The budgets of Bosnia’s two entities face trouble since a planned tranche of money from an IMF stand-by arrangement was blocked.
Read More »World War I History Divides Balkan Schoolchildren
A hundred years on from the Sarajevo assassination, schools in former Yugoslav countries are teaching different histories about the causes of the 1914-18 war, reflecting more recent conflicts.
Read More »Bosnian Serb Policemen Await Kotor Varos Trial
The trial of seven Bosnian Serbs charged with taking part in murders, illegal detentions, torture and other inhumane acts against Bosniaks and Croats in Kotor Varos will begin this month.
Read More »Bosniak Soldier Denies Knowledge of Trusina Attack
Nihad Bojadzic, the former deputy commander of the Bosnian Army’s Zulfikar Squad, said that he was not told about an attack on the village of Trusina, where 22 Croats were killed.
Read More »Opposition Parties Ally in Bosnian Serb Entity
Several opposition parties in Republika Srpska have formed a united ‘Union for Changes’, which aims to take on the governing Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, led by Milorad Dodik, in Bosnia’s upcoming elections.
Read More »Former Pope’s Statue Unveiled in Bosnian Capital
A three-metre statue of Pope John Paul II was unveiled in Sarajevo at a ceremony attended by thousands of Catholics and other citizens of Sarajevo.
Read More »Bosnians Commemorate Bridge Blast Deaths in Brcko
People in the Brcko District marked the anniversary of the deaths of around 100 civilians who were killed in April 1992 when a bridge over the River Sava was blown up by Serb forces.
Read More »Bosnian Serbs Indicted for Kotor Varos Teenager’s Rape
Former Bosnian Serb soldiers Bosiljko and Ostoja Markovic have been indicted by the state prosecution for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in the Kotor Varos area in 1992.
Read More »Suspected Drugs Baron’s Detention Extended in Kosovo
The EU rule-of-law mission to Kosovo has extended the detention on remand of the suspected drugs baron Naser Kelmendi.
Read More »Female Bosnian Croat Fighter ‘Stamped on Prisoner’s Body’
A witness said that Bosnian Croat ex-fighter Indira Kameric, accused of abusing prisoners in Bosanski Brod, helped to assault a detainee and stamped on him with high-heeled shoes.
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