Sunday, 20 april 2025.
Culture of Denial: Why So Few War Criminals Feel Guilty
Some of the war criminals from the 1990s conflicts who admitted their guilt in court spoke to BIRN about why they confessed - although some say now that they only...
Bosnia’s Courts Convict More Migrant Smugglers
As the migrant smuggling business booms in Bosnia, the number of people convicted of this crime rose in 2019 compared to the year before.
Blood and Broken Glass: Remembering the Sarajevo Tram Attack
The shelling of a tram full of passengers in January 1996 was one of the last major attacks of the siege of Sarajevo, after the peace deal ending the Bosnian...
Bosnia Spends €2 Million on ‘Divisive’ War Memorials
Over the past four years, more than two million euros have been dedicated to building memorials honouring military and civilian casualties of the Bosnian war - but most only commemorate...
Hague Court Revised Rulebook ‘Over Karadzic Case Concerns’
Changes to the rules on exempting judges have been made solely – experts say – to ensure one judge in particular does not allow a reconsideration of Radovan Karadzic’s life...
Radovan Karadzic’s Conviction Highlights Entrenched Divisions
Bosniaks applauded the life sentence handed down in 2019 to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, but Serb politicians condemned it and analysts warned that each ethnic group still has...
Bosnian Politicians and Courts Battle over Fate of Wanted Turks
Bosnian courts are resisting what analysts say are moves by the main Bosniak political party to hand over Turks wanted by Ankara for their links to the alleged mastermind of...