In regard to the statement of the B-H Ministry of Security that the General Secretariat of Interpol decided to definitely “red warrants” Belgrade issued against B-H citizens in the “Dobrovoljacka street” case, the Serbian War Crime Prosecution points out that this is the first time that it comes across the explanation that Interpol warrants might be issued if there is an agreement of a country against whose citizen the warrant is issued. The Serbian Prosecution Office stated that they are not aware of such practice and that it is contrary to aims of truth and efficient justice, which is why war crime suspects are prosecuted. Along with their colleagues from B-H, the Serbian prosecution exert great efforts to promote cooperation of the judicial systems of the two countries in order to prevent impunity for war crimes, the communiqué reads. The Serbian War Crime Prosecution had issued international warrants against 19 Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens for attacking the Yugoslav Army column in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo in 1992, and those included former members of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic and Stjepan Kljujic. According to records of the Public Security Center of East Sarajevo, 42 Yugoslav Army members were killed, 73 wounded and 215 captured in the attack
Interpol warranties stopped in the Dobrovoljacka case
July 03, 2009
The General Secretariat of Interpol has made a decision to cancel the Red Notice warrants from Belgrade, for citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the “Dobrovoljacka street” case, stated Bosnian Ministry of security Spokesperson Milada Dreca. She said that the Interpol will continue receiving requests for the publishing of “red warrants” for war crimes, when those requests are coming from the Hague Tribunal. Then, for the citizens of the countries that sent the requests, but also for citizens of other states, if those states do not file a protest. The Serbian War crime Prosecution had issued international warrants after 19 people from Bosnia-Herzegovina, for their attack on the column of the Yugoslav People’s Army in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo, in 1992, and those included former members of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic and Stjepan Kljujic.
Homen: Belgrade expecting explanation
July 3, 2009
State Secretary with the Serbian Ministry of Justice Slobodan Homen stated that Belgrade has still not been informed of the reasons why the Interpol Red Notice warrants for indictees in the Dobrovoljacka case was withdrawn, but that the Serbian Interpol is in touch with the head office and that the explanation is soon to be received. The warrant withdrawal does not mean that any of the indictees could freely come to Belgrade, since there is also a Serbian warrant, emphasized Homen. He pointed that the warrant withdrawal defies international cooperation in criminal cases, especially in the sphere of war crimes. The Serbian War Crime Prosecution had issued international warrants against 19 Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens for attacking the Yugoslav Army column in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo in 1992, and those included former members of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic and Stjepan Kljujic. According to records of the Public Security Center of East Sarajevo, 42 Yugoslav Army members were killed, 73 wounded and 215 captured in the attack.
Djuic-Dejanovic and Papoulias on cooperation of two countries
03 July 2009. 14:11
Serbian Assembly Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic and Greek President Karolos Papoulias have agreed in Belgrade that the intensive cooperation on parliamentary and economic levels is of the utmost priority, as it would lead to the quicker integration of Serbia with the EU and strengthening of the traditionally good relations between the two countries. The main topics of the talks were political and economic relations and the future intensive parliamentary cooperation. While expressing full support to the efforts of Serbia to preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Greek President has stressed that it is important to secure the Serb rights and preservation of the Serb cultural heritage in Kosmet. He expressed belief that by the end of the year the issue of visa liberalization will have a positive outcome for the Serbian citizens. Djukic-Dejanovic has thanked for the principled stance of Greece in view of Kosmet, and she pointed to the importance of the fact that the resolving of the status of this province has been transferred from the political to the legal domain.
Varvitsiotis: no deceleration in the process of European integrations
03 July 2009. 14:04
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Milthiades Varvitsiotis has stated in Belgrade that Serbia should not be punished by slowing down the process of the European integrations, and added that the last reserves of EU members towards the admission of Serbia should be rejected. At the opening of the Serbian-Greek business forum, Varvitsiotis stressed that Serbia has a very important role in providing stability in the Balkans and in contributing to the cooperation in the region. Serbia belongs in the EU, he emphasized, while repeating that Greece will provide support in the European integrations of Serbia. With regards to the economic relations between the two countries, Varvitsiotis has reminded that in thepast eight years Greece has invested more than two billion dollars in the Serbian economy, thus being in the second place of direct investors, right behind Austria. The forum was attended by Greek President Karolos Papoulias, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Minister of Trade and Services Slobodan Milosavljevic and many business representatives of both countries.
Tadic talked to ElBaradei
03 July 2009. 13:49
President Boris Tadic had talks with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei about the necessity of further realization of the granted projects in the domain of medicine and agriculture. The presidential press service has communicated that Tadic had expressed hope the cooperation would be expanded and thanked ElBaradei for the technical assistance in several projects in Serbia.
