Sasa Perkovic is seeking 13,000 Bosnian marks (about 6,650 euros) in compensation for mental distress because of the length of time for which his movements were restricted during the war...

Stupar’s lawyer, Danilo Mrkaljevic, said that his client was ordered into custody, but he did not know where he was or that a warrant was issued. “I am his attorney,...

Bosnian state institutions and companies last year launched tenders for official vehicles worth more than 93 million Bosnian marks – equal to about 46 million euros. The total value of...

BIRN journalists in Serbia on Thursday held up banners asking Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had arrived in Belgrade, to release imprisoned journalists in Russia and to respect human rights....

Human Rights Watch, HRW, said in its World Report 2019, published on Thursday, that Balkan countries made only modest progress last year in the field of human rights, citing lack...

Serbia's Prosecutor’s Office for Organize Crime said it is awaiting more extensive expertise before deciding whether to take on the case of man recently arrested by the police and allegedly...

They were also acquitted of killing two other Bosniaks in Barakovic, and two more in Kalata near Prijedor. But the court ordered a retrial for Vlasenko over one accusation of...

An Interpol red notice, the closest mechanism to an international arrest warrant, has been issued for for Jozo Djojic after he did not turn up to start serving his six-year-sentence...

With coordinated international action stymied by division on Syria between the major world powers, individual legal teams and prosecutors in a number of European states have taken up the challenge...

The Bosnian state prosecution employs more war crime prosecutors than it filed war crime indictments in 2018, shows an analysis carried out by BIRN. During the course of the year,...