Jajce

The procedure to extradite former Croatian Defence Council fighter Robert Kovacic from the United States on suspicion that he committed war crimes has been suspended because the investigation has been discontinued due to a lack of evidence after the victim and witness to the crime died, BIRN has learned.

The Bosnian state prosecution said on Tuesday that the human remains were found in Carevo Polje in the Jajce municipality and are believed to be those of Bosnian Serb war victims.

Robert Kovacic, a former member of the Croatian Defence Council wanted for war crimes, was arrested last month in the United States on a warrant issued by Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is now awaiting an extradition hearing in a US court in July.

Kovacic, now 66, was arrested in Roanoke, Virginia on May 16. He is currently in custody in the US and his extradition is pending.

The OSCE gave an international award to pupils who staged protests and managed to stop the proposed ethnic segregation of a school in the Bosnian town of Jajce.

Pupils who staged protests and managed to stop the proposed ethnic segregation of a school in the Bosnian town of Jajce will be honoured with an international award for their achievement.

After preventing the establishment of a new ethnically-segregated school in their town, pupils in Jajce led protests against ethnic divisions in Bosnian schools in general.

Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Damir Krsticevic is accused of war crimes committed against Serb civilians near Jajce, in Bosnia.

This has been reported by the Croatian Nacional weekly, the Tanjug agency said on Tuesday.

"Thousands of artworks were stolen" during the war, and the crimes continued after the end of the conflict, Dzenan Jusufovic, the director of the Bosnian Centre Against Trafficking in Works of Art, told BIRN.

There is no accurate data on the issue, but large numbers of artworks have been stolen from both private and public collections, Jusufovic said.

JAJCE - Three persons were arrested in the territory of Jajce, central Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), on suspicion of committing war crimes against Serb civilians.

The police arrested Umrislav, Luka i Mate Jozic on suspicion that while serving as members of the Croatian Armed Forces they murdered three Serb civilians, reads a statement released by the BiH Prosecutor's Office.

BELGRADE - Today marks the 71st anniversary of foundation of Tanjug News Agency.

Tanjug was established in the midst of anti-Nazi operations of the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia and its first task was to inform the world about the outcome of the Second Session of the Anti-Fascist Council of the People's Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ).