Serbian Activists Step Up Struggle Against Ratko Mladic Tributes
A bitter dispute over a mural in Belgrade glorifying Ratko Mladic, which activists have repeatedly tried to destroy, has highlighted how graffiti and street-art tributes to the Bosnian Serb war...
Ratko Mladic Mural Hit by Paint Attack in Belgrade
The morning after Serbian police arrested two women for throwing eggs at a street mural of Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, a political activist threw a bucket of paint over the...
Serbia Arrests Activists for Egging Ratko Mladic Mural
Police arrested two people for throwing eggs at a mural celebrating Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic in the Serbian capital Belgrade, which the authorities have banned activists from removing.
Mutiny in Serbia: How a State Security Unit’s Rebellion Went Unpunished
In November 2001, the Serbian State Security Service’s Special Operations Unit staged a mutiny and set up roadblocks. The failure to punish the instigators of the armed revolt would have...
Bosnian Serb Fighter’s Wartime Assault, Robbery Conviction Upheld
The Court of Appeals in Belgrade confirmed Zeljko Budimir’s two-year prison sentence for beating up a civilian and stealing his money during the Bosnian war in 1992.
Serbia Pays Price of Delays, Errors and Costly Cars in Rail Upgrade
Delays and design errors have cost Serbia tens of millions of dollars in the process of upgrading the rail connection between Belgrade to Budapest, BIRN can reveal.
Kosovo Veterans’ Leaders Denounce War Crimes Court as ‘Biased’
The heads of the Kosovo Liberation Army Veterans’ Association called the Hague-based war crimes court ‘biased’ and said they had done nothing wrong by revealing confidential court documents to media.
Serbian Ministry Sued over Ban on Erasing Ratko Mladic Mural
A Serbian human rights NGO filed a lawsuit against the Interior Ministry after it banned activists from holding a gathering to erase a mural of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko...
Survivors’ Stories Describe Terror and Trauma of Wartime Rape
Psychoanalyst Wiola Rebecka says her new book about sexual assault during wartime highlights how rape survivors in Kosovo felt afraid to tell anyone about what happened to them, prolonging the...