Bosnia And Herzegovina

Bosnia police arrest Serbs over wartime killings

The seven former Bosnian Serb military officers and soldiers are suspects in the killing of 44 Muslims during the 1992-95 Bosnian War that claimed some 100,000 lives.

Mladic lawyers urge UN court to overturn his genocide conviction

Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Yugoslav Wars.

Daredevil divers plunge from Bosnian bridge in centuries-old tradition

For the residents of Mostar, Covid-19 wasn't enough to stop the 454th traditional diving competition.

A story of forgiveness emerges 25 years after the Srebrenica genocide

Edin Trklja had everything going for him when the Bosnian War broke out and shattered his dreams. He was critically wounded and gasped for life - many years later, he found the opportunity to confront his attacker. Here is his story.

Srebrenica Genocide 25 Years On: Lessons for European Muslims

If genocide denial is not confronted in Bosnia, it is possible the country could see a return to war in the near future

In pictures: 25th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide

Funerals have been held at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Potocari for nine newly-identified victims of the July 1995 massacre.

Serb authorities want tourists to stay in a hotel that was once a rape camp

Serb authorities in Bosnia are trying to erase the history of a rape camp by maintaining it as a hotel with a functioning spa, but some still want the world to remember.

Srebrenica genocide: denial still prevails

Today, relatives of the victims commemorate the carnage in which Bosnian Serb forces systematically killed thousands of young and adult Muslim men because of their faith, seen as the worst crime in Europe since World War Two.

Was the Srebrenica genocide aimed at the wider Muslim presence in Europe?

Some analysts see a connection between today's Islamophobia and the toxic Serbian nationalism of the 1990s, which sought to erase the Muslim Bosnian presence in the Balkans.

Did blue butterflies help unearth mass graves in Bosnia?

It was more likely a mix of local knowledge, thorough research and a little bit of help from nature.

Srebrenica genocide denial has been 'surpassed by triumphalism'

Experts argue that an alarming normalisation of genocide denial has allowed a vengeful Serb nationalism to fester, blocking the path to reconciliation.

In pictures: 25 years since Europe's only post-WWII genocide

Bosnians commemorate victims of the Srebrenica genocide, where at least 8,000 mostly Muslim men and boys were chased through woods in and around Srebrenica by Serb troops in 1995.