Tuesday, 16 september 2025.
28 Years On, Families Still Searching for Missing Bosnian Soldiers
Empty graves are waiting for three young Bosnian Army soldiers who disappeared during an attack by Bosnian Croat forces in Mostar in May 1993, but despite their families’ efforts, their...
Serbia, Kosovo Must Make Missing Persons a Priority: Report
In the four years from 2016 to 2020, Serbia and Kosovo have identified just 50 of more than 1,600 missing persons from the Kosovo war, a new report says.
BIRN Fact-Check: Is the Bosnian Serb Report on the Sarajevo Siege Accurate?
A report funded by the government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity claims Serbs were subjected to ethnic cleansing in wartime Sarajevo, but its allegations differ from facts established by...
European MPs Urge Serbia, Kosovo to Intensify War Grave Search
European parliamentarians adopted reports calling on Serbia and Kosovo to do more to investigate suspected wartime grave sites and resolve hundreds of remaining missing persons cases from the 1998-99 Kosovo...
Activists Place Memorial Plaques at Bosnian ‘Sites of Suffering’
Peace activists have installed plaques at sites where people were killed or imprisoned during the 1992-95 Bosnian war in the Zenica, Doboj and Zepce areas.
Families of Missing from Bosnian War Plead for Action
Families of 80 people who disappeared in the Brod area during the Bosnian war want more to be done to find their relatives, but officials say they need more information...
Bone Fragments Found in Exhumation at Sarajevo Hospital
An exhumation in the grounds of a major hospital in the Bosnian capital unearthed fragments of bones, shoes and a wristwatch that are believed to have belonged to a victim...
Kosovo Massacre Anniversary Brings Memories of a Missing Mother
Ahead of the anniversary of the killings of 45 Kosovo Albanians in Recak/Racak in 1999 - a massacre that helped motivate NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia - the son of a...
Pandemic Slows Search for Bosnian War Missing
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed the work of Bosnia’s Missing Persons Institute in 2020 and halted it completely for two months, leading to a drop in the number of victims found...
Kosovo Finds 11 War Victims in Hidden Graves in 2020
The head of Kosovo’s Missing Persons Commission told BIRN that 11 war victims’ remains were exhumed this year, but many more remain to be found at hidden grave sites in...