Sensationalist media reporting about terrorism and violent extremism in Bosnia and Herzegovina exaggerates the phenomenon, spreading fear while distorting public understanding of a complex issue.

Bosnia’s State Investigation and Protection Agency arrested former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Sabahudin Kajdic for seizing and killing Bosniak civilians in the Prijedor area in July 1992. State Investigation and...

The transfer of less serious war crimes cases from Bosnia’s state-level prosecution to lower-level prosecutors was supposed to speed up the processing of major cases - but plans to make...

The acquittal of an Algerian migrant charged with murder in Bosnia has spurred calls for a change to the law and court rules on establishing the identity of a defendant.

Salafist preachers, or Da’is, are harnessing the power of social media to increase their influence in Bosnia, dialing down their rhetoric but still challenging fundamental rights.

Alen Simic was four when he was seriously wounded and his parents killed by shelling in the Bosnian city of Tuzla in 1993 - and as he told BIRN, the...

Hundreds of Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in the countries of the Balkans since a failed 2016 coup, seeking protection from a crackdown being waged well beyond the borders...

Bosnia’s wartime administration prosecuted some of its own fighters for killing civilians - but because it feared being accused of acting as heinously as its opponents, it didn’t charge them...

A third of the war crimes indictments filed by the Bosnian state prosecution this year have been transferred to lower-level courts, sparking criticism of prosecutors for not focusing on more...

The authorities are making preparations to reintegrate Bosnian supporters of Islamic State when they return from camps in Syria - and considering whether female ISIS followers should be prosecuted for...