Brussels, 29/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 October, the European Union lifted its sanctions against the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, and his entourage.
The assets of Milosevic's widow, Marijana Marcovic, of his brother, Borislav Milosevic; of his children, Marija and Marko, and of his daughter-in-law, Milica Gajic-Milosevic, are unfrozen - as are those of Milosevic's former ministers and colleagues and those of the former president, Milan Milutinovic.
The sanctions were imposed in 2000 and have been lifted because the people concerned “no longer continue to represent a threat to the consolidation of democracy”, as the regulation published in the Official Journal of the EU states.
The restrictive measures imposed by the EU are subject to regular review.
Slobodan Milosevic was at the head of Yugoslavia from 1990 to 2000. He was accused of war crimes, of crimes against humanity and of genocide for his central role in the wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo during the 1990s. He was found dead in the detention centre of the tribunal in The Hague on 11 March 2006. (CG)