EU rebukes Serbian President for genocide denial

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Series Details 5.6.12
Publication Date 05/06/2012
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EurActiv reported that the European Commission strongly rejected comments on the 4 June 2012 denying that the 1995 Srebrenica massacre amounted to a 'genocide' made by the newly-elected Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić, who was due to make his first visit to Brussels on 14 June 2012.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/eu-rebukes-serbian-president-gen-news-513131
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ESO: Background information: Serbian parliamentary / presidential election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/serbian-parliamentary-presidential-election-2012/
ESO: Key source: Serbia and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/serbia-2/
ESO: Background information: New Serbian leader urged to stay pro-EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/new-serbian-leader-urged-to-stay-pro-eu/
ESO: Background information: Mladic genocide trial opens in The Hague http://www.europeansources.info/record/mladic-genocide-trial-opens-in-the-hague/
Deutsche Welle, 6.6.12: Serbian president under fire for denying Srebrenica genocide http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16001312,00.html
EurActiv, 12.6.12: Neighbours boycott Serbian presidential inauguration http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/neighbours-boycott-serbian-presi-news-513245

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