Srebrenica

Is the West still serious about Kosovo’s sovereignty?

Serbian threats towards Kosovo are a challenge to regional security. So far European countries and the US have failed to take heed.

Bosnian Serbs reject imposed ban on Srebrenica genocide denial

The move reflects Serb opposition to the Bosnian law amendments imposed last week by Valentin Inzko, the outgoing High Representative in Bosnia. The amendments aimed to outlaw attempts at minimizing the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica.

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.

US calls for changes to Bosnia's constitution

Bosnia's constitution is part of the Dayton peace accords, which ended the war but has proven to be insufficient to move the country forward to membership in the European Union and NATO.

The four stages of Bosnian genocide denial

Genocide denial has comfortably situated itself in mainstream discourse after a systematic effort to minimise the crimes committed against Bosnian Muslims in the 1990s.

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.

Fear grows among Bosnia's Muslims: 'We will be the victims again'

The recent vandalism of a historic mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the latest in a series of disturbing developments evoking the worst fears in the country's Muslim population.

Genocide denial and the reaffirmation of the Serbian nationalist project

A quarter of a century after the atrocities in Bosnia, dreams of a Greater Serbia still resonate.

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.

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.