Croatian court

"Milosevic's men on the ground" was the most common description of these two leading Serbian state security officials - Jovica Stanisic, chief of the interior ministry's State Security Service and his right-hand man, Franko 'Frenki' Simatovic, commander of the service's Special Operations Unit.

Witness Dejan Lucic told the retrial of Serbian State Security Service officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Thursday that the defendants did not send Dragan Vasiljkovic, alias Captain Dragan, to Croatia in 1991 to set up a training camp for rebel Serb fighters.

The Higher Court in Podgorica on Friday accepted an extradition detention order for Serbian national Sasa Sindjelic, who has been arrested in Montenegro on the basis of an Interpol "red notice" submitted by authorities in Croatia, where he is wanted.

A Croatian court sentenced former Yugoslav People’s Army general Borislav Djukic to nine years in prison for trying to blow up the Peruca dam during the war in 1993.

Former Croatian football club boss Zdravko Mamic, who has been convicted of financial crimes, was arrested on Thursday in Medjugorje.

State Investigation and Protection Agency police detained Mamic on the basis of an Interpol warrant. He will be handed over to the Bosnian state court.

Zdravko Mamic, the former chief of Dinamo Zagreb, his brother Zoran Mamic, Damir Vrbanovic, a former Dinamo director, and tax official Milan Pernar were convicted on Wednesday of siphoning about 116 million kunas (15.5 million euros) out of the football club and defrauding the state of about 12.milion kuna (1.8 euro) in unpaid taxes.

According to the Serbian government, "the central topic will be regional cooperation as a driver of economic development."

Brnabic will address the opening of the forum, while she and Serb Republic (RS) Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic will speak at the central panel dedicated to "importance of regional cooperation."

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In addition, Pasalic on the other hand urged the media to develop the principle of responsible and impartial journalism.

He said in a statement that pressure on the media still exists, often through direct attacks on journalists.

This is the most important infrastructure project to be discussed and the method and terms of financing it have not yet been agreed on, the minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications has told B92.

B92.net has learned unofficially that three persons received serious, but not life-threatening injuries.

The accident happened at around 05:00 hour CET when the bus for unknown reasons swerved into the opposite lane, drove off the road, and then turned over.

The bus belongs to a Kosovo Albanian carrier, and was traveling between Kranj in Slovenia and Pristina.