Serbia and Greece signed agreement worth 6.1 million euros
03 July 2009. 13:36
Serbian Minister of Telecommunications Jasna Matic and Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Milthiades Varvitsiotis have signed in Belgrade the agreement on the realization of the first phase in the project of scientific research and educational computer network of the southeastern Europe, which will connect the scientific and educational institutions in Serbia with the European academic network. The agreement is worth 6.1 million euros, and the protocol was attended by Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Matic said that at issue is the first agreement within the Greek Government’s Hellenic Plan for the Balkans, where Greece will provide 4.9 million euros, and Serbia 1.2 million. The first part of the document relates to the monitoring and management of the project, while the second agreement deals with the renting of the optical infrastructure for the connection with the Greek academic network, via Macedonia, and with the EU, via Hungary. The third part refers to the acquisition of the network equipment. Six countries are involved with this project – Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria, stated Matic.
Cvetkovic talked to ElBaradei
03 July 2009. 13:30
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei have concluded during their talks in Belgrade that it is necessary to continue with the implementations of granted projects, especially the Wind project in Vinca. We need to expand the domain of our cooperation, primarily in the medicine and agriculture, it has been assessed, as communicated from the Government Office of Media Relations. Cvetkovic has stressed that hitherto cooperation with IAEA has been good and he expressed gratitude for the technical assistance in the realization of several projects in Serbia.
Additional protocol signed on the cooperation of Serbia and IAEA
03 July 2009. 13:24
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic and Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei have signed in Belgrade the Additional Protocol of cooperation. Djelic and ElBaradei have assessed that the signing of this document proves the international community may count on Serbia in preventing the proliferation and in the joint battle against the nuclear terrorism. It also means that as of today Serbia is open for nuclear inspections in any part of its territory, stated Djelic.
Bielstrom: European Commission on visa liberalization in mid-July
03 July 2009. 13:18
Swedish Minister for Migrations and Asylum Tobias Bielstrom has expressed expectations that the European Commission will submit the proposal for visa liberalization for Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro in mid-July. The Commission will come up with a legal proposal that will enable the visa-free regime by the end of 2009, for the countries that meet the conditions, Bielstrom told he Deutsche Welle radio. He added that it remain fro Serbia to resolve the issues of the administrative line with Kosmet and issuing of passports for Kosmet citizens. The European Commission is still having talks on this with the Serbian authorities, and the Swedish Presidency of the EU is monitoring the progress of those talks, concluded Bielstrom.
In regard to the statement of the B-H Ministry of Security that the General Secretariat of Interpol decided to definitely “red warrants” Belgrade issued against B-H citizens in the “Dobrovoljacka street” case, the Serbian War Crime Prosecution points out that this is the first time that it comes across the explanation that Interpol warrants might be issued if there is an agreement of a country against whose citizen the warrant is issued. The Serbian Prosecution Office stated that they are not aware of such practice and that it is contrary to aims of truth and efficient justice, which is why war crime suspects are prosecuted. Along with their colleagues from B-H, the Serbian prosecution exert great efforts to promote cooperation of the judicial systems of the two countries in order to prevent impunity for war crimes, the communiqué reads. The Serbian War Crime Prosecution had issued international warrants against 19 Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens for attacking the Yugoslav Army column in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo in 1992, and those included former members of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic and Stjepan Kljujic. According to records of the Public Security Center of East Sarajevo, 42 Yugoslav Army members were killed, 73 wounded and 215 captured in the attack
The General Secretariat of Interpol has made a decision to cancel the Red Notice warrants from Belgrade, for citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the “Dobrovoljacka street” case, stated Bosnian Ministry of security Spokesperson Milada Dreca. She said that the Interpol will continue receiving requests for the publishing of “red warrants” for war crimes, when those requests are coming from the Hague Tribunal. Then, for the citizens of the countries that sent the requests, but also for citizens of other states, if those states do not file a protest. The Serbian War crime Prosecution had issued international warrants after 19 people from Bosnia-Herzegovina, for their attack on the column of the Yugoslav People’s Army in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo, in 1992, and those included former members of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic and Stjepan Kljujic. 
