Saturday, 19 april 2025.
How Right-Wingers Thwarted a War Crime Commemoration in Bosnia
Two small but vocal groups of right-wing Bosnian Serb nationalists exerted pressure that is believed to have caused the authorities in the city of Prijedor to ban this year’s White...
Street Named After Bosnian War Crime Defendant Angers Survivors
Bosnian war survivors and international organisations criticised a decision by Sarajevo’s Novi Grad municipality to name a street after general Mehmed Alagic, who died before the end of his trial...
Police Ban on Bosnian War Victims’ Memorial March Condemned
A ban on a march commemorating victims of wartime persecution by Bosnian Serb forces in the city of Prijedor, which police say was imposed for security reasons, has been criticised...
Russia Targets Bosnia With Disinformation About Ukrainian War
Moscow is busy selling its own version of the war in Ukraine to Bosnian citizens – cynically using analogies with the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica to justify its invasion and...
High-Level Suspects Charged, But Bosnia’s Dobrovoljacka Case Has Troubled History
Well-known suspects including a former Bosnian presidency member, two Bosnian Army generals and a police chief make the Dobrovoljacka case one of the most high-profile in recent years – but...
At Pro-Russian Balkan Rallies, a Who’s Who of the Far-Right
Far-right Serb organisations, some known to flirt with neo-Nazism, have rallied in support of the Kremlin’s vow to ‘denazify’ Ukraine, winning applause from like-minded groups in Russia.
Act Now to Verify War Crime Claims Against Russia, Prosecutors Urged
As the International Criminal Court starts to probe allegations that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, legal experts warn that prosecutors face serious obstacles to bringing senior officials to...
Serb Volunteers Answer Call to Fight in Ukraine
Appeals for volunteers from Bosnia and Serbia to join pro-Russian forces in Ukraine are getting a strong response on social media – but how many are actually going is less...
Support for Russia among Some Pro-Russian Bosnian Groups, but Not All
Some pro-Russian groups in Bosnia have expressed support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Others are still silent.