| 24.07.2008 | 05:00 UTC
Karadzic to conduct own defence
The lawyer of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says his client wants to conduct his own defence at his war crimes trial in The Hague. He said Karadzic, who was arrested in Serbia on Monday, would, however, have a legal team in Serbia to support him. Karadzic is accused of crimes against humanity for the massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995 and the 43-month-long siege of Sarajevo, during which some 11,000 people died. He spent 12 years on the run, posing as a doctor of alternative medicine in Belgrade. European Union officials say his arrest will boost Serbia's bid to join the EU, as it showed the new Belgrade government's commitment to peace and stability in the Balkans.
