The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, today rejected a request by former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to go to Russia for medical treatment.

Slobodan Milosevic must have known that thousands of Muslims were being slaughtered by Serbs in Srebrenica, a former top UN commander told a war crimes court today.

Serbia’s pro-Western government which toppled former President Slobodan Milosevic may fall under the onslaught of nationalists and defectors from the crumbling governing block, the prime minister warned today.

FORMER Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's bullying tactics may have terrorised opponents in the past but he was no match for a high-ranking Irish army officer at the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague yesterday.

The wife of Slobodan Milosevic has described the former Yugoslav president’s performance before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague as a battle between good and evil.