Marko Dimitrijevic, the hedge fund manager who survived at least five emerging market debt crises, is closing his largest hedge fund after losing virtually all its money last week when the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly let the franc trade freely against the euro, according to a person familiar with the firm.

The search for UN-wanted war crime suspects General Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic has failed to yield any results, but efforts to find them are continuing, Serbian officials said today.

Britain’s former defence attache in Belgrade told Slobodan Milosevic’s war crimes trial today that Yugoslav army units were ordered to bypass the normal military chain of command during the Kosovo conflict.