Wednesday, 25 june 2025.
Wartime Landmines Still Taking Lives in Bosnia
Since 1996, when the demining process started in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the war, a total of 55 Bosnian deminers and 673 civilians have been killed by exploding ordnance.
Bosnian Army Commander Honoured Despite War Crimes Charges
The OSCE criticised the Zenica-Doboj Canton’s decision to honour former Bosnian Army Third Corps commander Sakib Mahmuljin, who is on trial for failing to stop Islamic volunteer fighters torturing and...
Bosnia Publishes Database of 27,000 Wartime Missing Persons
The database of around 27,000 verified names of people who went missing in the 1992-95 war is being published to coincide with the International Day of the Disappeared.
UN Tells Bosnia to Apologise to Wartime Rape Victim
The UN Committee Against Torture has told Bosnia and Herzegovina to publicly apologise and pay compensation to a victim of wartime rape, and to institute reparations to survivors of sexual...
Acquitted Serb Policeman Sues Bosnia for ‘Suffering’ During Trial
Former reservist policeman Milorad Radakovic is seeking 7,675 euros in compensation after he was acquitted of murdering five members of a family in a village near Prijedor during the war...
Sarajevo Commemorates Anniversary of Market Massacre
Mourners laid flowers at the site of a wartime massacre at the Markale market in Sarajevo, where 43 people died in an artillery attack by Bosnian Serb forces in August...
Bosnian Court Increases Sentence for Bosanski Brod Crimes
Alminko Islamovic was convicted in April of the inhumane treatment of Serb civilians during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
Bosnia Court Confirms Six-Year Sentence for Rogatica Crimes
The crimes were committed in eastern Bosnia during a wave of ethnic cleansing by Bosnian Serb forces at the start of the 1992-95 war.
Bosnian Court Confirms Verdict for Wartime Rape
The victim was ‘convincing and consistent’ in her testimony, the judge said in the first instance verdict.