Dr Hikmet Karcic

A town in Bosnia and Herzegovina raises the ghosts of the past

Brcko was home to some of the first war crimes in the 1990s and a recent announcement to secede is a warning shot that things could go south again.

The Muslim Resolutions: How Bosniaks condemned atrocities in World War II

The resolutions set forward by the Bosniak elite at the time serve as an example of courage, morality and empathy that people across the region can learn from today.

Mladic found guilty, but his genocidal ideology lives on

Despite being convicted of war crimes, the “butcher of Bosnia” continues to be celebrated as a war hero by officials and youth in Serbia and beyond.

The neglected dangers of the far-right network in the Balkans

Their ideologies and policies have become normalised and the region is under threat of destabilisation, with potentially dangerous consequences for Bosnians and other vulnerable groups.

Srebrenica genocide denial: From Dodik to TikTok

Atrocity denialism has gone mainstream — from the glorification of convicted perpetrators to the casual creation of memes — and boosts the far-right with deadly consequences.

The Bosnian Muslim scholar who saved the Sarajevo Hagaddah

This is the story of Dervis M Korkut, a scholar who helped save Jewish lives and preserve their heritage in Bosnia.

For Serbia the Srebrenica genocide "misunderstanding" paid off

Twenty-four years ago the Srebrenica Genocide took place, however, there are still those who downplay the atrocity and others who claim they have no idea how it happened.

Serbia-Kosovo land swap deal looms large over Bosnian elections

The results of the election could have major repercussions for secessionist movements that threaten to tear Balkan borders apart.