Sunday, 24 august 2025.
For Bosnia’s Landmine Clearers, Hope is Stronger than Fear
As efforts continue to finally make Sarajevo landmine-free this year, Bosnia’s demining experts explain how they deal with facing death or injury every day - and why they dedicate their...
Tensions Flare as Bosnian Serb Accuses Fellow Ex-Fighters of Massacre
The testimony on Monday and Tuesday from Jovicic, who is currently serving a five-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to the same crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina, sparked anger from...
Trial Witness ‘Thought Bosnian Ukraine Fighter was Monk’
Igor Krunic told the trial of Gavrilo Stevic at the Bosnian state court on January 28 said he met Stevic in late 2014 when they travelled to Montenegro together and...
Bosnian Ex-Chief Prosecutor Tried for Abuse of Office
The abuse of office trial of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s former chief state prosecutor, Goran Salihovic, opened in Sarajevo with the defendant describing the case against him as a “witch hunt”....
Bosnian Serb Army Officer Charged with Persecuting Bosniaks
Former Bosnian Serb Army deputy brigade commander Mile Ujic is accused of committing crimes against humanity by persecuting Bosniak civilians in the Rogatica area in 1992 and 1993. The Bosnian...
Serb Awarded for Fighting for Pro-Russian Forces in Ukraine
An organisation run by a Russian army veteran who organised militias in eastern Ukraine and Crimea has given an award to a Serbian citizen who fought for the pro-Russian separatist...
Bosnian MPs Reject Legislation to Criminalise Genocide Denial
Lawmakers in the upper house of the Bosnian parliament voted to reject a proposed legal change intended to make the denial of genocide and war crimes punishable by jail sentences....
Bosnia Extends Custody for Six Syrian War Suspects
The Bosnian state court told BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina that the custody order for suspects Senad Kasupovic, Emir Alisic, Miralem Berbic, Jasmin Keserovic, Hamza Labidi and Armen Dzelko has been...
In Bosnia’s First ‘Deradicalised’ Syria Fighter, Limited Lessons
Munib Ahmetspahic expressed regret for having joined the Islamic State in Syria. A Court declared him “deradicalised”, but experts say his case provides few real lessons for the fight against...
Serbian State Security ‘Didn’t Take Volunteer Fighters to Bosnia’
Petar Djukic, a former high-ranking Serb police officer in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, told the retrial of Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals...
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