Friday, 6 february 2026.
BIRN Launches Interactive War Crimes Verdict Map
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has launched a unique database of the publicly-available final verdicts delivered in 386 war crimes cases by courts in the former Yugoslavia and by the...
Serbs to Stage Sarajevo Attack Reconstructions
Experts engaged by the Bosnian Serb authorities will stage reconstructions of the deadly blasts at Sarajevo’s Markale marketplace in 1994 and 1995 and an attack on a bread queue in...
Bosnian Serb Soldier Acquitted of Sokolac Beating
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Milenko Krsmanovic was acquitted of beating up a Bosniak civilian in the village of Pediste in the Sokolac municipality in July 1992. The District Court in...
Bosnian Mayoral Hopefuls Tainted by Crime Claims
Nearly 50 candidates for the positions of mayor or municipality chief in next month’s Bosnian elections have been convicted of, charged with or investigated for organised crime, corruption or war...
Hague Tribunal Slams Serbia Again For Non-Cooperation
Judges at the UN court said that Belgrade is refusing to fulfil its obligations and transfer three members of Vojislav Seselj’s Serbian Radical Party for trial on witness intimidation charges.
Mladic Trial: Court Refuses to Consider Bias Claims
The Hague Tribunal refused to consider a motion filed by former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic’s defence asking for the trial to be stopped because the court was systematically...
Bosnia’s Niqab-Wearers Brave Insults to Show Faith
Muslim women who wear the face-covering niqab say they are often insulted or mocked on the streets of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but are determined to show they are following religious...
Bosnian Serb Soldier Jailed for Prisoners’ Beating, Murder
Former Bosnian Serb soldier Radomir Sevarika was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for participating in the beating and murder of Croat prisoners in Knezevo in October...
Bosnian War Rape Victims Struggle for Compensation
Only three verdicts in state-level war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina have ever ordered compensation payments to victims of sexual violence, but none of the victims has received any...
UN Court Gives $508,797 for Karadzic’s Appeal
The UN war crimes court has granted $508,797 for the preparation of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic’s appeal against his conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Bosnia Arrests Six Serbs for Milici War Crimes
Six former Bosnian Serb soldiers and military policemen were arrested on suspicion that they committed crimes against humanity against over 60 Bosniaks, including children, in the Milici municipality in 1992....
Bosnian Army Commander Faces Prozor Crimes Trial
Enver Buza, the former commander of a Bosnian Army battalion in Prozor, is accused of failing to punish servicemen who killed 27 Croat civilians during an attack in 1993. The...