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Croatian Serb Rebel in Belgrade on Release for Cancer Treatment

Former Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer, arrived in Belgrade late Wednesday after the Yugoslav war crimes court ordered his provisional release, local media reported.

The plane from Amsterdam landed shortly after 11:00 pm (2100 GMT), the Beta news agency said.

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Serb PM Slams War Crimes Suspect who Torched Croat Flag

Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj, who on Wednesday burnt a Croatian flag in public in Belgrade, does not represent Serbia, the country's prime minister said on Thursday.

"Mr. Seselj represents neither a parliamentary political party nor the state," Aleksandar Vucic said during a visit to Slovakia's capital Bratislava.

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Man Killed in Balkan Snowstorm Mayhem

Two days of blizzards and strong winds in Bosnia and Croatia caused havoc along the Adriatic coast, leaving thousands of homes without power, disrupting traffic and killing a motorist, officials said Friday.

The motorist died near Zepce in northern Bosnia after crashing into a pile of rubble and mud swept onto the road by a landslide, police said.

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Croatia Arrests ex-MP ahead of War Crimes Retrial

A former Croatian lawmaker facing a retrial after having his war crimes conviction quashed was arrested on Thursday to prevent him intimidating witnesses.

Branimir Glavas, who was transferred to a Zagreb prison after being arrested at his home in the eastern town of Osijek, said he would immediately begin a hunger strike in protest at "violations of his human rights", state-run HRT television reported. 

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Croatian Volunteers Fight alongside Ukrainian Army

Croatian nationals, believed to be mostly veterans of the country's 1990s war, joined Ukraine's army to fight against pro-Russian rebels, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said Wednesday without giving any numbers.

"As far as I know there are (Croatian fighters) who joined the Ukrainian army," Pusic told reporters and added that the country's intelligence services were "following the issue."

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Top U.N. Court Rejects Balkan Genocide Claims

The U.N.'s highest court on Tuesday rejected rival claims of genocide by Croatia and Serbia in landmark rulings over the 1991-1995 war, as both former foes reluctantly accepted the verdict and pledged to turn the page on their bloody history.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said he hoped the judgment would help the two Balkans neighbors to find "lasting peace," while his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic called on politicians to work together to build good relationships. 

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Top U.N. Court to Rule in Croatia, Serbia Genocide Claims

The U.N.'s highest International Court of Justice on Tuesday hands down its ruling in a long-running genocide case that could reopen old wounds between former foes Croatia and Serbia.

Zagreb in 1999 dragged Belgrade before the ICJ on genocide charges relating to Croatia's war of independence that raged in 1991-95 following the collapse of the former Yugoslavia.

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Court overturns War Crimes Conviction against Croat Politician

A Croatian constitutional court overturned the war crimes conviction of a former Croat lawmaker Tuesday on a technicality.

Branimir Glavas, a former general, had been sentenced to eight years in prison in 2010 for the murder of at least 10 Serbs at the  beginning of the 1990s Balkan wars.

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Conservative Elected Croatia's First Female President

Conservative Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia's first female president Sunday, narrowly winning a run-off election in which voters punished center-left leaders for failing to revive the country's ailing economy.

Grabar-Kitarovic, a former top diplomat and member of the main opposition HDZ party, won 50.7 percent of the vote, according to official tallies of nearly all ballots cast.

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Exit Polls Show Grabar-Kitarovic Poised to Win Croatia Presidency

Croatia's opposition conservative Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, a former top diplomat, is set to become the crisis-hit country's new president after winning a runoff vote on Sunday, exit polls showed.

Grabar-Kitarovic, a 46-year-old ex-foreign minister and former NATO official, had 51.4 percent of the vote, according to exit polls released by the state-run HRT television.

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