Friday, 11 april 2025.
Jailed Bosnian Serb Wartime Minister Asks Hague Tribunal for Early Release
Former Bosnian Serb interior minister Mico Stanisic, sentenced to 22 years in prison by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has submitted a request for early release from...
Shadow of Dayton Looms as Quick Fix to Ukraine War
A version of the flawed deal that rapidly ended the war in Bosnia – but also rewarded its aggressors – may be served up to Ukraine with Trump back in...
At Kosovo Demining School, Ukrainians Gain Vital Skills to Save Lives at Home
Increasing numbers of Ukrainians are learning demining techniques at a training school in Kosovo – hoping to make a difference back in their war-ravaged home country, which has been massively...
BIRN Holds Conference on Future of Transitional Justice
Speakers in Sarajevo say vital opportunity to put subject back into public discourse created by EU accession talks must not be lost.
Batons and Blood: The Bosnian Music School That Became a Brutal Jail
Thirty years have passed since Bosnian Army troops detained and assaulted Croat and Serb prisoners in a music school basement in Zenica. In the Hague Tribunal archives, BIRN found names...
Justice Denied: How Warden of Infamous Bosnian Croat Camp Escaped Prosecution
Former inmates of the notorious Heliodrom camp still ask why warden Stanko Bozic – and others who allowed prisoners to be beaten and taken from the camp for forced labour...
Ukrainian Survivors of Sexual Violence in Russian Captivity Turn Trauma into Motivation
Two Ukrainians who were held prisoner by Russia are using the pain they endured to motivate them to help other survivors of wartime sexual violence. They are also asking the...
How Children in Occupied Ukraine are Being Re-Educated as Russians
When Russian forces occupied the area where 13-year-old Sophia was living, the school system was transformed to indoctrinate Ukrainian pupils into believing they are patriotic Russians – and to stifle...
Putin’s Messenger: Russia’s Rybar to Open Media ‘School’ in Bosnia’s Serb Entity
Revelations that a government agency in Republika Srpska has agreed to open a ‘media school’ with an EU-sanctioned Russian propaganda tool shows Moscow is upping its information warfare in the...