Monday, 15 september 2025.
Bodybuilder’s Murder Highlights Mladic’s 1992 Genocide Charge
Yugoslav bodybuilding star Fikret Hodzic was a victim of the 1992 campaign of military persecution for which former Bosnian Serb Army chief Ratko Mladic faces judgment next week - but...
BIRN Publishes Ratko Mladic Trial E-Book
Ahead of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic’s war crimes verdict next week, BIRN has compiled all its reports on the landmark case into a free, downloadable e-book.
In Ratko Mladic’s Village, He’s an Innocent Man
The former Bosnian Serb commander’s relatives still live in the rural village where he was born and where a street is named after him - and they insist he was...
Ratko Mladic: Europe’s Most Wanted Faces Judgment
He was a devoted Yugoslav soldier, then a war crimes suspect on the run - now former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic awaits his verdict for the worst atrocities...
Serbia Declares Mladic Aides’ Indictment a State Secret
Serbia’s prosecution told BIRN that the indictment of 11 people who allegedly helped Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic hide in Belgrade while he was a fugitive has been declared...
Serbian Security Chief Denies Controlling ‘Scorpions’ Fighters
Former Serbian State Security Service chief Jovica Stanisic’s defence told the UN court in The Hague that he never controlled the Scorpions paramilitary unit which committed crimes in Bosnia and...
Mladic Demands Urgent Hearing About His Poor Health
Ratko Mladic’s defence has asked the Hague Tribunal to hold an urgent session to discuss the former Bosnian Serb military chief’s poor state of health ahead of his trial verdict...
UN Court Screens Video of Serbian Unit Shooting Bosniaks
At the trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic in The Hague, prosecutors played a video of paramilitaries from the Scorpions unit murdering men from...
Serbian State Security ‘Controlled Scorpions Paramilitary Unit’
An ex-member of the Scorpions told the trial of former Serbian State Security chiefs Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic that the wartime paramilitary unit was “sponsored” by Belgrade.
Hague Prosecution Opposes Mladic Verdict Postponement
The Hague Tribunal prosecution called on the judges to reject a request from former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic’s defence to postpone the verdict in his trial because of...