The acquittal of an Algerian migrant charged with murder in Bosnia has spurred calls for a change to the law and court rules on establishing the identity of a defendant.

Salafist preachers, or Da’is, are harnessing the power of social media to increase their influence in Bosnia, dialing down their rhetoric but still challenging fundamental rights.

Alen Simic was four when he was seriously wounded and his parents killed by shelling in the Bosnian city of Tuzla in 1993 - and as he told BIRN, the...

Hundreds of Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in the countries of the Balkans since a failed 2016 coup, seeking protection from a crackdown being waged well beyond the borders...

Bosnia’s wartime administration prosecuted some of its own fighters for killing civilians - but because it feared being accused of acting as heinously as its opponents, it didn’t charge them...

A third of the war crimes indictments filed by the Bosnian state prosecution this year have been transferred to lower-level courts, sparking criticism of prosecutors for not focusing on more...

The authorities are making preparations to reintegrate Bosnian supporters of Islamic State when they return from camps in Syria - and considering whether female ISIS followers should be prosecuted for...

Sarajevo Canton lawmaker Damir Marjanovic has put forward legislation aimed at sanctioning hate speech in public in the Bosnian capital, where he said that people are currently being “insulted with...