Srebrenica
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
Early History
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,
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
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
Immediately after Karadjordjevo and Tikves, under the motto of the “protection of the endangered Croatianship in Bosnia and Herzegovina” and the “protection of strategic interests of the state of Croatia”, Franjo
The City of Mostar was surrounded by the Croat forces for nine months, and much of its historic city was severely damaged in shelling including the famous Stari Most bridge.[62] Mostar was divided into a
Following is a comprehensive list of convicted war criminals (Serbs) as according to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The Department I (Special Department for War
Current Affairs
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
American Jewish Committee (AJC) today expressed deep concern about the efforts of some political factions in Bosnia-Herzegovina to remove the country’s legal ban on denial of the Holocaust and other genocides.
