Croatian President Ivo Josipović says there is no reason for Croatia’s response to Serbia’s genocide countersuit to jeopardize the good relations. Commenting on Croatia’s response at the International Court of Justice on Dec. 20, Josipović told reporters in Zagreb that the response is “part of the normal process that is unfolding,” and that “nothing really spectacular has happened.”
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Slovenian admits to killings, denies genocide
December 15th, 2010 |
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Franc Kos has admitted before a court in Sarajevo that he participated in the 1995 Srebrenica executions. However, Kos, who is a Slovenian citizen, denied involvement in committing genocide, according to media reports in Slovenia.
“Genocide suits won’t be dropped”
November 23rd, 2010 |
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Croatian President Ivo Josipović says he and his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadić will not discuss the withdrawal of Croatia’s genocide lawsuit against Serbia. Tadić is due to pay an official visit to Croatia on Wednesday.
Hague: Life sentences for Srebrenica
June 10th, 2010 |
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Vujadin Popović and LjubiÅ¡a Beara were convicted of genocide in Srebrenica by the Hague Tribunal and given life sentences. Drago Nikolić was sentenced to 35 years while Ljubomir BorovÄanin was freed of genocide charges, but sentenced to 17 years for crimes against humanity and violating laws of war.
Hague: Life sentences for Srebrenica
June 10th, 2010 |
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Vujadin Popović and LjubiÅ¡a Beara were convicted of genocide in Srebrenica by the Hague Tribunal and given life sentences. Drago Nikolić was sentenced to 35 years while Ljubomir BorovÄanin was freed of genocide charges, but sentenced to 17 years for crimes against humanity and violating laws of war.
“Serbia ready to drop charges against Croatiaâ€
May 15th, 2010 |
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Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said that Serbia is prepared to drop its genocide charges against Croatia.
He said that if an agreement is reached for the genocide charges filed by Serbia and Croatia against one another to be mutually and unconditional dropped, Serbia is prepared to do so.
“Solution for genocide suits to be found”
April 17th, 2010 |
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Boris Tadić and Ivo Josipović said that they are convinced that Serbia and Croatia would be able to find an out-of-court solution for their genocide suits. The Vojvodina village of BaÄki MonoÅ¡tor was the site of the first meeting between the two presidents in Serbia.
“Govts. need to discuss genocide suits”
March 31st, 2010 |
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The Serbian and Croatian governments need to discuss the possibility of dropping the suits they filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This is according to Croatian Ambassador in Belgrade Željko KupreÅ¡ak, who believes the two countries’ prime ministers could meet in Zagreb as soon as May.
SRS to propose genocide resolution
March 27th, 2010 |
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SRS stated that it will submit a resolution to the parliament condemning genocide against Serbs, Roma and Jews by the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). The Serb Radical Party (SRS) stated that it is submitting the resolution because of the “relativization of genocide against Serbs, Roma, and Jews in the NHD, the fact that the regime in Croatia does not recognize genocide, the occupation of the Republic of Srpska Krajina, the great Ustasha crimes, and the efforts to form the Croatian Orthodox Church.â€
SRS submits “draft Armenian genocide resolution”
March 25th, 2010 |
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The opposition SRS party submitted “a draft resolution to parliament condemning the genocide committed by Ottoman Turkey against Armenians from 1915 to 1923″. This is according to SRS official Zoran Krasić, who spoke in Belgrade on Thursday.
Daily: Term “genocide” not in resolution
March 18th, 2010 |
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The word “genocide” is not contained in a draft resolution on Srebrenica that should be debated by the Serbian parliament in two weeks’ time. This is according to a report in Belgrade daily Blic this Thursday, which also writes that the draft does not mention the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the case.
â€Serbia won’t pay compensation to Croatiaâ€
March 15th, 2010 |
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Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Å imonović said that there is no possibility that Serbia can pay reparations for damages incurred by Croatia during the war. He said that Croatia can only expect “symbolic reparations based on the genocide committed”, referring to the genocide charges Croatia filed against then Yugoslavia in 1999.
Turkey, Sweden in Armenia genocide row
March 12th, 2010 |
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Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament voted narrowly to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in World War I. The Turkish government condemned the resolution, saying it was “based upon major errors and without foundation”.
Turkish anger at U.S. Armenian genocide vote
March 5th, 2010 |
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Turkey has reacted angrily to a U.S. congressional panel’s resolution describing as genocide the killings of Armenians in World War I. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country had been accused of a crime it did not commit, adding the resolution would harm Turkish-US relations.
Past imperfect, present tense
March 5th, 2010 |
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Congress reconsiders America’s official position on the Armenian genocide
TWO questions faced an American congressional panel on Thursday March 5th as it considered the mass killings of Armenians during and after the first world war by forces of the Ottoman Empire. First, was it genocide? The historical debate is as hot, and unsettled, as ever. Armenians continue to insist that it was the first genocide of the twentieth century, while Turks call the killings merely part of the chaos of the break-up of empire.
But the second question on the minds of congressmen in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives was more urgent. What is more important, fidelity to history or concern for the present? The vote took place as warming relations between Turkey and Armenia have cooled again and those between Turkey and America are under increasing strain over Iran, Israel and other affairs in the region. Turkish diplomats and politicians gave warning before the vote that the consequences would be felt across the range of issues of shared concern to the two countries. In the end the panel narrowly decided against pragmatism and chose to set straight the historical records. A resolution recognising the killings as genocide was sent to the House by a vote of 23 to 22. …
U.S. business leaders against “genocide bill”
March 3rd, 2010 |
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U.S. business leaders are urging the House of Representatives to reject a resolution that would label as genocide WW1 killings of Armenians by Turkish forces. In a letter, chief executives from the U.S. aerospace and defense industry warned passage of the measure by the House Foreign Affairs Committee could lead to “a rupture in U.S.-Turkey relations” and put American jobs at risk.
“Srebrenica should be called genocideâ€
February 5th, 2010 |
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A state secretary with the Ministry for Human and says that the crime committed in Srebrenica should be called its right name – that of genocide. Without that, the planned parliament resolution makes no sense, Marko Karadžić told Vienna-based daily Die Presse.
Bosnia: Genocide indictment confirmed
January 25th, 2010 |
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The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina has confirmed indictment against DuÅ¡ko Jević, Mendeljev Äurić and Goran Marković for genocide. The three Serbs are accused of committing genocide against Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) in Srebrenica.
EC official on genocide suits, integration
January 18th, 2010 |
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Head of the European Commission Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert spoke about the genocide suits filed by Serbia and Croatia. “It is up to every country individually to see how it wants to lead this process. We will encourage both countries to talk about that question, to establish dialogue again,†Degert said.
U.S. embassy clarifies Biden genocide comment
The U.S. embassy in Armenia has issued a statement about an online video, RFE/RL reports. In the video, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian told him not to “force” the issue of the Armenian genocide during Turkish-Armenian reconciliation negotiations.