Srebrenica
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
The cold-blooded killings, which occurred in the village of Trnovo after the fall of the eastern enclave of Srebrenica, were video-taped by the Scorpions, who can be seen laughing, smoking and taunting their
Early History
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
The conquest of the Balkans was accomplished in the space of little more than a century and in two stages—1352 to 1402 and 1415 to 1467. The main reason for the relatively faster pace of the conquest of this region,
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
Modern History
Following is a comprehensive list of convicted war criminals (Croats) as according to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The Department I (Special Department for War
This was the first massacre that occurred at the Markale (market) located in the historic core of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the first massacre at the "Markale" market on the 05.
The ICTY accepted that the market place in Zenica was shelled by HVO on April 19 1993 from the village of Puticevo, 15 kilometres from Zenica, killing 15 people and injuring another 50. The shells landed in three
Current Affairs
The Srebrenica massacre in 1995 was "a hideous crime, it was a war crime" Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on this week’s edition of DW’s political talk show Conflict Zone. Brnabic emphasized that "it was a terrible,
Here I point out that I accept the verdicts from 2001 and 2004, where it is established that the forces of the army to which I belonged committed genocide against the Bosniaks in Srebrenica in July 1995, that I aided and abetted
Israeli academic Gideon Greif was the head of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry (Greif Report). The commission was set up at the initiative of Milorad Dodik (Serb nationalist leader), a former prime
