Croatia–Serbia relations

ZAGREB - The leader of the Serb National Council (SNV) and an MP in the Croatian Sabor Milorad Pupovac said Tuesday that as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) dismissed Croatia's and Serbia's mutual genocide claims, the issue should no longer hinder the relations between the two countries.

President: ICJ "confirmed crime against Serbs"

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says Croatia "failed to prove that the Serbian side had any intent to commit genocide during the 1991-95 war in Croatia."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Tuesday that Croatia had failed to prove that the Serbian side had any intent to commit genocide during the 1991/95 war in Croatia, but on the other hand, even though Serbia's counter-claim had been rejected, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had found that Croatia had committed a mass crime against Serbs.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Tuesday that Croatia and Serbia had not committed genocide against each other during the Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995).

In 1999 Croatia filed a claim against Serbia on alleged violations of the 1948 Genocide Convention, committed during the wars in former Yugoslavia, particularly at the siege of Vucovar in 1991.

THE HAGUE/BELGRADE- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will issue its ruling on genocide suits filed by Croatia and Serbia for the crimes committed during the war in Croatia in the period 1991-1995.

THE HAGUE - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will deliver its judgment in the case brought by Croatia against Serbia concerning application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the ICJ released on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's legal team presented convincing evidence before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Croatia committed genocide against Krajina Serbs during and after Operation Storm, President of the Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia Miodrag Linta said.

Serbia "expect Croatia's lawsuit to be rejected"

BELGRADE -- Serbia's legal team expects that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will reject Croatia's genocide lawsuit against Serbia.

Croatia wants Serbia to process war crimes

Croatian officials said Zagreb will block Serbia's European integration unless Belgrade processes the war crimes committed on Croatian territory during the 1990s.

The release of war criminal Vojislav Seselj sparked tension between Croatia and Serbia. [AFP]

Former Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic told his war crimes trial that Serbs in Croatia were justified in wanting an independent state like the Croats after Yugoslavia broke up.