Monday, 31 march 2025.
Cases Closed: Deaths of Ageing Balkan War Suspects Thwart Justice
Years after the 1990s wars, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia have continued to slowly prosecute wartime crimes – but with increasing numbers of ageing suspects falling ill or dying,...
Croatian Police Probe Serb Mayor for Calling Operation Storm a ‘Crime’
Police said they are investigating after a Facebook post by the Serb mayor of Croatia’s Borovo municipality described the Croatian Army’s 1995 Operation Storm, which defeated rebel Serb forces and...
Bosnia’s Proposal to Prosecute Croatian Generals Sparks Controversy
Croatian officials reacted indignantly after state prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina reportedly asked Zagreb if its judiciary can prosecute Croatian wartime generals for crimes allegedly committed during the Croatian Army’s...
Croatia Celebrates Anniversary of ‘Storm’ Victory; Serbia Mourns Victims
While top officials in Croatia celebrated the 26th anniversary of the country’s military victory over rebel Serbs in Operation Storm, their counterparts in Serbia lamented the consequences of a 'policy...
Tudjman’s ‘Freedom Train’: Celebrating Croats’ Victory and Serbs’ Exodus
After Croatia’s victory over rebel Serbs in Operation Storm in August 1995, President Franjo Tudjman set off on a triumphalist cross-country railway journey, staging celebratory rallies along the way -...
‘Nationalists Want to Convince Croats and Serbs They Can’t Coexist’
This week, while Croatia celebrates its victory in 1995’s Operation Storm and Serbia mourns the victims, nationalists on both sides will be seeking to profit politically from one of the...
Bosnian Croat Charged with War Crimes Dies in Croatia
Pero Vincetic, a former Bosnian Croat fighter charged with war crimes in the northeastern Bosnian town of Orasje in 1992, died on Sunday aged 53.
Croatia Upholds Soldier’s Conviction for Killing Serb Family in 1995
The Supreme Court upheld a verdict sentencing a former Croatian soldier to ten years in prison for killing three Serb civilians, all members of the same family, after the Croatian...
Croatian Right-Wingers Seek to Disrupt WWII Uprising Anniversary
An organisation representing Croatia’s Serb minority reported that far-right activists are protesting against an event commemorating the anniversary of an anti-fascist uprising in the village of Srb in 1941.