Iran, Bosnia-Herzegovina call for promotion of ties

ISNA – Tehran Service: Islamic Parliament 1388/07/15 10-07-2009 News Code :8807-00044
 
 
TEHRAN (ISNA) – Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina are willing to expand mutual relations in politics, culture, economy and parliamentary cooperation. Parliamentary friendship group of Iran and Bosnia Herzegovina held meeting with the Muslim member of the Bosnia Herzegovina Presidency, Haris Silajdzic in Sarajevo.
 
Silajdzic calling for expansion [...]

Bosnia’s IMF tightrope

Ian Bancroft in Belgrade
 
 
Business New Europe   |   September 18, 2009
 
 
Despite being initially agreed back in May after often-fraught negotiations, the three-year €1.2bn stand-by arrangement reached between the International Monetary Fund and Bosnia-Herzegovina remains beset by a host of impediments that delayed payment of the first tranche and threatens to curtail future financial assistance.
Gripped by political [...]

German general takes over KFOR command in Kosovo

German Lieutenant General Markus Bentler took over Tuesday the command of NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR). In a ceremony held in KFOR main headquarters in Pristina, Bentler took over the office from his processor Italian general Giuseppe Emilio Gay, becoming the 14th commander of KFOR ever since the international forces took over control in [...]

NATO to cut troops in Kosovo despite unrest – Rasmussen

Reuters
NATO will stick to plans to scale down its military presence in Kosovo, despite recent unrest there, alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.
On Aug 25, seven people were wounded in northern Kosovo when minority Serbs and Albanians clashed in the ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica.
A hand grenade was detonated and the two [...]

Bosnia’s ethnic divisions are evident in schools

By AIDA CERKEZ-ROBINSON (AP) – 22 Aug. 2009 STOLAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s shortly after noon, and teenagers who were taught their capital is Zagreb, in neighboring Croatia, are streaming out of Stolac High School. In an hour, their classrooms will be filled with children who have learned that their capital is Sarajevo, Bosnia. Fourteen years [...]

Serbs’ Claim of Kosovo Organ Ring Is Investigated

Europe’s leading human rights group began an investigation on Monday into Serb allegations that Serbian civilians were abducted in Kosovo during the Kosovo war of 1998-99 and taken to Albania, where their organs were extracted for sale before they were killed.
The inquiry, by the Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg, France, is being led by [...]

The Seoul Times: KOSOVO & Systematic Persecution by KLA

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=8646
 
 
 
By Lee Jay Walker
 
Tokyo Correspondent
 
The former Yugoslavia was engulfed by many conflicts and ethnic and religious differences tore away at the very fabric of this nation. Like all wars, atrocities took place on all sides but the mass media in general focused on Serbian atrocities, while neglecting brutal crimes committed against the Serbian community. This [...]

Saudi Kosovo proposal fails at OIC

24 May 2009 | 10:54 -> 15:49 | Source: B92, FoNet
 
BELGRADE — A draft resolution tabled by Saudi Arabia, calling for recognition of Kosovo, has been rejected at the OIC meeting in Damascus, Syria.
The draft was presented during the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial gathering.
But Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić stated today that Syria, [...]

Israelis to sue NATO for 1999 air strikes

TEL AVIV — The Israeli Almagor Terrorist Victims’ Association is about to file a lawsuit against NATO officials who gave the green light for the bombing of Serbia in 1999. The association elected to take the move in response to the decision by Judge Fernando Andreu of the Spanish Audencia Nacional (National Court) to launch [...]

US Operative who selected NATO’s bombing targets in Serbia, including China Embassy found dead

Global Research, April 25, 2009
Slain Virginia resident William Bennett was connected with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) following his military service. The CIA’s George Little confirmed that Bennett worked as a contractor for that agency for several years. His service to the organization ended in the year 2000.
It has been reported by NBC Washington that [...]