Thursday, 3 april 2025.
Serb Volunteers Answer Call to Fight in Ukraine
Appeals for volunteers from Bosnia and Serbia to join pro-Russian forces in Ukraine are getting a strong response on social media – but how many are actually going is less...
Bosnia Charges Ex-Police Officer with Crime Against Humanity
Zdravko Samardzija, a former co-commander of a special police unit, is accused of involvement in the persecution, unlawful detention and killing of Bosniak and Croat civilians in the Kotor Varos...
Bosnian Army Ex-Military Policeman Convicted of Wartime Rape
Former military policeman Adem Kostjerevac was sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a pregnant woman in the Zvornik area during the Bosnian war in 1992.
Far-Right Exploiting Pandemic to Spread Hate, in the Balkans Too
The far-right is creating a ‘them against us’ narrative in the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to pick up followers and spread hate. And Balkan states are not immune, according...
Milidragovic et al: Witnesses Sentenced for Srebrenica Genocide Had no Knowledge of Kravica Crimes
Mendeljev Djuric and Petar Mitrovic, who were sentenced for the Srebrenica genocide, were examined before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina by way of the international legal assistance as defense...
In Bosnia Ventilator Scandal, Manufacturer’s Warnings Unheard or Unheeded
The Chinese manufacturer of a ‘transport’ ventilator bought by Bosnian officials to treat COVID-19 patients had said publicly, repeatedly, that its product was not for critically-ill patients, but the purchase...
Bosnian Serb Fighter Convicted of ‘Brutal’ Persecution of Bosniaks
Wartime Bosnian Serb police reservist and army officer Rade Garic was sentenced to 20 years in prison for persecuting Bosniaks from the Vlasenica and Srebrenica areas in 1992 and 1995...
Bosnian War Crimes Denial Ban Causes Trial Postponement
A hearing in a war crimes trial was postponed over confusion caused by changes to the criminal code imposed by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s international overseer to ban the denial of...
Bosnian Genocide Denial Ban Pleases Survivors, Angers Serbs
Survivors of the Srebrenica massacres welcomed the decision by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s international overseer to impose legislation to ban the denial of genocide and war crimes, but some Bosnian Serbs...