human Rights (CEDH) in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 11, 2012. Frederick Florin/AFP

'Butcher of Bosnia' faces historic war crimes verdict

Nov 21, 2017 - 10:25 AM

The judgement and possible sentencing before the Yugoslav war crimes court in The Hague marks the culmination of a case spanning 22 years against Ratko Mladic

THE 'BUTCHER' NOW. This file photo taken on May 16, 2012 shows former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic siting at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague before the opening of his war crimes trial. Toussaint Kluiters/Pool/AFP

Mladic, 'Butcher of Bosnia', back in court as trial nears end

Dec 05, 2016 - 3:41 PM

More than 4 years after Ratko Mladic s trial opened at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICTY in The Hague prosecutors will begin 3 days of closing arguments and will likely call for a long jail term

'THE BUTCHER OF BOSNIA.' This file photo taken on May 16, 2012 shows former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic siting at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague before the opening of his war crimes trial. File photo by Toussaint Kluiters/AFP

Karadzic appeals 40-year genocide sentence

Jul 22, 2016 - 9:18 PM

Warcrimes prosecutors also appeal the sentence asking the court to put Karadzic behind bars for life

RADOVAN KARADZIC. A protester looks at a picture of Radovan Karadzic with a slogan 'I'm Radovan' in Belgrade, Serbia, March 27, 2016. File photo by Koca Sulejmanovic/EPA

Serbia buries Tito's widow, the last symbol of Yugoslavia

Oct 26, 2013 - 10:17 PM

Once described as the most elegant first lady of the Eastern bloc Jovanka Broz dies of heart failure at the age of 88 on Sunday October 20