Thursday, 10 april 2025.
BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?
A report funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claims Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in wartime Sarajevo, but its allegations differ from facts established by...
Bosnian Serb War Crimes Convict Charged with Killing Prisoners
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Goran Viskovic, who is already serving a prison sentence for crimes against humanity, was charged with participating in the killings of eight Bosniak civilian...
Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter’s Prisoner Abuse Conviction Upheld
The Bosnian court rejected Croatian Defence Council ex-fighter Mile Pazin’s appeal against his one-and-a-half-year prison sentence for mistreating a Bosniak civilian prisoner in the Stolac area in 1993.
Controversial Report Highlights Serb Victims in Wartime Sarajevo
A report by a commission funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claimed that Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in Sarajevo during the war and that...
Bosnia Seeks Arrest of Fugitive Ex-Soldier in Serbia
The Bosnian state court ordered an international warrant to be issued for the arrest of former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Marko Kovac, who lives in Serbia and failed to appear...
Serbia Takes Over Case Against Bosnian Serb Military Policeman
The Higher Court in Belgrade agreed to take over the case against wartime Bosnian Serb Army military police officer Dragomir Kezunovic, who was initially convicted in Bosnia of crimes against...
Republika Srpska Probe of Terrorism Financing Suspect Continues
The Republic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity said it is still conducting an investigation into Zikrija Krkic for allegedly financing terrorism, after a Norwegian court jailed...
Bosnian Investigators Probed Suspected Video of Terrorism Defendant
Prosecution witnesses told the trial of Jahja Vukovic, who is accused of going to fight for the so-called Islamic State in Syria, how they investigated a suspicious video posted on...
Balkan States Under Pressure to Prosecute Financiers of Terrorism
Since hundreds of Balkan extremists went abroad to fight for Islamic State and other militant groups, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have come under increased international...