The appeals trial of four former Serbian state security officers sentenced last year to decades in prison over the 1999 murder of a journalist and outspoken critic of the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's government began in a Belgrade courtroom on March 6. Defendants in the killing of Slavko Curuvija include the former head of Serbian State Security, Radomir Markovic, and the ex-head of Belgrade's intelligence branch, Milan Radonjic. The case has been cited as an important event in Balkan efforts to end impunity for crimes stretching back to former regimes. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.
Appeal Opens Into Landmark Balkan Murder Case Against Serbian Intelligence Bosses
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