Thursday, 9 october 2025.
Bosnia Indicts Ten for Yugoslav Troops’ Deaths in Sarajevo
Bosnian prosecutors charged ten people, including Ejup Ganic, a member of Bosnia's wartime presidency, with involvement in the killings of retreating Yugoslav People’s Army soldiers in Sarajevo in 1992.
BIRN Presents Database as Tool to Educate and Counter Revisionism
BIRN's new database of adjudicated facts on the 1992-5 war in Bosnia is designed as an educational tool that will also counter revisionist narratives and genocide denial.
Video Testimonials Tell Story of Sarajevo’s 44 Months Under Siege
Marking the 30th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, a new BIRN online project features the video testimonials of 44 people - one for each month of the military blockade...
Sarajevo Siege: The Long, Desperate Wait for News of the Missing
For families still searching for loved ones who went missing in wartime Sarajevo, the 30th anniversary of the start of the siege of the capital is a painful reminder that...
Ratko Mladic Plaque Installed Near Sarajevo Despite Legal Ban
Bosnian Serb Army veterans installed a new plaque in Sarajevo that honours their former military commander Ratko Mladic, defying legislation that prohibits the honouring of war criminals.
Bosnian Serb Army Officer’s Forced Labour Conviction Quashed
Wartime Bosnian Serb Army officer Veljko Papic’s conviction for forcing civilians to do hard labour on the front lines in besieged Sarajevo in 1993-94 was overturned and a retrial ordered.
BIRN Exhibition and Book Tells Stories of War Reporters’ Deaths
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network is holding an exhibition and publishing a book commemorating journalists and media workers who were killed during and just after the 1990s wars in the...
Five Arrested in Bosnia for War Crimes against Serb Civilians
Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrested five people on Tuesday on suspicion of war crimes against Serb civilians and prisoners of war in the wider Sarajevo area during the 1992-95...
‘Watch Out, Sniper’ Exhibition Tells Tragic Stories of Sarajevo Siege
A multimedia exhibition created by Paul Lowe uses photography, 3-D models and witness testimonies to explore stories from Sarajevo’s ‘Sniper Alley’ during the 1992-95 siege of the Bosnian capital.
Sarajevo Exhibition Documents Perils of Wartime ‘Sniper Alley’
Photographer Paul Lowe is presenting a BIRN-backed multimedia exhibition entitled ‘Watch Out, Sniper’, documenting the experiences of people who endured the dangers of Sarajevo’s Sniper Alley during the 1992-95 siege.