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NEWS ABOUT: Ethnic Serbs

Ethnic Serbs stories: 8 news summaries

Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Prosecutors reveal tape as Bosnian leader's trial goes on without him

Oct 27, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic was caught on tape ordering the slaughter at Zepa and Srebenica, prosecutors revealed today at the war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader. “It will be a black cauldron,” Karadzic says on the tape, “where 300,000 Muslims will die.” But prosecutor... More »

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Bosnia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Srebrenica • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • Ethnic Serbs • Srebrenica massacre • war crimes tribunal

Fugitive War Criminal May Be Living Freely

Bosnian TV purports to show Ratko Mladic at wedding, out with family

Jun 11, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bosnian television has aired what it calls footage of Ratko Mladic, the notorious Serbian war criminal on the lam since 1995, including a video it says was filmed last winter, reports the BBC. The footage, whose veracity has been disputed, seems to show Mladic living peacefully in a Belgrade suburb,... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • genocide • war crimes • Ratko Mladic • crimes against humanity • Radovan Karadzic • Ethnic Serbs • Serbs

Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted
of War Crimes

Ex PM cleared of attacks on ethnic Serbs

Apr 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN's tribunal in the Hague has acquitted a former commander of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army of all charges of war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who also briefly served as the breakaway province's prime minister, was cleared of murder, persecution, rape and torture of Kosovo Serb civilians. The verdict threatens... More »

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Serbia • war crimes • Kosovo • The Hague • international war crimes tribunal • Ethnic Serbs • Ramush Haradinaj

 Serbs Storm UN's
 Kosovo Courthouse 

Angry crowd clashes with UN police, occupies buildings in divided town

Mar 15, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of Serbs smashed down gates at two United Nations-run courthouses in northern Kosovo yesterday and stormed the buildings, AFP reports. The mob, opposed to Kosovo's independence, hauled down the UN flag and hoisted the Serbian one. They clashed with UN police, pelting them with rocks and metal objects. NATO's... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • courts • Kosovar independence • Ethnic Serbs

Russia Steps Up Support for Serbia

Leaders meet in Belgrade as tensions over Kosovo continue

Feb 25, 08 4:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Unrest and uncertainty marked the one-week anniversary of Kosovo's independence as ethnic Serbs within Kosovo and around the world continued to protest, and Serbian ally Russia deployed top officials to Belgrade to meet with Serbian leaders, BBC reports. Serb protesters in northern Kosovo brandished posters of Vladimir Putin and a... More »

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Russia • Serbia • Vladimir Putin • Kosovo • Kosovar independence • Dmitry Medvedev • Ethnic Serbs

Serbia Blames US as Rallies Continue

Thousands chant 'Kosovo is Serbia' while US clears out embassy

Feb 23, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands protested peacefully in the streets of Kosovo today, chanting “Kosovo is Serbia” as officials blamed the US for the violence that has marred earlier demonstrations. “The United States is the main culprit for all those violent acts,” said Serbia's minister for Kosovo. Meanwhile the US cleared... More »

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Serbia • Kosovo • protests • Belgrade • US Embassy • Ethnic Albanians • Vojislav Kostunica • Ethnic Serbs

NATO Seals Kosovo Borders

Troops called in after mobs burn border posts

Feb 20, 08 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - NATO peacekeepers have sealed off Kosovo's northern borders after angry mobs torched border posts, the BBC reports. US troops have blocked the main road to Serbia, and French and Estonian troops have cut off the crossing to Montenegro. The move is bound to infuriate Serbs both in Kosovo and Serbia,... More »

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NATO • Serbia • Kosovo • peacekeeper • Kosovar independence • Ethnic Serbs • Montenegro • borders

Violence Erupts in Split Kosovo

New country 'inches away from partition'

Feb 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Hundreds of Serbs torched government and UN buildings in Kosovo today in the worst violence since the country declared independence on Sunday, raising fears of an ethnic split, Reuters reports. Seemingly well-organized gangs rampaged near the border, driving off peacekeepers who tried to intervene. No injuries were reported. “We... More »

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United Nations • Serbia • Kosovo • peacekeeper • Kosovar independence • Ethnic Albanians • Ethnic Serbs

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