Saturday, 26 april 2025.
BIRN Presents Database as Tool to Educate and Counter Revisionism
BIRN's new database of adjudicated facts on the 1992-5 war in Bosnia is designed as an educational tool that will also counter revisionist narratives and genocide denial.
Video Testimonials Tell Story of Sarajevo’s 44 Months Under Siege
Marking the 30th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, a new BIRN online project features the video testimonials of 44 people - one for each month of the military blockade...
30 Years On, Photographs Evoke Everyday Terrors of Besieged Sarajevo
Paul Lowe’s exhibition of photographs of everyday life during the siege of Sarajevo shows how people in the Bosnian capital dealt with the everyday dangers and deprivations of war with...
Canada Deports Crime Against Humanity Suspect to Bosnia
Nikola Koprivica, who is suspected of committing a crime against humanity in the village of Novoseoci, where over 40 Bosniaks were executed in 1992, was extradited from Canada to Bosnia...
Serbia, Bosnia, Ban Each Other’s Citizens on Security Grounds
Over the last 20 days, two Serbian citizens have been banned from entering Bosnia and one Bosnian citizen has been refused entrance to Serbia, all on security grounds, in what...
Bosnian Serb Leader Denies Wrongdoing Related to Bank Loan
After a hearing before the State Prosecution, Milorad Dodik again denied having taken out a fictitious loan from Pavlovic Banka to buy a luxury villa.
Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Jailed for Assaulting, Robbing Civilians
The Federation Supreme Court upheld a verdict sentencing Bosnian Serb Army soldier Mile Kokot to two years and five months in prison for war crimes against civilians in Sanski Most...
Bosnia Upholds Serb Soldier’s Jailing for Killing Two Bosniaks
The Bosnian court rejected former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Bozidar Perisic’s appeal against his ten-year prison sentence for killing two Bosniak men in a village near Rogatica during the war...
Ratko Mladic Plaque Installed Near Sarajevo Despite Legal Ban
Bosnian Serb Army veterans installed a new plaque in Sarajevo that honours their former military commander Ratko Mladic, defying legislation that prohibits the honouring of war criminals.