Thursday, 14 august 2025.
Bosnian Serb War Convict Indicted Again for Killing Bosniaks
Former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman Predrag Bastah, who is already been serving a sentence for war crimes, was charged with involvement in the killings of 37 Bosniak civilians near Vlasenica.
Bosnian Terror Defendant ‘Went to Syria Because of Daughter’
A prosecution witness testifying at the trial of Milarem Berbic, who is accused of terrorism and joining foreign paramilitary groups, said that the defendant travelled to Syria because of his...
Witnesses Identified Syria Terrorism Suspect from Photographs
Testifying at the trial of Jasmin Keserovic, who is accused of fighting for a terrorist organisation in Syria, a State Investigation and Protection Agency investigator said that three witnesses recognised...
BIRN Movie About Underground Hospital Premieres at Sarajevo Festival
A film about a remarkable hospital that functioned underground during the war in Bosnia – directed by BIRN BiH’s deputy editor – has its first showing at this year’s online...
Rule of Law Key to Balkans’ Progress – Germany’s Schutz
The Western Balkans Director at the German Federal Foreign Office says the region will be high on the agenda during Berlin’s EU Council Presidency – but countries seeking integration must...
Anger in Bosnia after British PM Ennobles ‘War Crimes Denier’
Survivors of the 1992-95 Bosnian war have expressed anger after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson decided to make Claire Fox, who has published articles denying the Srebrenica genocide and other...
Can Bosnia and Herzegovina Try Islamic State Fighters for War Crimes?
After several European countries started trying former Islamic State fighters for war crimes as well as terrorism, increasing their potential sentences, BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina analysed what needs to be...
No Justice for Elderly Serbs Executed in Croatian Villages
The Croatian fighters who killed elderly Serbs who didn’t flee their villages when the army’s Operation Storm crushed Serb rebel forces in 1995 have never been convicted - and officials...
Forgotten Victims: Serbs Targeted in Bosnia-Croatia Border Village Killings
Only one person has ever been convicted of killing Serb civilians in the village of Sijekovac in March 1992 - one of the first crimes of the Bosnian war -...