Thursday, 16 october 2025.
War still a puzzle in Bosnia’s divided schools
With the all-important 1992-5 war glaringly absent from the textbooks in Bosnia’s schools, pupils and teachers have to fill in the knowledge gap on their own.
Dead Witnesses Pose Dilemma for Bosnian Trials
As more and more witnesses to the 1992-war war pass away, questions about the value of their testimony in war crimes trials are becoming more pressing.
Sarajevo Serb ‘Didn’t Commit Crimes Against Humanity’
Former soldier Zoran Dragicevic, on trial for a series of alleged war crimes in the Bosnian capital, did not deport, jail or torture anyone, argued his lawyer.
Prosecutor Demands Jail for ‘Ruthless’ Bosnian Serb
The Bosnian prosecutor urged the court to convict former Bosnian Serb fighter Zoran Dragicevic of rape, abuse and robbery in the Sarajevo settlement of Grbavica in wartime.
Possibility of repeating the procedure before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Although the European Court of Human Rights had the ability to do so, it did not ordered to Bosnia and Herzegovina to repeat its proceedings in the case of Damjanovic...
Bosnian Serb Fighter ‘Protector Not Rapist’
Ex-fighter Zoran Dragicevic, on trial for war crimes in Sarajevo in 1992, testified that he did not rape a Muslim woman but actually protected her from other men.
Witness Information about Rapes in Grbavica
Testifying at the trial for crimes in Sarajevo, a prosecution witness says another witness told her that she had been raped by indictee Zoran Dragicevic, known as Krompir.
Fighters Accused of Revenge Beatings
A witness at the trial of ex-fighter Zoran Dragicevic for war crimes in Sarajevo in 1992 testified that he and recently-convicted Veselin Vlahovic abducted and assaulted her brother.
Sarajevo’s ‘Monster of Grbavica’ Jailed for 45 Years
Paramilitary Veselin Vlahovic, alias ‘Batko’, was given Bosnia’s longest-ever war crimes sentence for a campaign of murder, rape and robbery against Bosniaks and Croats in Sarajevo in 1992.
Bosnian Serb Fighter ‘Assaulted Civilians and Extorted Money’
A witness at the trial of ex-fighter Zoran Dragicevic for war crimes in Sarajevo in 1992 testified that paramilitaries beat her husband so badly that his lungs filled with blood.