Friday, 18 september 2026.
Captured: Powerful Photos Show Bosnian War Prisoners’ Suffering
American photographer Ron Haviv’s images of detention camps where prisoners were abused and killed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have gone on display in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Kosovo Theatre Director Takes on Controversy over Handke Nobel Prize
With a cast and crew from across the Balkans, Italy and France, a new play takes on the controversy surrounding Peter Handke’s 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature and asks, ‘Can...
Bosnian Accused of Threatening US-Style Shooting Spree in Sarajevo
The Bosnian prosecution requested a one-month custody remand for Hamza Cardaklija, who is accused of threatening to commit a terrorist act emulating school shootings in the United States.
Street Named After Bosnian War Crime Defendant Angers Survivors
Bosnian war survivors and international organisations criticised a decision by Sarajevo’s Novi Grad municipality to name a street after general Mehmed Alagic, who died before the end of his trial...
Award-Winning Srebrenica Film Barred from Serbs’ Screens
A year after the release of ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’, director Jasmila Zbanic is still trying to get her film about the Srebrenica genocide shown in Serbia and Republika Srpska, despite...
Bosnia’s Federation to Extend Benefits for Civilian War Victims
The government in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Bosniak- and Croat-dominated Federation entity voted for a draft law that will provide more wide-ranging welfare benefits to civilian victims of the 1992-95 war.
Bosnia Finds 15 Bodies in War Grave in Mostar
At an exhumation in the village of Medjine in the Mostar area, investigators have discovered the remains of 15 people who are believed to have died during the war in...
BIRN Funds Projects to Research War Crime Case Archives
BIRN has awarded grants to 13 journalists, historians, artists and activists for projects exploring the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and domestic courts in ex-Yugoslav...
Police Ban on Bosnian War Victims’ Memorial March Condemned
A ban on a march commemorating victims of wartime persecution by Bosnian Serb forces in the city of Prijedor, which police say was imposed for security reasons, has been criticised...
Bosnians Mark 30th Anniversary of Wartime Persecution in Prijedor
After police refused to permit a march to mark White Ribbon Day, the anniversary of the start of ethnic persecution in the Prijedor area in 1992, people gathered in a...
Leader of Pro-Russian Group in Brcko Commuted Prison Sentence for Fine
The Basic Court in Brcko told BIRN it allowed Srdjan Letic, leader of the Sveti Georgije Loncari organization, a man with multiple convictions, to commute his prison sentence for a...
BIRN BiH Offers Memorial Fund Use of Database for Education
BIRN is making its database of established facts about the war available to the Memorial Fund for used in schools to counter disinformation and war crimes denial.