Opposition parties and rights watchdogs have long accused Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic of autocracy, stifling media freedoms, violence against political opponents, corruption and ties with organised crime. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stepped down as leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at a party congress, saying a new …
Read More »German troops back to Bosnia as fear of instability grows
Germany has deployed troops with the European Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia for the first time in a decade as concerns mount instability from the Ukraine war could spread to the Western Balkans. On Tuesday, the first German troops to return to the country were greeted in a ceremony at …
Read More »One killed, several injured as earthquake rocks southern Bosnia
The tremor hit 42km (26 miles) southeast of Mostar and was felt across the Balkans, according to media reports. A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has rocked southern Bosnia with media reports saying at least one person has been killed and several injured. The earthquake struck late on Friday hitting 42km (26 …
Read More »Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide
The top international official in Bosnia on Friday outlawed denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia’s Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide. The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court for Former …
Read More »World leaders commemorate 26th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide
Commemoration ceremony, memorial service held in Bosnia and Herzegovina Leading political figures across the world, commemorated the 1995 Srebrenica genocide on Sunday. Bosnia and Herzegovina marked the 26th anniversary of the tragic events, bidding farewell to 19 newly identified victims of the massacre at a memorial service. Every year on …
Read More »‘Butcher of Bosnia’ faces final Hague genocide verdict
Appeals judges will hand down a verdict against former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic on Tuesday, ending the last Bosnian genocide trial before the U.N. court for the former Yugoslavia. Mladic, 78, led Bosnian Serb forces during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. He was convicted in 2017 on charges of …
Read More »Croatia to issue international arrest warrant for former Dinamo coach
Croatia is set to issue an international arrest warrant for former Dinamo Zagreb coach Zoran Mamic who failed to report this week to serve his jail sentence for fraud, the Zagreb county court said on Tuesday. Zoran Mamic’s four years and eight months prison sentence was confirmed in March. He …
Read More »‘People are not animals’; stranded migrants freeze in Bosnian forest
Hundreds of migrants and refugees stuck in a makeshift camp in a Bosnian forest are struggling to survive in subzero temperatures as snow weighs down on their tents, spurring fears that some may die unless they are resettled soon. A senior human rights envoy who visited the camp on Tuesday …
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