Srebrenica, Bosnia, the world's first United Nations Safe Area, was the site of the worst case of genocide in Europe since World War II. In July 1995, the Bosnian Serb army staged a brutal takeover of the
On 12 April 1993 a Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) artillery attack of two short bombardments on Srebrenica left 56 dead, including children, and 73 seriously wounded. Shells dropped on the densely packed streets
In June 2005, during cross-examination of a witness in the case against Slobodan Milošević[1] at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the court viewed video footage showing a Serbian
Russia and the Habsburg monarchy had vied for political and economic influence in Southeastern Europe since the eighteenth century. Ottoman weakness, growing Russian influence in the area, and the realization that
Racial history is the bane of the Balkans as anyone who has lived or travelled in this part of Europe will know, there is no such ting as a racially homogeneous province there, let alone a racially
Stećci are monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across the landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are the country's most legendary symbol. These are the tombstones of those who lived between the
One of the coordinators and immediate organizers of the formationand arming of the Serb armed formations on the territory of Bosniaand Herzegovina was also the Union of Communists - Movement forYugoslavia (SK-PJ),
The Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia (Bosnian: Hrvatska Republika Herceg-Bosna) was an unrecognised entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina that existed between 1991 and 1994 as a result of secessionist
The nationalist leadership of the Republic of Croatia, headed by Franjo Tudjman, had had aggressive territorial aspirations towards Bosnia and Herzegovina, making an effort to have Croatia occupy at least the territories of
Israel has never accepted that the crime in Srebrenica be called genocide, Israeli Ambassador to Serbia Jahel Vilan stated. Vilan, in an interview for Sputnik, said that significant and important authorities and historians
The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution (document A/78/L.67/Rev.1) on the International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica. The resolution based on the
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is taking provocative steps to neutralize international oversight in Bosnia and secure de facto secession for his Republika Srpska. His action could prompt leaders of the Bosniak
