MPs refused to debate resolutions to ban the denial of the Srebrenica genocide, to set up a commission to determine how many died during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and to recognise Serb rebel fighters as war veterans.
Victims of revenge porn in the Balkans face an uphill fight against legislative gaps, institutional prejudice, widespread victim-blaming and unethical media coverage. No wonder so few seek justice.
They like patriotic rallies and patrolling the streets. They dislike vaccines, migrants and “the system”. And they have the support of one in 10 Serbs on Facebook.
A Belgrade court has awarded around 6,000 to 8,000 euros each in compensation to three families of people killed by Serbian forces at Ovcara Farm near Vukovar in Croatia in 1991, but rights activists say the payouts are inadequate.
The European Court of Human Rights has requested Serbia not to extradite a wanted Kurdish activist to Turkey, where he has been sentenced to life in prison, before it has had time to properly evaluate his case.
Rights activists urged Serbia and Kosovo to make public a reported agreement to open up or exchange material from their wartime archives, which could reveal the whereabouts of the remaining missing persons from the 1998-99 conflict.
The authorities in the Serbian town of Negotin are supporting a promotional event for a book written by former Yugoslav People’s Army officer Veselin Sljivancanin, who served a sentence for committing war crimes during the conflict in Croatia.
The movers and shakers of the video game industry in the Balkans say they are helping to bridge ethnic divides. But what about players in the neon-lit gaming lounges of Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo?
One of the defendants on trial for participating in the abduction and killings of 20 non-Serb civilian passengers who were seized at Strpci station during the Bosnian war died in July, said Belgrade Higher Court.
Twitter has labelled a number of well-known newspapers and TV stations in Serbia as media where 'the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources and direct or indirect political pressures'.