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Refik Hodžić on the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal

Source: http://www.warscapes.com Caterina Bonora, Refik Hodžić Established by the United Nations in 1993, when war was still raging in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has finally reached its last year of existence. In its twenty-four years of existence, the Tribunal has brought to justice 121 individuals from the former Yugoslavia. This includes prominent political figures […]

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BIRN’s Kosovo War Film Screened in Banja Luka

Izvor: http://www.balkaninsight.com/   BIRN’s documentary ‘The Unidentified’, about the Serbian fighters responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Kosovo war, was screened for the first time in Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity Republika Srpska.   BIRN, Banja Luka   The screening on Thursday at Banja Luka College drew a small audience of students, with the organisers, local NGO Ostra Nula, warning […]

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Fascist Slogan Near Croatia Concentration Camp Sparks Anger

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/   Serb politicians have condemned a memorial plaque with a fascist slogan which was installed by Croatian war veterans and right-wing politicians near the Jasenovac WWII concentration camp.   Sven Milekic, BIRN,Zagreb The plaque with the ‘Za dom spremni’ slogan in the Jasenovac municipality. Photo: Udhos Zagreb. Serb politicians in Croatia and Serbia on Sunday strongly criticised former members of the […]

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Sarajevo Siege Novel Celebrates Decency Under Fire

Source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/ Wartime Sarajevo-based correspondent Kevin Sullivan’s new novel The Longest Winter tries to reflect the humanity and courage of people living in the Bosnian capital during the 1992-95 siege. Eleanor Rose BIRN Sarajevo The Grbavica district of Sarajevo just after the war. Photo: US Defence Department. In Kevin Sullivan’s living room, there is a framed photograph of himself lying in a debris-strewn road in […]

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Bosnian War Childhood Museum Edges Closer to Opening

Izvor: www.balkaninsight.com Eleanor Rose, BIRN, Sarajevo Despite funding setbacks and broken promises of support, the War Childhood Museum will open in Sarajevo in December to exhibit people’s personal mementoes of growing up during the conflict, its director says.  Jasminko Halilovic is tired. Face taut, he admits he is working 16- to 18-hour days in the run-up to the opening of the War Childhood […]

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BIRN’s Kosovo War Film Screened at Sarajevo University

http://www.balkaninsight.com/ BIRN’s Kosovo War Film Screened at Sarajevo University Sarajevo University’s law and political sciences faculties screened BIRN’s documentary ‘The Unidentified’, about the Serbian fighters responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Kosovo war in 1999. Ajla Gezo BIRN Sarajevo  ‘The Unidentified’, which investigates attacks on Kosovo villages in 1999 and names those involved in an attempted cover-up […]

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