Tuesday, 18 august 2026.
Day of the Disappeared’ Commemorated Across Balkans
At events to mark the International Day of the Disappeared, people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Serbia sought to raise awareness that 12,000 people are still missing from...
Belgrade Wants Serbian War Criminals Jailed in Serbia
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic urged the UN to allow Serbian citizens convicted of war crimes to serve their sentences in their home country, although this request was not granted when...
How a Bosnian Boy Survived a Firing Squad
Jasmin Causevic was 13 when he found himself in front of a Bosnian Serb firing squad - and despite being seriously wounded, he survived by hiding out in a basement...
Poison Gas: The Bosnian War’s Forgotten Weapon
Poison gas and other toxic chemicals were used dozens of times during the Bosnian conflict to torture and murder prisoners, but almost no one has been held directly responsible in...
Bosnian Serb ‘Statehood Day’ Referendum Charges Rejected
The state court rejected prosecution charges against four members of the Bosnian Serb Referendum Commission for failing to implement a Constitutional Court decision banning a controversial vote on the Day...
Bosnian Fighter’s Sentence Increased for Serb Detainees’ Abuse
Former Croatian Defence Council fighter Almaz Nezirovic, convicted of war crimes against Serb civilians who were abused in a detention camp in Derventa in 1992, had his jail sentence increased...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Tried for Murder, Rape
Former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Sasa Cvetkovic went on trial for war crimes against Roma and Bosniak civilians in 1992, including the murder of an elderly woman and the rape...
Srebrenica: The Massacres that Went Unpunished
Twenty-two years after the Srebrenica massacres, direct perpetrators of mass killings of Bosniaks at several lesser-known execution sites have still not been charged or put on trial.
Bosnia Jails Ex-Policemen for Livno Prisoner Abuses
Former Croatian Defence Council military policemen Muamir Jasarevic and Sead Velagic were jailed for a total of two and a half years for abusing civilian detainees in the Bosnian town...