Monday, 29 september 2025.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Faces Trial for Attacks on Villages
Novakovic, who has both Bosnian and Serbian citizenship, is accused of having participated, in collaboration with others, in the murders, torture and persecution of the Bosniak civilian population in the...
Bosnia Charges Serb Ex-Soldiers with Crimes Against Humanity
“The indictees are charged with war crimes, including rape and sexual abuse during the war, which had grave consequences for those who were injured,” the prosecution said in a statement....
European Court Tells Bosnia to Remove Illegal Church
Fata Orlovic, who has waged a long legal battle for an illegally-built Serbian Orthodox church to be removed from her backyard, told BIRN on Tuesday that she welcomed the European...
‘Sniper Alley’ Site Preserves Pictorial Memory of Sarajevo Siege
The Sniper Alley website is an attempt to collect and save all the photographs from wartime Sarajevo that can be found in one place, establishing a permanent resource that will...
Bosnia Exhumes War Victim’s Body from Hidden Grave
The Bosnian prosecution said on Monday that the incomplete remains of a war victim have been exhumed by investigators in Trnovo in the Sekovici municipality. “The exhumation of the terrain...
Bosnia Cancels Four Turks’ Residence Permits on Erdogan’s Request
The Service for Foreigners’ Affairs of Bosnia’s Security Ministry has withdrawn four Turks’ residence permits, their lawyer told BIRN – a move that follows a visit in July by Turkish...
Serbian Court Convicts Bosnian Serb of Wartime Assault
But the court acquitted Budimir of participating in the murders of the Bosniak man’s wife and mother. According to the indictment, Budmir was one of three fighters who broke into...
Skulls Found in Bosnian War Grave Exhumation
The Missing Persons Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina told BIRN on Monday that investigators carrying out an exhumation of a suspected war grave have found two skulls that are believed...
Serbia Convicts ‘Red Berets’ Fighter of Wartime Rape
According to the indictment, Vida Lujic, together with two other unidentified fighters, entered a house in Brcko on the day of the assault, wearing a uniform and armed with a...
Bosnian War Rape Convicts Compensate Victim for First Time
A lawyer representing a Bosnian rape victim told BIRN that the convicted defendants have voluntarily paid 30,000 Bosnian marks (about 15,400 euros) in compensation – the first time that perpetrators...
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