Wednesday, 1 april 2026.
Bosnian Croats Remember ‘Cruel and Brutal’ Uzdol Massacre
A commemoration was held to mark the anniversary of the killings of 29 Bosnian Croat civilians including children and old people, as well as 12 Croatian Defence Council fighters, in...
Two Bereaved Bosnian Families’ Hopes for Justice Dwindle
The families of two men who were killed while fleeing their homes during the Bosnian war in 1993 have appealed to prosecutors many times to find the killers - but...
‘Living Yugoslavia’: Past Identity Becomes Present Political Statement
To many who trace their roots to socialist Yugoslavia, ‘Yugo-nostalgia’ isn’t just about how they or their families once lived, but about the life they want to live now.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Grabovica Massacre: The Soldiers Who Couldn’t Forget
Two soldiers were on opposing sides when 33 Bosnian Croats were massacred by Bosnian Army troops 27 years ago - but now they are both working to ensure that the...
Bosnia Arrests Former Bosnian Serb Army Officer for War Crime
Ratko Djurkovic, former commander of the First Battalion of the Bosnian Serb Army’s First Majevica Brigade, is suspected of failing to prevent troops murdering Bosniak civilians and captives in the...
Playground Shelled, Eight Bosnian Children Killed, and No One Prosecuted
The latest report in BIRN’s Forgotten Victims series examines how no one has ever been brought to justice for a mortar attack on a playground in Vitez during the Bosnian...
QAnon Gets Foothold in Balkans, Claiming COVID-19 “Does Not Exist”
Facebook and Twitter say they are fighting the spread of conspiracy theories linked to QAnon. In the Balkans, the movement is just getting started.
Bosnian Polling Station Abuses are ‘Mechanism for Vote Theft’
Political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina surreptitiously swap seats on the committees that oversee polling stations, and although it’s not illegal, it allows them to influence the vote count on...
UN Court Rejects Call to Hospitalise Ratko Mladic
The UN war crimes tribunal rejected a call from Ratko Mladic’s defence for the former Bosnian Serb Army commander to be urgently transferred from the United Nations Detention Unit to...
Bosnian Investigators Find Bones at Suspected War Grave Site
Human remains suspected to date back to the 1990s war have been discovered during an exhumation at Duboki Potok near the town of Knezevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Serbian Security Chiefs’ Retrial Resumes after Six-Month Halt
The UN court’s retrial of senior Serbian State Security officials Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic for wartime crimes in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina resumed after a break of almost...
How Fake News Spreads: Mainstream Media Republish Suspect Sites’ Stories
Public broadcaster Radio Television Republika Srpska has republished stories from the anonymously-run InfoSrpska website at least 91 times over the past two years - spreading information that fact-checkers have labelled...