Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/   The Pristina authorities will consider restoring a monument celebrating Serb and Albanian anti-fascist cooperation in WWII after a one-man protest by the head of the Union of Montenegrins in Kosovo. Die Morina/ BIRN/Pristina         The head of the Union of Montenegrins in Kosovo, Slobodan Vujicic, said that the Pristina municipality has promised to examine the […]

Source: recom.link A discussion on Srebrenica was held as part of the Clinton Global Initiative gathering in New York, in which Aleksandar Vucic and Camil Durakovic took part. B92 reporter said that the debate “The Balkans – 20 Years Later” was moderated by Bill Clinton, while the first to speak was Advika Ibrahimovic who survived the Srebrenica genocide. She told […]

Source: Kosovo 2.0 BY DANNY WILKINSON – SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 Full house debates conflict-related sexual violence at K2.0. When reflecting upon the Kosovo war of 1998-9, men are often portrayed as heroes, while women are reduced to victims; despite roles as leaders, fighters and activists, women remain excluded from the broader narrative, while the reality of men as victims is rarely acknowledged. […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ People’s memories of a huge anti-war concert in Sarajevo in 1991 are being collected for a project which also acts as a warning about the dangers of nationalism in contemporary Europe, its creator says. Sasa Dragojlo BIRN Belgrade When the war in the former Yugoslavia started in 1991, 14-year-old Serb Danijel Visevic was a thousand miles away in the German city […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ Amid heightened regional tensions, prosecutors from Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro met to show commitment to achieving justice for war crimes victims, the Hague Tribunal’s chief prosecutor said. Ajla Gezo BIRN Sarajevo Prosecutors meeting in Brijuni, Croatia. Photo: Bosnian prosecution The 10th Annual Regional Conference of War Crimes Prosecutors on Monday in Brijuni in Croatia was a gesture of commitment […]

Source: recom.link A Story about a Chance Visitor The Humanitarian Law Center has been reporting systematically on the progress of transitional justice processes in Serbia since 1999.  Its fifth and latest report, “Transitional Justice in Serbia from 2013 to 2015”, provides an insight into the accomplishments and problems relating to the prosecution of war crimes before Serbian courts; the provision […]

Source: balkaninsight.com Milivoje Pantovic, BIRN, Belgrade Photo: Historical Archive (Partisans marching towards Novi Sad in 1944.) The northern city of Novi Sad is to build a monument commemorating people killed by Josip Broz Tito’s Partisan forces at the end of World War II. The Novi Sad local assembly’s culture commission decided on Tuesday to build the memorial to innocent people […]

Source: Kosovo 2.0 BY DAFINA HALILI – SEPTEMBER 01, 2016 A documentary screening and unveiling of a poignant installation marked the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Prishtina on Tuesday. On Tuesday (August 30), the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, a powerful documentary recounting some of the atrocities committed by Slobodan Milosevic’s regime in Kosovo was […]

Izvor: recom.link At least 130,000 people lost their lives in the wars following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The fates of at least 13,000 individuals remain unknown. The majority of them disappeared in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina – around 10,000 persons. As of today, the Republic of Croatia is searching for the mortal remains of 930 of […]

Source: recom.link Kosovo president Hashim Thaci said on Monday that missing persons remain one of the gravest wounds that the war in Kosovo inflicted. Resolving of the fate of the missing is one of the most urgent tasks facing the country, Thaci said on the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared which is marked on August 30 each […]

Source: recom.link By Colleen Murphy[1] In March 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) found Bosnian Serb wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic guilty on 10 of 11 charges, including genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.  He was acquitted on one count of genocide. This verdict spawned significant controversy and commentary.  […]

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ Photo: BIRN Dzana Brkanic BIRN Sarajevo  Bosnian courts have allowed five war crimes convicts to avoid serving their prison sentences by paying a fine, BIRN has found – a practice which critics claim makes a mockery of justice. Research by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has established that cantonal courts and the Basic Court in Brcko have allowed five convicts who […]