BELGRADE, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia's war crimes prosecution office said Friday it had asked the UN court for former Yugoslavia to stop a former Bosnian Serb leader communicating with people suspected of having helped him hide.

THE HAGUE, Sept 23, 2008 (AFP) - The UN war crimes prosecutor Tuesday presented an updated indictment against Radovan Karadzic to expedite the case against the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, arrested in Belgrade in July.

BELGRADE, September 11, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia said Thursday it is 'determined' to arrest Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Ratko Mladic as the UN chief war crimes prosecutor left Belgrade optimistic about the case crucial to the country's EU aspirations.

BELGRADE, September 11, 2008 (AFP) - President Boris Tadic said Thursday that Serbia is 'determined' to arrest Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Ratko Mladic as the UN chief war crimes prosecutor leaves Belgrade optimistic about the case.

ATHENS, September 11, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia on Thursday said a stalled pact on its European Union aspirations should be kickstarted now as it had fully complied with a UN tribunal investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia.

THE HAGUE, September 11, 2008 (AFP) - The UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Thursday jailed an unwilling witness in the war crimes trial of Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj.

Ljubisa Petkovic was found guilty of contempt of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment.

BELGRADE, September 10, 2008 (AFP) - UN prosecutor Serge Brammertz expressed 'careful optimism' here Wednesday about Belgrade's efforts to arrest Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic on a visit crucial for Serbia's EU aspirations.

THE HAGUE, September 10, 2008 (AFP) - The war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia granted a temporary release Wednesday to ex-Serbian president Milan Milutinovic for medical reasons, a court statement said.

BELGRADE, September 10, 2008 (AFP) - UN war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz on Wednesday visited Serbia for the first time since Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic's arrest in a crucial trip for the country's EU aspirations.

BELGRADE, September 10, 2008 (AFP) - UN prosecutor Serge Brammertz visits Serbia on Wednesday to assess its war crimes cooperation in his first trip to Belgrade since the arrest of Bosnian Serb genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic.

THE HAGUE, September 8, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia will be hoping for positive signals this week from the visiting prosecutor of the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court following the arrest in July of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic.

THE HAGUE, September 2, 2008 (AFP) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia will visit Serbia this month, his spokeswoman told AFP Tuesday,

'Serge Brammertz will be in Belgrade on September 10 and 11. He will meet the authorities concerned with cooperation,' with the UN court, Olga Kavran said.

THE HAGUE, August 27, 2008 (AFP) - Judges suspended the war crimes trial of Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj as they awaited a decision on his right to defend himself, the court said Wednesday.

THE HAGUE, August 27, 2008 (AFP) - The UN war crimes court said Wednesday it has charged a former court spokeswoman with divulging confidential information over the trial of late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic is in talks with Serbia`s secret services about his ...

Serbia`s war crimes authorities said Tuesday they had found a laptop they suspect belongs to ...

Ratko Mladic, the former Yugoslavia`s most wanted war crimes fugitive, hid at properties owned by ...

Serbian forces tasked with locating its two remaining war crimes fugitives are taking their jobs ...

Serbian forces tasked with locating its two remaining war crimes fugitives are taking their jobs ...

Serbian forces tasked with locating its two remaining war crimes fugitives are taking their jobs ...

Serbian forces tasked with locating its two remaining war crimes fugitives are taking their jobs ...

Former Macedonian security services member Johan Tarculovski on Friday lodged an appeal against his ...

The prosecutor in the war crimes trial of Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj has asked ...

BELGRADE, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia appealed Wednesday for the last two war crimes fugitives wanted by a UN tribunal, Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, to give themselves up.

'I personally would like Mladic to surrender as soon as possible,' Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac was quoted as saying in an interview published in the daily Blic.

STOCKHOLM, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Noone promised Radovan Karadzic he would avoid a UN war crimes trial if he withdrew from public life, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who helped mediate the Balkans conflict, said Friday.

'Such a deal never existed. There has not been any attempt to drop the charges' against Karadzic, Bildt told Swedish public radio.

BELGRADE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic's lawyer said Friday he was seeking the return from Serbian authorities of a seized laptop containing files needed for his defence before the UN war crimes tribunal.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Friday the United States wanted him dead and accused it of reneging on a deal to shield him from trial by the UN war crimes court.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic said that US negotiator Richard Holbrooke wanted him dead, according to court documents seen Friday.

Claiming Holbrooke had promised him freedom from prosecution by the UN war crimes court if he disappeared from the public eye, Karadzic said Holbrooke later reneged on their deal.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - US negotiator Richard Holbrooke promised Radovan Karadzic that he would avoid trial at the UN war crimes court if he withdrew from public life, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader claimed in court documents seen Friday.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Radavan Karadzic will exploit tactics already used by late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic at his UN war crimes trial and try to embarrass the United States over alleged back door deals at the end of the Bosnian war, experts believe.

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former US negotiator Richard Holbrooke denied in an interview aired Thursday that he once cut a deal with ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that would have allowed him to avoid facing war crimes charges in exchange for keeping a low profile.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a combative first appearance at the UN war crimes court Thursday, claiming 'irregularities' in his capture and waiving legal counsel.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Thursday to have struck a deal with US negotiator Richard Holbrooke at the end of the 1992-95 Bosnian war which he now said had put his life at risk.

SARAJEVO, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Mothers of those killed in the Srebrenica massacre watched with bitterness and tears on Thursday as Radovan Karadzic made his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Thursday to have made a deal with US negotiator Richard Holbrooke at the end of the 1992-95 Bosnian war that involved his withdrawal from public life.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Thursday to have been kidnapped for three days before being handed over to authorities.

'I was arrested irregularly,' he told judge Alphons Orie during his first appearance before the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Thursday he would conduct his own defence throughout his genocide trial before the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court.

BELGRADE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic's appearance Thursday before a UN war crimes court received almost blanket TV coverage in Serbia, where he was caught 10 days ago after more than a decade on the run.