Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine war has delayed Bosnian Serbs' breakaway plans, says Dodik The war in Ukraine and its knock-on effects have forced Bosnian Serb nationalists to delay plans to pull their region out of Bosnia's national institutions, it's been claimed. 07/06/2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina Former Bosniak officials charged with war crimes over 1992 attack Bosnian prosecutors say the victims included military and civilian employees of the JNA, as well as military medical personnel. 27/04/2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina marks 30th anniversary of independence The ceremonies in the capital Sarajevo are not observed by Bosnian Serb officials. 01/03/2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina EU ministers discuss ways to prevent possible breakup of Bosnia EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has described the ongoing tensions as a "critical situation". 21/02/2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina US announces new sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader as crisis boils A new set of US sanctions against Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik are in response to secessionist moves that have caused political instability in the country. 05/01/2022
Hungary 'Shameful and rude': Orban slammed over remark on Bosnia's Muslims When asked about Bosnia’s bid to join the EU, Orban's spokesman Zoltan Kovacs tweeted the PM’s response: “The challenge with Bosnia is how to integrate a country with 2 million Muslims.” 23/12/2021
Uncovering Europe Bosnia’s biggest crisis for 26 years fuels anguish and discontent Milorad Dodik's most recent attempts to weaken Bosnia's state-level institutions in the country have led to the most significant political crisis since the 1992-1995 war. 17/12/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Serbs vote for withdrawing from central institutions Western countries have expressed concern that the move could trigger further division in Bosnia. 11/12/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia arrests 5 former Muslim soldiers for war crimes against Serbs The suspects are accused of killing at least eight civilians in Sarajevo during the 1990s war. 07/12/2021
Uncovering Europe Long-lost Yugoslav artworks returned to Bosnia by a Serbian collector More than 30 World War II-era artworks that were stolen from a museum in Jajce, in central Bosnia, finally found their way back home after a collector purchased them at a Vienna flea market. 02/12/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the brink of collapse, MEPs warn MEPs have warned the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina could reignite a civil war in the country. 24/11/2021
Serbia Serbia: Clashes over mural of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic Several NGOs said they would gather to remove the mural on the International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism, but Serbia's police banned the rally. 10/11/2021
no comment Serbian police keep activists from Mladic mural Police officers in Serbia's capital were deployed Tuesday to a large wall painting of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic that activists wanted to paint over. 10/11/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia's presidency has pledged there will be no war, says US envoy Tensions had been raised after Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik announced plans for a separate army, judiciary, and tax administration. 08/11/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina International envoy warns of Bosnia breakup amid tensions Dodik, the Bosnian Serb member of the presidency, has for years been advocating for the separation of the Bosnian Serb mini-state and having it become part of Serbia. 02/11/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Former Bosnian Serb soldier convicted of war crimes A former Bosnian Serb soldier and police officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1995-95 conflict. 16/08/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina New UN envoy to Bosnia faces angry opposition from Serbs In a speech, Schmid pledged that he will work to help Bosnia reach stability and economic prosperity nearly three decades after the war that killed over 100,000 people and left millions homeless. 02/08/2021
Uncovering Europe Is Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends? Attempts to play down or deny what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 prompted Bosnia's foreign peace envoy to last week pass the nation's first law prohibiting genocide denial. 28/07/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Senior Bosnian official bans denial of Srebrenica genocide under law The head of Bosnia’s Office of the High Representative has imposed changes to the country’s criminal law, introducing prison sentences for anyone who denies the genocide at Srebrenica. 23/07/2021
world news Two former allies of ex-Serbian President convicted of war crimes A United Nations court has convicted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of aiding and abetting crimes committed during the Bosnian war. 30/06/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Families' elation as "Butcher of Bosnia" Ratko Mladić loses appeal UN judges upheld Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić's life sentence for war crimes on Tuesday. 08/06/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina UN judges to rule on Mladic appeal against Bosnian war convictions The verdict in Mladić's appeal case will effectively conclude UN prosecutions for crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. 08/06/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Illegal Bosnia church is torn down after decades-long legal battle The building was put up on land belonging to a Bosniac Muslim woman without her permission, and authorities spent years ignoring her request to remove it 06/06/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ahead of war crimes verdict, Mladic's legacy still divides Bosnia Mladic is appealing his 2017 conviction for war crimes during the conflict that tore through Bosnia in the 1990s. 05/06/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Karadžić will serve his life sentence for genocide in a UK prison The Bosnian Serb leader was convicted of war crimes over the Srebrenica genocide and the siege of Sarajevo. 12/05/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Former Bosnian Muslim general convicted of war crimes A Bosnian court has convicted a former senior Muslim officer of war crimes during the 1992-95 conflict and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. 22/01/2021