Serbia's ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protests
Read full article: Serbia's ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protestsSerbia’s ruling populists are insisting that weekend snap elections were free and fair, but international observers have noted multiple irregularities.
Serbia's mass shootings prompt national reckoning for war-scarred nation
Read full article: Serbia's mass shootings prompt national reckoning for war-scarred nationWhen a 13-year-old boy last week opened fire on his fellow students in a school in Belgrade, and a day later a man killed people at random in villages south of the Serbian capital, the country came to a standstill.
Dutch prime minister apologizes to Srebrenica peacekeepers
Read full article: Dutch prime minister apologizes to Srebrenica peacekeepersThe Dutch government has formally apologized to soldiers who were sent as U.N. peacekeepers to defend the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica with insufficient firepower and manpower to keep the peace.
Experts set to travel to Ukraine to identify the war's dead
Read full article: Experts set to travel to Ukraine to identify the war's deadAn international organization formed to identify the dead and missing from the Balkan conflicts is preparing to send a team of forensics experts to Ukraine as the death toll mounts more than six weeks into the war caused by Russia’s invasion.
EXPLAINER: Who's a war criminal, and who gets to decide?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Who's a war criminal, and who gets to decide?President Joe Biden has flatly called Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the unfolding onslaught in Ukraine, where hospitals and maternity wards have been bombed.
EU parliamentarians urge stop to genocide denial in Serbia
Read full article: EU parliamentarians urge stop to genocide denial in SerbiaA group of European parliamentarians has urged the Serbian president and other government officials to stop glorifying convicted war criminals and denying genocide committed in Bosnia in the 1990s.
Bosnian Serb politicians decry outlawing of genocide denial
Read full article: Bosnian Serb politicians decry outlawing of genocide denialBosnian Serb political leaders have pledged to block decision-making in the country's institutions to protest a recent move by the top international envoy in Bosnia to outlaw genocide denial.
UN war crimes court convicts 2 Serbs over Bosnia atrocities
Read full article: UN war crimes court convicts 2 Serbs over Bosnia atrocitiesA United Nations court has convicted two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic of aiding and abetting crimes committed by Serb paramilitaries in a Bosnian town in 1992.
Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal
Read full article: Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appealU.N. judges have upheld the conviction of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic for genocide and other offenses during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war and affirmed his life sentence.
Before final verdict, Mladic's bloody legacy divides Bosnia
Read full article: Before final verdict, Mladic's bloody legacy divides BosniaU.N. judges will soon deliver their final ruling on the conviction of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during Bosnia’s 1992-95 ethnic carnage.
Dutch govt offers gesture of appreciation to Srebrenica vets
Read full article: Dutch govt offers gesture of appreciation to Srebrenica vetsFILE - In this July 13, 1995 file photo, Dutch U.N. peacekeepers sit on top of an armored personnel carrier while Muslim refugees from Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, gather in the village of Potocari, just north of Srebrenica. In 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the Netherlands was partially liable in the deaths of some 350 Muslim men murdered by Bosnian Serb forces during the massacre. The U.N. also has been criticized for failing to authorize NATO air strikes to support the lightly-armed Dutch troops in July 1995 as they came under attack. Prime Minister Mark Rutte made the same point in a video message last year marking the 25th anniversary of the massacre. An organization of Dutchbat III veterans also did not immediately respond to a request for a reaction.
Lawyer tells UN judges Mladic may not be fit for key hearing
Read full article: Lawyer tells UN judges Mladic may not be fit for key hearingFILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 file photo, Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic enters the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to hear the verdict in his genocide trial. Mladic is appealing Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 against his convictions for crimes including genocide committed throughout the 1992-95 Bosnian War. At a hearing last month, Mladic's legal team warned that the former general could be suffering from early stage dementia. His former political master, Radovan Karadzic, also was convicted of crimes including genocide for overseeing atrocities by Bosnian Serb forces during the war. His appeal was rejected almost in its entirety and judges raised his sentence from 40 years to life imprisonment.
25 years on: A look at Europe's only post-WWII genocide
Read full article: 25 years on: A look at Europe's only post-WWII genocideIn July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces massacred over 8,000 men and boys, an event that is officially marked on Saturday July 10, 2020. With Bosnian Serb troops taking control over eastern Bosnia which borders Serbia thousands of Bosniak Muslim refugees streamed into Srebrenica. Within the next 10 days, however, Bosnian Serb troops killed the male prisoners and hunted down many of those who tried to escape through the surrounding hills. In an attempt to hide the massacre, the Bosnian Serbs buried the bodies in mass graves, only to dig them out and move later. Bosnian Serbs, however, still largely deny the scope of the killings and refuse to acknowledge they amounted to a genocide.