Persecution of Serbs

The head of the Jasenovac municipality in Croatia says she sees "nothing contentious" about a memorial with the words "For home ready" inscribed on it.

Serb politicians have condemned a memorial plaque with a fascist slogan which was installed by Croatian war veterans and right-wing politicians near the Jasenovac WWII concentration camp.

BELGRADE - Many heroes' names line the pages of WWII history. Many of these men and women were not recognized and known to the public during their lifetimes - some were secret agents, some worked within underground resistance groups, and some conducted their plans hidden in plain sight, writes warhistoryonline.com.

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BELGRADE - A photograph of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic holding Independent State of Croatia (NDH) flag appeared on social networks, reported Croatian portal "Indeks".

Kosovo Serb political party leader Oliver Ivanovic, jailed for nine years for war crimes, told Pristina’s appeals court that his trial was unlawful because he had already been investigated over the same offence.

BELGRADE - There is sufficient evidence to indict certain former Kosovo Liberation Army members for war crimes committed in the 1990s, says David Schwendiman, chief prosecutor of a special court set up to try Kosovo war crimes.

Schwendiman has told BIRN in an interview that suspected criminals were his target, not the KLA itself.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on Friday received David Schwendiman, chief prosecutor of the special court set up to try war crimes committed in Kosovo, expressing the expectation he would approach in an unbiased and professional way the prosecution of those responsible for war crimes against Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and members of other ethnic groups.

The Serbian prime minister said he hopes the new specialist prosecutor who will tackle alleged crimes committed by Kosovo Liberation Army fighters will be able to secure convictions.

A group of seven ethnic Albanians arrested last week in Kosovo "planned to carry out attacks across the Balkans."

This is what the Kosovo prosecution has announced, according to the Serbian state broadcaster RTS.

Serbian authorities have released Hilmi Kelmendi after detaining him last Friday on a war crimes arrest warrant.

Kelmendi, suspected of committing war crimes in Kosovo, was arrested while entering Serbia from Croatia. Beta is quoting the KTV broadcaster that reported his lawyer Sead Spahovic confirmed his release.