Tuesday, 6 may 2025.
Refugee Bombing Case Highlights Serbia and Croatia’s Enduring Antagonism
Serbia plans to prosecute four Croatian officers in their absence for air attacks on a convoy of fleeing refugees in 1995 – but experts say that because Zagreb is not...
Bosnian Serb Ex-Military Policeman Pleads Not Guilty to Massacre
Former Bosnian Serb Army military policeman Nikola Koprivica denied he was there when 44 Bosniaks were killed in the village of Novoseoci, near Sokolac, during the war in 1992.
Captured: Powerful Photos Show Bosnian War Prisoners’ Suffering
American photographer Ron Haviv’s images of detention camps where prisoners were abused and killed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war have gone on display in the Serbian capital Belgrade.
Kosovo Theatre Director Takes on Controversy over Handke Nobel Prize
With a cast and crew from across the Balkans, Italy and France, a new play takes on the controversy surrounding Peter Handke’s 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature and asks, ‘Can...
How a British Judge Caused Turmoil at the EU’s Kosovo Mission
Allegations of judicial interference and political pressure convulsed the European Union’s rule-of-law mission in Kosovo as a British lawyer who became a powerful judge despite lacking the required legal credentials...
Award-Winning Srebrenica Film Barred from Serbs’ Screens
A year after the release of ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’, director Jasmila Zbanic is still trying to get her film about the Srebrenica genocide shown in Serbia and Republika Srpska, despite...
Bosnia’s Federation to Extend Benefits for Civilian War Victims
The government in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Bosniak- and Croat-dominated Federation entity voted for a draft law that will provide more wide-ranging welfare benefits to civilian victims of the 1992-95 war.
Bosnia Finds 15 Bodies in War Grave in Mostar
At an exhumation in the village of Medjine in the Mostar area, investigators have discovered the remains of 15 people who are believed to have died during the war in...
BIRN Funds Projects to Research War Crime Case Archives
BIRN has awarded grants to 13 journalists, historians, artists and activists for projects exploring the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and domestic courts in ex-Yugoslav...
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...