07 Feb 13
Cyrillic Signs Threaten Vukovar’s Fragile Harmony
The dilemma over whether to erect bilingual signs in the iconic border town in the face of hostile demonstrations poses a test for Croatia’s democratic legitimacy.
07 Feb 13
Coming Home to Face the Past
Years after the Bosnian conflict, refugees who have returned to their homes are still trapped between war and peace and suffering the devastating consequences of ethnic divisions.
01 Feb 13
Albania’s Berisha Becomes Born-Again Nationalist
The Albanian prime minister’s efforts to reinvent himself as a model patriot before elections this year might be purely opportunistic but could stoke tensions and alienate key allies.
30 Jan 13
Serbian Nationalists Bring Back Hate Speech
Nationalistic rhetoric from officials and ethnic insults in the media have helped encourage Serbian far-right groups to draw up lists of 'traitors' and 'spies'.
28 Jan 13
Serbia and Bosnia: Uniting for Justice
Belgrade and Sarajevo are to sign an agreement to cooperate over war crimes cases, but some victims fear that it may not bring more convictions.
25 Jan 13
Delicacies and Denial at The Hague
When Serbia’s justice minister visited the Hague Tribunal and ate sweets with Ratko Mladic, it showed that Belgrade’s new government doesn’t want to take war crimes seriously.
23 Jan 13
Guerrilla Monument Dispute Divides Serbia’s Albanians
After Belgrade removed a memorial to ethnic Albanian fighters in Presevo, some locals called for political dialogue but others rejected cooperation with the government.
18 Jan 13
Albanian Guerrilla Monument Sparks Showdown in Serbia
Belgrade has promised to demolish the monument and ethnic Albanians have vowed to defend it - while its creator just wishes he'd never been asked to build it.
17 Jan 13
Bosnia Tries to Speed Up War Crimes Prosecutions
Four years since Bosnia adopted a war-crimes strategy, hopes are growing that perpetrators might be brought to justice more quickly.
11 Jan 13
Milorad Novkovic: Prosecuting War Crimes Costs Money
The president of Bosnia’s highest judicial authority says that failure to secure resources will hold up prosecutions of alleged war criminals.
09 Jan 13
ICTY Prosecution Blamed for Controversial Acquittals
The Hague Tribunal has taken flak for recent high-profile acquittals but prosecution errors have helped the accused go free, says Balkans expert Eric Gordy.
31 Dec 12
Serbian Media About Mladic - Turning Horror into Showbiz
The superficial treatment of Mladić’s arrest and trial is a testament to the country’s unwillingness to face up to its past.
31 Dec 12
Bosnian Media About Mladic - Laying Bare a Nation’s Unhealed Wounds
The contrasting responses of Serbs and Bosniaks to the Mladić case have again exposed Bosnia’s unbridgeable divide.
31 Dec 12
Croatian Media About Mladic - Forgotten Crimes Leave Bitter Aftertaste
In spite of the acquittal of General Gotovina, the omission of crimes committed in Croatia from the Mladić indictment is a blot on the tribunal’s record in the country.
27 Dec 12
Turbulent Year for Balkan’s Transitional Justice
With four verdicts passed this year the ICTY brought justice to some ex-Yugoslav states, while some say that already endangered regional cooperation touched new low.