Commentary / World Jul 6, 2021
The curious case of the Balkan war criminals
by Eli Lake
International tribunals are largely ceremonial until leaders who commit war crimes are ousted, or their armies defeated.
World / Social Issues Jan 28, 2021
Activists hope the outpouring will leave lasting change in a region where patriarchal attitudes dominate and where previous movements against sexual violence have been limited in scale.
World / Science & Health Jun 27, 2019
Diseases and food shortages plague migrant 'jungle camp' in Bosnia
Aid workers sounded the alarm on Wednesday about health and hygiene conditions in a makeshift forest camp in Bosnia for hundreds of migrants as they face the spread of scabies and other diseases as well as food shortages. Over the past 10 days, municipal authorities ...
World / Social Issues Dec 21, 2018
Migrants brave Bosnia's bitter winter wilderness, and wolves, to cross into EU
Their shoulders hunched against the bitter cold, dozens of migrants tramped towards Bosnia's border with Croatia, trying to cross illegally into the EU along a route that days earlier almost claimed the lives of a similar group. About 30 men, women and children, some dressed ...
World Oct 2, 2018
Kayakers from across Europe join protests to save Balkan rivers from 'dam tsunami'
Kayakers from across Europe took to Bosnia's Vrbas river on Monday to protest against a boom in dam construction across the western Balkans that campaigners say threaten to cause irreparable environmental damage. The kayakers joined activists and local people who have been campaigning for years ...
World / Science & Health Apr 30, 2018
Campaigners say hydropower dam plan threatens Europe's last wild rivers
Plans to build about 3,000 hydropower plants in the Balkans in the next few years endanger Europe's last wild rivers and some of the most important biodiversity hot spots on the continent, campaigners say. Stretching from Slovenia to Albania, critics say the hydropower boom threatens ...
Editorials Dec 3, 2017
Verdicts in war crimes trials are vital to remind us that such injustices can and do occur, and that those who commit them will be held accountable for their misdeeds.
Editorials Mar 30, 2016
Justice has finally been served to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who has been found guilty of genocide by a U.N. tribunal.
World Mar 25, 2016
Srebrenica survivors say verdict on Karadzic too lenient, too late
Survivors of the Srebrenica massacre said the 40-year prison term handed down on Thursday to Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide was not tough enough and came too late. "I am so disappointed," said Bida Smajlovic, 64, who watched a ...
National Sep 11, 2015
Tokyo steps up security after Islamic State tells supporters to attack Japanese missions
by Reiji Yoshida
The militant group made the threat against several missions in an English-language magazine circulated on the Internet.
World Jul 11, 2015
Stone-throwing crowd chases Serb leader from Srebrenica ceremony
A crowd throwing bottles and stones chased Serbia's prime minister from a ceremony in Bosnia on Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, underscoring the depth of anger over Belgrade's continued denial of the crime as genocide. Bodyguards whisked Aleksandar Vucic through angry ...
World Mar 1, 2015
U.S. wants to deport more than 150 Bosnians over war crimes: report
U.S. officials have identified about 300 Bosnian immigrants who they believe concealed their involvement in wartime atrocities including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and are trying to deport at least 150 of them, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The immigrants were among refugees fleeing ...