Monday, 31 march 2025.
Serb Paramilitary Killers Must Face Justice, Bosnian Widow Pleads
Ahead of the appeal in the Hague court’s trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic, the widow of a man killed by Serb fighters operating...
Netherlands Pays €8.7 Million to Srebrenica Victims’ Relatives
Since the Netherlands started offering compensation to relatives of certain Srebrenica genocide victims because Dutch peacekeeping troops failed to protect them, millions of euros have been paid out but several...
Mostar’s Unpunished Massacres, Part 3: The Long Wait for a Memorial
Since the Uborak and Sutina massacres, the most serious war crimes in the Herzegovina region during the 1990s conflict, the victims’ families have been calling for a dignified memorial, but...
‘March of Death’: Women Recall Harrowing Escape from Srebrenica
Thousands of Bosniak men walked 100 kilometres across harsh terrain to escape being massacred by Bosnian Serb forces after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995 - but there were...
Victims’ Families Walk ‘Route of Death’ in Bosnia’s Kalinovik
Relatives of 121 Bosniaks who were killed in June 1992 in the Kalinovik area marked the 30th anniversary by walking between the sites where their loved ones died.
Kosovo Theatre Director Takes on Controversy over Handke Nobel Prize
With a cast and crew from across the Balkans, Italy and France, a new play takes on the controversy surrounding Peter Handke’s 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature and asks, ‘Can...
Award-Winning Srebrenica Film Barred from Serbs’ Screens
A year after the release of ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’, director Jasmila Zbanic is still trying to get her film about the Srebrenica genocide shown in Serbia and Republika Srpska, despite...
Bosnians Mark 30th Anniversary of Wartime Persecution in Prijedor
After police refused to permit a march to mark White Ribbon Day, the anniversary of the start of ethnic persecution in the Prijedor area in 1992, people gathered in a...
Running for Their Lives: How Sport Survived in Besieged Sarajevo
Despite shelling and sniper fire, Sarajevo’s sportsmen and women kept on training throughout the 1992-95 siege of the city, and even managed to represent Bosnia at international tournaments.