Wednesday, 2 april 2025.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels in the Balkans gain ground in Recruitment and Disinformation War
More than half a million people follow pro-Russian Telegram channels covering the Balkans in Serbian and Russian languages. Followers are being urged to donate military equipment to Russia and join...
Bosnia Clears Serb Ex-Commander of War Crimes Against Civilians
Bosnia’s state court has confirmed its first-instance verdict and cleared Bosnian Serb Army company commander Rade Macura of involvement in war crimes in a village in the Bosanska Gradiska area...
Hague Court Rejects Ratko Mladic’s Plea for Provisional Release
The UN war crimes court rejected a request from former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic to grant him provisional release on humanitarian grounds or allow him to continue to...
From Bosnia to Ukraine: How a Serb Sportsman Became a Russian Fighter
A Bosnian Serb former martial arts fighter has been posting videos and pictures online, documenting his new life as a volunteer soldier with a Russian unit fighting in Ukraine. BIRN...
Srebrenica Memorial Centre Houses Unidentified Genocide Victims’ Remains
A facility was opened at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre to store the remains, personal belongings and clothes of victims of the Srebrenica genocide who haven’t been identified – intended as...
BIRN Bosnia Journalist Shortlisted for Journalistic Award in Slovakia
Nino Bilajac, a journalist at BIRN Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been nominated alongside his colleague Tomas Madlenak for this year’s Slovak Journalistic Award in the ‘written investigative journalism’ category.
Transitional Justice Vital for Bosnia’s EU Path, Conference Says
Participants agree transitional judice is a priority for the EU and feelings of ‘fatigue’ must not get in the way.
As Search for Bosnian War’s Missing Children Goes On, Parents Keep Hoping
The bodies of 373 children who went missing during the Bosnian war have yet to be found. But despite a lack of new information about grave sites and dwindling numbers...
A Russian Thank You for Fans from Bijeljina for Supporting Russian Military
During a match last weekend, fans of a football club from Bijeljina displayed a banner of a notorious Russian military unit fighting in Ukraine. The Russian military unit, whose members...