Friday, 6 february 2026.
Ratko Mladic’s Trial Edges Closer to Final Judgment
After accusations of genocide, ethnic cleansing, brutal detentions and a punishing siege, lawyers in the four-year trial of Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic begin to present their closing arguments...
Mladic Trial: Closing Statements Start Next Week
The prosecution in the genocide and war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic will begin its closing statements at the Hague Tribunal on December 5. Four-and-a-half...
Hague Tribunal to Open Information Centre in Sarajevo
The UN war crimes court will sign an agreement on Tuesday to set up an information centre at Sarajevo’s city hall offering access to all public documents from the Hague...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Indicted for Wartime Rape
The Bosnian prosecution filed an indictment against former Bosnian Serb soldier Zarko Vukovic, accusing him of raping a Bosniak woman several times during wartime in the Foca area.
Bosnian Serb General’s Trial Delayed Again in Belgrade
The trial of Bosnian Serb general Novak Djukic - already convicted in Sarajevo of ordering a deadly artillery strike on Tuzla in Bosnia - was postponed again because of the...
Bosniak Ex-Soldiers Arrested for Killing Serb Prisoners
Police arrested former Bosnian Army soldiers Safet Isakovic and Nisvet Poric on suspicion of involvement in the killing of three Serb prisoners of war in Bosanska Krupa in 1995. Bosnian...
Female Bosnian Croat Ex-Fighter Extradited from US
Azra Basic, a former Bosnian Croat fighter accused of brutally killing a Serb prisoner and torturing others, was extradited from the United States to Sarajevo to stand trial.
Bosnia’s New Chief Prosecutor Undergoes Stormy Start
After Gordana Tadic became Bosnia and Herzegovina’s new acting chief prosecutor, controversy erupted as the prosecution was accused of bias over the arrests of ten Bosnian Croats on war crimes...
Bosnia Convicts Ex-Soldier of Inciting Witness’s Murder
Bosnian Serb ex-soldier Milenko Krsmanovic was jailed for three years for inciting the killing of a lawyer in an attempt to stop him appearing as a witness in his war...
Commission Plans Security Checks for Non-EU Citizens
Travelers to Europe from non-EU Balkan states will have to undergo new online security checks before they can proceed, if the Commission’s plan is adopted.
UN Court Probes Karadzic Cancer Allegations
The Hague Tribunal has launched a medical investigation after war crimes defendant Radovan Karadzic claimed that cancer and other malignant diseases were rife in the UN detention unit.
Schwendiman: New Kosovo War Court ‘Not Anti-Albanian’
In his first interview since being appointed chief prosecutor of the new Kosovo special court, David Schwendiman told BIRN that suspected criminals are his target, not the Kosovo Liberation Army...