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Banja Luka Residents Fear For Kastel’s New Look
While most people want to see Banja Luka’s medieval fortress rebuilt, some fear that letting private companies open hotels and other facilities in the site may damage it.
Secret Indictments Offend Victims
Victims see the decision to keep indictments secret as offensive, while NGOs worry it will make the monitoring of trials impossible.
Miodrag Stojanovic: Verdicts Haven’t Brought Reconciliation
Defence attorney for a number of war crimes indictees before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Hague Tribunal says gap is too wide between former combatants for verdicts to bring much closure.
Strasbourg’s Bosnia Ruling Holds Lessons for Everyone
After the European Court of Human Rights rebuked Bosnia’s handling of Arab ex-combatants, important questions remain unaddressed.
Time Running out for Bosnia’s National Library
If the prolonged crisis in funding forces this landmark institution to close, yet another ‘national’ cultural institution will have vanished from Bosnia.
EU Must Protect Bosnia’s War Crimes Court
Brussels must do what it can to stop Bosnian Serb leaders from undermining the country’s state court.
Crunch Time For Sarajevo’s Artistic Dream
The goal of opening the Ars Aevi Museum, which once seemed a utopian idea, can be reached by the 2014 deadline if Bosnia’s politicians stand by their commitments.
Bosnia Fails to Draw Line Under Dobrovoljacka Case
State prosecutor’s decision to end probe into 14 top suspects has inflamed Serbian opinion in Bosnia - and increased the possibility that Serbia’s courts will step up their own investigations.
Serbia Library Chief Purged for ‘Backing Terrorism’
Sacking of Sreten Ugricic for supporting a Montenegrin writer’s right to hold controversial views has drawn condemnation as a return to the worst practices of Milosevic’s Serbia in the Nineties.
The Painful Legacy of Brcko’s Imperial Experiment
Robert Farrand’s fascinating book on his time as colonial governor of Brcko contains important lessons for the world on the perils of state-building.
Interview: No Justice Without Regional Cooperation
Stephen Rapp, US ambassador-at-large for war crimes, says that in the absence of extradition agreements, closer regional cooperation on pursuit of war crimes is vital.
Year of Mixed Fortunes Awaits Bosnia
From hopes of economic growth to re-booting stalled EU integration processes, it all depends on whether the country can at last appoint ministers to state government.
The Changing Face of Yugoslav Journalism
Journalist Jurij Gustincic reflects on the changing world of journalism in the Balkans in an interview for Balkan Insight.
Croatia’s EU Membership Could Hit Bosnian Farm Exports
Croatia’s entry into the European Union could trigger a trade blockade with Bosnia that would mean losses of millions of euro to Bosnian farmers.
Sarajevo Shuns Recognition of Bosniak War Crimes
Canton’s hostile reaction to arrests of men suspected of abducting, torturing and killing Serb and Croat civilians during the siege shows culture of denial embraces all sides in Bosnia.
