The former commander of the Yugoslav army is on his way to the Netherlands today to surrender to the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.

A witness has told the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague that Kosovar opponents of Slobodan Milosevic were targeted by Serb assassins and gunned down, sometimes with their whole families.

Slobodan Milosevic is due to finally tell his story today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal, giving him a chance to rebut allegations that he masterminded a ruthless campaign of murder and expulsion in the Balkans in his quest to create a ‘‘Greater Serbia’’.

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has accused the United Nations of conducting an "evil and hostile attack" against him by charging him with crimes against humanity in the country he once ruled.

The United Nations War Crimes Tribunal has rejected an application for the identities of witnesses due to testify against Slobodan Milosevic to be withheld from the former Yugoslav President.

The United Nations War Crimes Tribunal has overturned the convictions of three Bosnian-Croats who have been in prison in the Hague since their surrender four years ago.

The UN War Crimes Tribunal’s chief prosecutor has said she hopes the court’s two most sought-after suspects will be apprehended soon.

Slobodan Milosevic’s lawyers have asked a Dutch court to release their client from prison in the Hague on the grounds that his extradition from Belgrade was illegal.

The US is to attend an international conference on financial aid to Yugoslavia on Thursday after being encouraged by moves against former president Slobodan Milosevic.

Yugoslavia’s president says he will "facilitate and support" a law in his country to co-operate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal, which is seeking the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic.