Mladen Obrenović, Author at Detektor

Bosnian and Serbian companies provided heavy machinery, buses and trucks that were used during the Srebrenica deportations and massacres in July 1995 and the subsequent cover-up operation, but none of them has ever been held accountable.

Leaders of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, which has recruited paramilitary volunteers from the Balkans to fight for Moscow-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, are hoping to run in alliance with the ruling party in upcoming parliamentary elections in Russia.

Serbs who fought for Moscow-backed militias in the conflict in eastern Ukraine say they are ready to take up arms again as a massive Russian military build-up on the border raises fears of more violence.

History textbooks for secondary school pupils in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s two ethnically-dominated entities and in Serbia give different accounts of what happened during the 1990s Bosnian war, further entrenching divisions through children’s education.

Screen-Shot-2020-10-27-at-18.50.14-e1603821483961.png

The New Energy company, co-owned by a founder of the Bosnian branch of the pro-Putin Night Wolves Russian bikers’ club, has failed to meet all the deadlines in a government contract to build a hydropower plant near Han Pijesak.

The Bosnian state prosecution has requested a one-month custody remand for Jahja Vukovic, who is suspected of having organised a terrorist group.

Some war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina can last for five years or more, delaying justice even longer for victims of a conflict that ended more than two decades ago.

Former Bosnian Serb Army battalion commander Srecko Acimovic was sentenced to nine years in prison for assisting the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995.

Russian Cossack groups are building ties with Serbs in the Balkans. But are they just promoting Russia, or finding fighters for it too?

Almir Dzinic, who was sentenced to one year in prison back in 2016 for going to fight in Syria, has been arrested for robbery in the village of Srednje, near Ilijas, the Sarajevo Cantonal Prosecution told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mladen Obrenović

Srebrenica: How Bosnian Companies Supplied the Genocide Cover-Up

Paramilitaries from Ukraine Conflict Plan Russian Election Run

As Ukraine Conflict Intensifies, Serb Volunteers Prepare for Battle

Bosnian, Serbian Schoolbooks Teach Rival Versions of History

Putin-Linked Bosnian Biker’s Energy Firm Misses Contract Deadlines

Bosnian Prosecution Seeks One-Month Custody for Syria Suspect

Bosnia Urged to Reduce Length of War Crimes Trials

Bosnian Serb Battalion Commander Convicting of Aiding Genocide

Under Cossack Banner, Russian Ties with Balkan Fighters Strengthened

Bosnian Terrorism Convict Arrested for Robbery

Pratite nas