Saturday, 21 june 2025.
Bosnia Holds Serbian War Crime Suspect After Border Arrest
Boro Tomic is being held in temporary custody after being detained at the Bosnian-Serbian border on an arrest warrant issued by Croatia, which accuses him of committing war crimes in...
Bosnia Upholds Ex-Military Policeman’s Jailing for Wartime Rape
The Bosnian state court confirmed former Bosnian Army military policeman Adem Kostjerevac’s seven-year prison sentence for raping a pregnant woman in the Zvornik municipality during the war in 1992.
BIRN BiH Receives Certificate of Appreciation from Sarajevo Canton’s Memorial Fund
Marking its 25th anniversary, the Memorial Fund presented BIRN BiH with a certificate of appreciation for its contribution toward raising awareness about the importance of the culture of memory.
Fractured History: Why Kosovo Has No Proper Wartime Archive
Important files, photographs and witness records that illuminate the history of the Kosovo war are being kept separately by human rights groups, amateur archivists and the State Archives, as the...
Croatian President to Honour War Crime Defendant from Bosnia
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic will award the honorary rank of brigadier-general to former Croatian Defence Council commander Djuro Matuzovic, who is currently being tried in Bosnia for war crimes.
Bosnian Serb Paramilitary Leader Dies While Serving Jail Term
Predrag Kujundzic, the wartime commander of the Predini Vukovi (Predo’s Wolves) unit, who was serving a 17-year sentence for the persecution, rape and unlawful detention of civilians, died in hospital...
UN Advisor: Genocide Denial in Bosnia is Preventing Reconciliation
The dehumanizing political discourse in Bosnia increases the fear of a potential repetition of the crimes of the 1990s, the UN General Secretary’s special advisor on the prevention of genocide,...
Trial Opens for Zoran Neskovic et al for Crimes in Rogatica
The trial of five former members of the Military Police of the Bosnian Serb Army, VRS, for crimes committed in the Rogatica in 1995, began with reading of the indictment.
Hague Court President: Recognising the Srebrenica Genocide is Necessary
Accepting that genocide was committed against Bosniaks from Srebrenica in July 1995 is necessary if there is to be meaningful post-war reconciliation, the new head of the UN court in...
Bosnia Upholds Verdict Acquitting Ex-Fighters of Serbs’ Killings
The acquittal of ex-fighters Edhem Godinjak, Medaris Saric and Mirko Bunoza, who were cleared of the wartime killings and inhumane treatment of imprisoned Bosnian Serb civilians and soldiers in Trnovo...