Thursday, 19 April 2018

Serbian Ambassador Refuses Croatia’s Protest Note

ZAGREB, April 19, 2018 - Serbian Ambassador to Croatia Mira Nikolić on Wednesday evening refused to accept Croatia's protest note over the incident caused by far-right leader convicted of war crimes Vojislav Šešelj who stomped on the Croatian flag and shouted insults at Croatia's parliamentary delegation, the Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Ministry said in a press release.

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Croat Minority in Serbia Fears Cooperation Will Be Disrupted

ZAGREB, April 19, 2018 - Leaders of the Croat ethnic minority in Serbia on Wednesday expressed regret that the Croatian parliamentary delegation had to terminate its two-day official visit to Serbia and hoped that this would not harm overall Serbian-Croatian relations.

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Croatia Condemns Šešelj Incident

ZAGREB, April 18, 2018 - The Croatian government condemns the uncivilised and unacceptable act committed by Vojislav Šešelj who desecrated the Croatian flag, disrespected Croatian symbols and insulted members of Croatia's parliamentary delegation including the second highest ranking Croatian official, Gordan Jandroković, spokeswoman for the Croatian government Sunčana Glavak told Hina on Wednesday.

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

After Incident, Speaker of Croatian Parliament Abruptly Ends Visit to Serbia

ZAGREB, April 18, 2018 - A delegation of the Croatian parliament, led by Speaker Gordan Jandroković, has abruptly terminated their official visit to Serbia following an incident caused by Serbian Radical Party leader and MP Vojislav Šešelj, the Croatian parliament said in a press release.

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

Due to Threats, Croat Leader in Serbia to Boycott High-Level Visit

ZAGREB, April 17, 2018 - The president of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV) and member of the Serbian parliament Tomislav Žigmanov will not be part of the Serbian parliamentary delegation during the visit of Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković to Belgrade, scheduled for April 18 and 19, as a sign of protest against threats made by war criminal Vojislav Šeselj, Hina learnt from sources close to the Democratic Party parliamentary group of which Žigmanov is a member.

Saturday, 14 April 2018

Croatia Condemns War Criminal Vojislav Šešelj’s Threats

ZAGREB, April 14, 2018 - The Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs on Friday strongly condemned threats which Serbian convicted war criminal Vojislav Šešelj had made against Tomislav Žigmanov, president of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina and a member of the Serbian parliament, and Nenad Čanak, president of the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina, urging Serbia to take legal action against such outbursts of hatred and threats.

Friday, 13 April 2018

Vojislav Šešelj Makes Threats against Croat Leader in Serbia

ZAGREB, April 13, 2018 - Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj, who was given ten years' prison sentence by the Appeals Chamber of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) for war crimes against Croats in the early 1990s, said on Thursday that he was ready to repeat his crimes, this time against two lawmakers in the Serbian parliament - ethnic Croat leader Tomislav Žigmanov and Nenad Čanak, leader of the centre-left League of the Social Democrats of Vojvodina.

Thursday, 12 April 2018

Croatia Satisfied with Guilty Verdict against Šešelj

ZAGREB, April 12, 2018 - Croatia is satisfied with the guilty verdict against Vojislav Šešelj, handed down on Wednesday by the UN court in The Hague, but considers the sentence to be far too mild with respect to the acts committed and their consequences, the Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Ministry said in a press release.

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Croats in Vojvodina Comment on Šešelj's Conviction

ZAGREB, April 11, 2018 - Croats in Vojvodina, Serbia, believe that Vojislav Šešelj's conviction for the persecution and deportation, primarily of Croats in the Srijem area, is of little solace for everything that was done to the Croat community during the 1990s.

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Vojislav Šešelj Found Guilty of Deportation of Croats

ZAGREB, April 11, 2018 - Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Šešelj is responsible for the persecution and deportation of Vojvodina Croats by giving a hate-mongering speech in Hrtkovci on 6 May 1992, the Appeals Chamber of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), the successor to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), said in a final verdict on Wednesday.

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