Tuesday, 11 March 2025.
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.
BIRN Investigation Wins EU Award for Best Investigative Journalism in Bosnia
Jury members praise probe into massive online pyramid scheme as ‘textbook example of good journalism, saying it ‘reads like a crime novel’.
Bosnian War Survivors Launch Genocide Denial Monitoring Website
The Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide has launched a new website designed to monitor and record all forms of genocide and war crimes denial in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnian Serb Mayoral Candidate Fined for Glorifying Ratko Mladic
Bosnia's Central Election Commission fined Vlade Sladoje, candidate for the mayor of Kalinovik at October’s local elections, 10,000 euros for spreading hate speech and glorifying war criminal Ratko Mladic.
Bosnian Serb Fighters’ Convictions for Deadly Village Attack Upheld
Five wartime Bosnian Serb fighters were sentenced to a total of 59 years in prison for involvement in an attack that left several civilians dead in the village of Zecovi...
Bosnian Army Ex-Officer Charged with Killing Injured Croat Commander
Prosecutors accuse Serif Patkovic, a wartime Bosnian Army battalion commander, of shooting a wounded Bosnian Croat prisoner dead in the village of Dusina in 1993.
Bosnians Use Online Platform to Report Hate Speech Ahead of Elections
In the run-up to October's local elections in Bosnia, people have been using a new online platform to report hundreds of instances of hate speech.
‘Bowie from Srebrenica’ Film Premieres at Sarajevo Festival
A documentary made by BIRN about Bosnian rock guitarist Samir ‘Bowie’ Mehic looks at his wartime life in besieged Srebrenica before his death in the July 1995 genocide.
UN Court Again Rejects Bosnian Serb Commander’s Plea for Release
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a third time rejected the early release request of the wartime leader of a Bosnian Serb Army reconnaissance unit who was sentenced...