Sunday, 5 april 2026.
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...
Bosnian Serb Policeman Jailed for Shooting Civilian
Former policeman Mladjen Vasiljevic was sentenced to three years in prison for shooting a civilian dead in the Ribnik area in August 1992. The District Court in Banja Luka on...
Bosnia Urged to Tackle Alleged Pressure on Witnesses
Legal experts said that all allegations by war crimes witnesses who claimed investigators put pressure on them to incriminate suspects must be properly probed and new measures put in place...
Two Bosnian Serbs Jailed for 1992 Murder in Kljuc
The Cantonal Court in Bihac has sentenced Goran Sovilj and Petar Galic to a total of 17 years in prison for committing crimes in Kljuc, Bosnia.
Bosnia Awards Iraqi War Crimes Convict €36,600
The Bosnian court awarded Abduladhim Maktouf, an Iraqi fighter convicted of war crimes during the 1992-95 conflict, 36,600 euros in compensation because he was in jail for two years longer...
Policeman Convicted of Murdering Bosniak Brothers, Sister
Former policeman Vojislav Brestovac was found guilty of participating in the murder of two Bosniak brothers and their sister in the Doboj area in 1992 and sentenced to eight years...