Monday, 21 april 2025.
New Court Faces Old Problems in Protecting Kosovo Witnesses
Under fire from politicians in an increasing hostile atmosphere in Kosovo, the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers needs to strike deals with EU countries to relocate witnesses and their families to...
Serbian Court Quashes Bosniak Military Prison Chief’s Conviction
A Belgrade court ruled that the case of Husein Mujanovic, sentenced to ten years in prison for beating Serbs at a prison near Sarajevo in 1992, will have to go...
Crossing Borders Again, Balkan Music Reckons with Difficult Past
Music played a part in the political upheaval and conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s. Today it is crossing borders and offering hope.
In COVID-19 Fight, Free Speech Becomes Collateral Damage
In trying to control the pandemic narrative, governments in the region have turned to draconian tools, muzzling media, arresting critics and bombarding social media giants with requests to take down...
Greek Police Denies Golden Dawn Fugitive Hiding in Serbia
A Greek police spokesperson has dismissed reports that Christos Pappas, a convicted senior member of the far-right Golden Dawn party, has fled to monastery in Serbia to escape serving his...
Bosnian Serb Soldier’s Conviction for Beating Prisoners Upheld
A court in Belgrade upheld the verdict sentencing former Bosnian Serb Army serviceman Zeljko Maricic to two years in prison for beating up Bosniak prisoners in the town of Kljuc...
Belgrade Court Increases Bosnian Serb Soldier’s War Crime Sentence
A court in the Serbian capital delivered a final verdict sentencing ex-soldier Milan Dragisic to five years in prison for killing one civilian and attempting to kill two others in...
Serbian Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of Wartime Assault, Robbery
Former Bosnian Serb fighter Zeljko Budimir was jailed for two years after a retrial in Belgrade for assaulting and robbing a Bosniak civilian in Bosnia’s Kljuc municipality during wartime in...
Croatia Charges Serb Ex-Fighters with Russian War Reporters’ Murders
Three decades after Russian reporters Viktor Nogin and Gennadiy Kurinnoy were shot dead during the war in Croatia, two unnamed members of a rebel Serb special police unit have been...