serbian-war-vets-celebrate-vidovdan
29 Jun 12 Serbian War Vets Celebrate Vidovdan

Serbian war veterans celebrated their unofficial remembrance day on Thursday, noting that Serbia is the only country in the region where former soldiers do not have a national day.

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human-bonfire-commemoration-in-visegrad
28 Jun 12 Human Bonfire Commemoration in Visegrad

Several Bosniak victims associations have commemorated one of the most heinous crimes committed during the Bosnian war, when 70 elderly, women and children were set on fire and killed in Visegrad.

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serb-war-hero-becomes-comic-hero
22 Jun 12 Serb Wartime Hero Becomes Comic Book Hero

The story of a Serb who sacrificed his own life to save a Bosniak during the Bosnian war has been told for the first time outside the borders of the ex-Yugoslavia by an Italian comic book.

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kosovo-thanks-nato
12 Jun 12 Kosovo Thanks NATO For Armed Intervention

In her Freedom Day message, Kosovo President said NATO's military intervention 13 years ago had prevented genocide and paved the way towards Kosovo's independence.

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nato-99-bombing-in-pictures
11 Jun 12 NATO ‘99 Bombing In Pictures

The NATO’s four months long bombing campaign that put an end to the Kosovo conflict finished on June 10, 1999, during which hundreds of people were killed while Serbia’s infrastructure was severely damaged.

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serbs-bosniaks-dispute-over-visegrad-victims-monument
06 Jun 12 Dispute Over Visegrad's War Victims Memorial

A Bosniak victims' association from Visegrad claims that the town is run by war criminals following a protest by Serbs over the use of the word genocide on a memorial to Bosniak war victims.

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serbian-and-albanian-contrasting-history
01 Jun 12 Serbian and Albanian Contrasting History

Serbian and Albanian children in Kosovo learn different versions of history, both of which are biased and incorrect, says research conducted by the Belgrade University Centre for Peace Studies.

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the-white-ribbons-against-genocide-denial
31 May 12 White Ribbons Against Genocide Denial

Human rights activists from over 50 countries are showing their solidarity with the wartime victims from the town of Prijedor, who were banned from publicly commemorating their suffering by the town’s mayor.

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monument-for-deportation-s-victims-to-wait-trial-s-outcome
29 May 12 Monument to Victims Awaits Trial’s Outcome

The mayor of the town where the deportation of refugees from Montenegro to Republika Srpska allegedly occurred, says a monument for the victims should be erected once the trial is completed.

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remembering-saddest-day-of-tuzla
28 May 12 Remembering Tuzla's Saddest Day

A commemoration in Tuzla marked 17 years since a shell, fired from a territory under Bosnian Serb control on the Ozren mountain, killed 71 young people and injured 120.

reconstruction-of-wartime-shelling-street-scars-started
28 May 12 Reconstruction of 'Sarajevo Roses' Started

Sarajevo Canton signed a contract with a Bosnian company to reconstruct the 'Sarajevo Roses', remnants of the shelling which symbolize the four-years-long siege of the city.

tito-s-followers-mark-his-birthday
25 May 12 Tito’s Followers Mark His Birthday

Hundreds of Yugonostalgics from all over the former Yugoslavia gathered at Josip Broz Tito’s mausoleumon Friday to celebrate Youth Day and the late Yugoslav leader’s 120th birthday.

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victims-want-right-to-memorialize
21 May 12 Victims Want Right to Remember

Twenty years since the start of the war in Bosnia, the Republika Srpska government in Prijedor is still refusing to accept the “unthinkable war crimes” which occurred there, claim representatives of victims associations.

camp-prisoners-day-commemorated-in-foca
10 May 12 Camp Prisoners Day Commemorated in Foca

Although 20 years have passed since the wartime camps in Bosnia were opened, the former prisoners still have no legal rights, say the president of the association of ex detainees.

exhibition-of-belongings-of-besieged-sarajevo-killed-children
10 May 12 Sarajevo Remembers Children Killed in War

An exhibition commemorating the children killed during the 1992 -1996 siege of Sarajevo has opened in the Bosnian capital. 

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