Monday, 2 november 2026.

Serbia Tries Female Ex-Soldier for Killing Bosniak Prisoners

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Visnja Acimovic told the court in Belgrade that she is not guilty of taking part in the shooting of 37 Bosniak men in Vlasenica during the...

War Victims Urged to Raise Voices at Kosovo Guerrillas’ Trials

In a pioneering scheme, victims of alleged wartime crimes are being offered the opportunity to play a role in the upcoming trials in The Hague of former Kosovo Liberation Army...

Serbia Pledges to Exhume Suspected Kosovar Mass Grave Soon

An expert commission formed by a court in Serbia is to determine the exact starting date for the exhumation of a suspected mass grave in southern Serbia – which is...

Croatia to Finally Give Welfare Benefits to Civilian War Victims

Croatia aims to pass legislation that will grant benefits to civilian victims of the 1991-95 war - but experts warn that the draft law in its current form could omit...

Kosovo Guerrilla Leaders Accused of Witness-Tampering Ahead of Trial

The Specialist Prosecutor’s Office in The Hague claims that Kosovo’s ex-president Hashim Thaci and his fellow war crimes indictees have been involved in interfering with potential prosecution witnesses before their...

‘Unwell’ Bosnian Serb General’s Trial Suspended to September 2021

Novak Djukic, who has already been convicted in Bosnia of the 1995 Tuzla massacre, needs further psychiatric treatment and is not well enough to participate in his trial in Serbia...

The Vukovar Murders: Which Units Killed Civilians in Croatia in 1991?

BIRN’s analysis of Hague Tribunal evidence reveals which Yugoslav People’s Army and Serb paramilitary units were deployed in villages around Vukovar in Croatia in November 1991 when Croat civilian prisoners...

Serbian Ministry Again Defends Privacy of Wanted War Criminal

The Serbian Interior Ministry again refused to provide information about an international arrest warrant for Rajko Kozlina, who was convicted of war crimes in Kosovo and remains at large, arguing...

Lockdown Has Increased Terrorist Risk to Kosovo, Experts Warn

After around 200 former fighters were repatriated from the war zones of Syria and Iraq, Kosovo is struggling with the security consequences – particularly during the lockdown.