Sunday, 22 june 2025.
Bosnian Soldier’s Appeal Against War Rape Conviction Rejected
The Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from former Bosnian Army soldier Mirsad Menzilovic, who was sentenced to six years in prison for raping a minor in Sarajevo in 1993.
Paramilitaries from Ukraine Conflict Plan Russian Election Run
Leaders of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, which has recruited paramilitary volunteers from the Balkans to fight for Moscow-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, are hoping to run in alliance...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Convicted of Sexually Abusing Prisoners
A Serbian court found former Bosnian Serb reservist policeman Milos Cajevic guilty of forcing two brothers to have sex with each other at a prison camp in the Bosnian town...
Homage to Ratko Mladic Provokes Fear in Bosnian Town
A newly-painted mural of Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic and a gun attack on the local mosque have scared Bosniaks who returned to the town of Foca after fleeing...
Serbia Gives Citizenship to Fugitive War Crimes Defendant
Serbia granted citizenship to Bosnian Serb war crimes defendant Mirko Vrucinic two months before he absconded from Bosnia and Herzegovina and failed to appear in court for closing arguments in...
BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?
A report funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claims Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in wartime Sarajevo, but its allegations differ from facts established by...
Bosnian Serb War Crimes Convict Charged with Killing Prisoners
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Goran Viskovic, who is already serving a prison sentence for crimes against humanity, was charged with participating in the killings of eight Bosniak civilian...
Hague Tribunal Urged to Report Serbia to UN Security Council
A judge at the UN tribunal said Serbia should be reported to the Security Council for failing to comply with requests to arrest two Serbian Radical Party politicians and send...
Bosnia Under Pressure to Adopt Srebrenica Genocide Denial Law
After the latest in a decade-long series of unsuccessful attempts to pass a law banning the denial of the Srebrenica genocide, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official could take action...