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The authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina are facing growing calls to clarify their strategy for culture amid deepening cuts in the budget for the sector. Across the country, state institutions and the independent sector are demanding that funds for culture be distributed with greater transparency, and to the worthiest recipients. Pročitajte članak na bosanskom / hrvatskom / srpskom jeziku
Wartime Mines Still Hold Bosnia in Fear
Sixteen yars after the war, though Bosnia remains littered with deadly mines, the government seems to have forgotten all about its pledges to fund clearance.
Concrete Relics of Bygone Yugoslavia Slip into Oblivion
Few now visit the gigantic concrete memorials of the Tito era. But these monuments offer a window into the mentality of the former Balkan state, a new book by a Belgian photographer explains.
The Silent Passing of Europe’s Proconsulship in Bosnia
Valentin Inzko deserves praise for abandoning the so-called ‘Bonn powers’ whose arbitrary use reflected a failed, neo-colonial, approach to state building.
Joining Mladic and Karadzic Indictments ‘Will Delay Justice’
Despite suggestions from Hague prosecutors that the indictments against Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic may be merged, there are worries that the main result would be delays to Karadzic’s trial.
John Hocking: Hague Completing Tasks With Mladic Trial
ICTY registrar John Hocking says former Bosnian Serb commander's trial will form an important part of court's completion strategy.
Serge Brammertz: Mladic Arrest Not Too Late
Chief Hague tribunal prosecutor tells Balkan Insight the arrest of Mladic did not come too late, that the Mladic and Karadzic case are not likely to be merged and he had no tip-off that the arrest would happen when it did.
‘Mockery of Justice’ Haunts Mladic Massacre Survivor
Justice delayed has been justice denied, according to the former UN translator in Srebrenica, Hasan Nuhanovic, who lost his family to the forces of the Bosnian Serb general, Ratko Mladic.
Ratko Mladic: The Force Behind the Srebrenica Killings
The Bosnian Serb commander’s role in the genocide committed in Srebrenica is described in detail in many indictments and verdicts pronounced before local and international judicial institutions.
Mladic Arrest Holds Lessons for EU on Conditionality
Mladic might have been on trial long ago had the rest of the EU shown the same resolve as the Netherlands in insisting on his arrest as a condition for progress towards membership.
Mladic Divides Bosnia Once Again
The arrest of Ratko Mladic has split opinion in Bosnia, with some welcoming the news and others accusing Serbia of "trading Mladic for EU membership".
Mladic Trial May Hold Key to Bosnian War
Former general’s trial may fill in vital gaps in our knowledge about the 1992-5 conflict.
The Indictment Against Ratko Mladic
Indictments in 1995 and 2000, further amended in 2002 and 2010, charge the former commander of the Republika Srpska Army with genocide and other crimes.
Ratko Mladic: Belgrade’s Loyal Executioner
Though nominally under the command of Radovan Karadzic, Mladic was far more beholden to Slobodan Milosevic than to the Bosnian Serb president – who never exercised true control of the VRS.