State Secretary with the Serbian Ministry of Justice Slobodan Homen stated that Belgrade has still not been informed of the reasons why the Interpol Red Notice warrants for indictees in the Dobrovoljacka case was withdrawn, but that the Serbian Interpol is in touch with the head office and that the explanation is soon to be received. The warrant withdrawal does not mean that any of the indictees could freely come to Belgrade, since there is also a Serbian warrant, emphasized Homen. He pointed that the warrant withdrawal defies international cooperation in criminal cases, especially in the sphere of war crimes. The Serbian War Crime Prosecution had issued international warrants against 19 Bosnia-Herzegovina citizens for attacking the Yugoslav Army column in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo in 1992, and those included former members of the wartime Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ejup Ganic and Stjepan Kljujic. According to records of the Public Security Center of East Sarajevo, 42 Yugoslav Army members were killed, 73 wounded and 215 captured in the attack.
Serbian Assembly Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic and Greek President Karolos Papoulias have agreed in Belgrade that the intensive cooperation on parliamentary and economic levels is of the utmost priority, as it would lead to the quicker integration of Serbia with the EU and strengthening of the traditionally good relations between the two countries. The main topics of the talks were political and economic relations and the future intensive parliamentary cooperation. While expressing full support to the efforts of Serbia to preserve its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Greek President has stressed that it is important to secure the Serb rights and preservation of the Serb cultural heritage in Kosmet. He expressed belief that by the end of the year the issue of visa liberalization will have a positive outcome for the Serbian citizens. Djukic-Dejanovic has thanked for the principled stance of Greece in view of Kosmet, and she pointed to the importance of the fact that the resolving of the status of this province has been transferred from the political to the legal domain. 
Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Milthiades Varvitsiotis has stated in Belgrade that Serbia should not be punished by slowing down the process of the European integrations, and added that the last reserves of EU members towards the admission of Serbia should be rejected. At the opening of the Serbian-Greek business forum, Varvitsiotis stressed that Serbia has a very important role in providing stability in the Balkans and in contributing to the cooperation in the region. Serbia belongs in the EU, he emphasized, while repeating that Greece will provide support in the European integrations of Serbia. With regards to the economic relations between the two countries, Varvitsiotis has reminded that in thepast eight years Greece has invested more than two billion dollars in the Serbian economy, thus being in the second place of direct investors, right behind Austria. The forum was attended by Greek President Karolos Papoulias, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Minister of Trade and Services Slobodan Milosavljevic and many business representatives of both countries. 
President Boris Tadic had talks with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei about the necessity of further realization of the granted projects in the domain of medicine and agriculture. The presidential press service has communicated that Tadic had expressed hope the cooperation would be expanded and thanked ElBaradei for the technical assistance in several projects in Serbia. 
Serbian Minister of Telecommunications Jasna Matic and Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Milthiades Varvitsiotis have signed in Belgrade the agreement on the realization of the first phase in the project of scientific research and educational computer network of the southeastern Europe, which will connect the scientific and educational institutions in Serbia with the European academic network. The agreement is worth 6.1 million euros, and the protocol was attended by Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Matic said that at issue is the first agreement within the Greek Government’s Hellenic Plan for the Balkans, where Greece will provide 4.9 million euros, and Serbia 1.2 million. The first part of the document relates to the monitoring and management of the project, while the second agreement deals with the renting of the optical infrastructure for the connection with the Greek academic network, via Macedonia, and with the EU, via Hungary. The third part refers to the acquisition of the network equipment. Six countries are involved with this project – Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Bulgaria, stated Matic. 
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei have concluded during their talks in Belgrade that it is necessary to continue with the implementations of granted projects, especially the Wind project in Vinca. We need to expand the domain of our cooperation, primarily in the medicine and agriculture, it has been assessed, as communicated from the Government Office of Media Relations. Cvetkovic has stressed that hitherto cooperation with IAEA has been good and he expressed gratitude for the technical assistance in the realization of several projects in Serbia. 
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic and Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei have signed in Belgrade the Additional Protocol of cooperation. Djelic and ElBaradei have assessed that the signing of this document proves the international community may count on Serbia in preventing the proliferation and in the joint battle against the nuclear terrorism. It also means that as of today Serbia is open for nuclear inspections in any part of its territory, stated Djelic.
Swedish Minister for Migrations and Asylum Tobias Bielstrom has expressed expectations that the European Commission will submit the proposal for visa liberalization for Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro in mid-July. The Commission will come up with a legal proposal that will enable the visa-free regime by the end of 2009, for the countries that meet the conditions, Bielstrom told he Deutsche Welle radio. He added that it remain fro Serbia to resolve the issues of the administrative line with Kosmet and issuing of passports for Kosmet citizens. The European Commission is still having talks on this with the Serbian authorities, and the Swedish Presidency of the EU is monitoring the progress of those talks, concluded Bielstrom. 
