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The Brief: Sarajevo Film festival celebrates 25 years

The Brief: Sarajevo Film festival celebrates 25 years - remembering its roots in conflict but expanding horizons

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24 years on: former NATO spokesperson reflects on Srebrenica massacre

In Bosnia today, thousands will remember the victims of the Srebrenica Massacre. 24 years ago, in one of the darkest days of the Bosnian war, over 8,000 Bosniak Muslims were murdered by units of the Serb army.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ex-Bosnian Serb chief Karadzic's sentence increased to life in prison

Karadzic was appealing a 2016 verdict in which he was given a 40-year sentence for the Srebrenica massacre in the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

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Bosnian exhibition marks Armistice in city where World War I began

A photography exhibition by the Bosnian national archives marks the 100th Armistice anniversary in the city where World War I began — and includes pictures of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event which triggered it.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb nationalist elected to tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pro-Russian Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik has been elected to the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Explained: why it's bleak for Bosnia ahead of national elections

Bosnia has Europe's most complex system of government and it's going to the polls on Sunday.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Radovan Karadzic asks UN Judges to overturn genocide conviction

The former Bosnian Serb leader was sentenced a couple of years ago to 40 years in prison for genocide and war crimes during Yugoslavia's break-up in the 1990s.

Netherlands

Bosnian Croat courtroom suicide probed

The inquiry is focusing on whether someone helped former military commander Slobodan Praljak obtain the poison he swallowed in front of the Hague tribunal.

World News

Mixed reactions to Praljak appeal outcome

Some former prisoners of war say justice has only partially been done.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Slobodan Praljak: Croatian theatre director turned war criminal

The Bosnian Croat military leader, who has reportedly died after drinking poison in court in The Hague, was behind the persecution of Muslims and the destruction of the historic Mostar bridge.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mladic conviction stirs up painful memories

The former Bosnian Serb commander has been found guilty of leading ethnic cleansing campaigns, including the July 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, where some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were separated from the women and executed within days.

Europe News

Ex ICTY prosecutor reacts to Mladic sentence

"I'm very satisfied," says Carla Del Ponte, who was prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 1999 to 2007.

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See Ratko Mladic being ejected from court

Ex-Bosnian Serb General, Radko Mladic was ejected from the UN Tribunal on War Crimes after creating a disturbance, shortly before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity

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Relief and 'justice' for relatives of Srebrenica victims

Relatives of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim victims of the 1995 massacre erupted into cheers when the ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life in prison.

Netherlands

Ratko Mladic faces verdict in last Bosnian war trial

Former Bosnian Serb general is accused of crimes against humanity.

World News

Families of Bosnia victims head to the Hague for Mladic verdict

The so-called "Butcher of Bosnia" is indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes committed during the Bosnian war.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ex Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic awaits verdict of war crimes trial

UN judges will decide next week the fate of the Bosnian Serb general, who's charged with war crimes in Bosnia during the 1990s.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Like a light at the end of the tunnel': Bosnian memories of Princess Diana

Twenty years on, Bosnian landmine survivors are remembering the visit made by Diana shortly before her death

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica massacre commemorated with burial of recently identified bodies

The massacre, which occured during the Bosnian War, saw as many as 8,000 Muslims murdered at the hands of Bosnian Serbs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dutch peacekeepers 'acted illegally' over Srebrenica massacre

Dutch court upholds 2014 verdict