Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (C) attends a party in Novi Banovci near Belgrade in this image taken from a June 22, 2008 video footage. Karadzic was being extradited to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, the Serbian official news agency Tanjug reported early on Wednesday.  (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BELGRADE, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was being extradited to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, the Serbian official news agency Tanjug reported early on Wednesday.

    A motorcade of four jeeps with tinted windows was seen leaving the downtown Belgrade District Court at about 3:45 a.m. (0145 GMT)early Wednesday where Karadzic was held since his arrest July 21, said the reports, adding that Karadzic was taken from detention to the Belgrade airport to board a plane for the Netherlands.

    The 63-year-old Karadzic was indicted for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

    The decision on Karadzic's transfer was signed by Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic, in accordance with Serbia's law on cooperation with the ICTY, Serbia's Beta news agency said.

    Karadzic, seen as a hero by Serb nationalists in Bosnia and Serbia, had been kept in a Belgrade prison while his legal team had been fighting a legal battle against his transfer to the ICTY.

    The Belgrade District Court's spokeswoman said on Tuesday that the court received no appeal against the extradition of Karadzic to the ICTY by the end of office hours on Tuesday.

Serbian court receives no appeal against extradition of Karadzic  

A combination photo shows Bosnian Serb wartime leader and indicted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic (L) in an undated recent file photo and (R) attending a parliamentary session in the Republik of Srpska in Bosanski Samac February 13, 1995. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BELGRADE, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Serbia's Belgrade District Court received no appeal against the extradition of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague by the end of office hours on Tuesday, a court spokeswoman said.

    "Considering the fact that an appeal did not arrive, the court didn't make any decision," the court's spokeswoman Ivana Ramic told reporters in Belgrade.

World opinion mixed on Karadzic arrest

    BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- World opinion mixed on Tuesday after the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

    The Russian foreign ministry on Tuesday said that the arrest of Karadzic was "an internal matter" for Serbia, and the trial of Karadzic should be "impartial," accusing the UN war crimes tribunal of "an often biased approach."

Skirmishes break out in Belgrade over Karadzic arrest

    BELGRADE, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Skirmishes broke out Tuesday afternoon between the police and protesters against the arrest of the former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the capital Belgrade.

    Protesters who gathered in downtown Belgrade chanted Karadzic's name and threw firecrackers and chairs at the police and started smashing nearby cafes, local media reported. 

Ministers: Arrest of Karadzic "a significant step" for Serbia-EU ties

    BRUSSELS, July 22 (Xinhua) -- EU foreign ministers said here on Tuesday that the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was "a significant step on Serbia's path towards the EU."

    "This development illustrates the commitment of the new government in Belgrade to contribute to peace and stability in the Balkans regions," the ministers said in a conclusion of their meeting. Full story