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Bosnia: still ethnically divided?
30/11/2012 - REPORTERS

Bosnia: still ethnically divided?

It’s been 20 years since the bitter conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina broke out, a war which cost 100,000 people their lives. It tore communities apart, and ignited ethnic tensions between Bosnia’s three largest communities: Bosnian Serbs, Croats and Bosniak Muslims. And the country is still governed along ethnic lines. Our reporters travelled to Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka to find out how divided Bosnia remains today.
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Croats rejoice while Serbs fume at UN court decision
17/11/2012 - CROATIA-SERBIA

Croats rejoice while Serbs fume at UN court decision

Two Croatian ex-generals acquitted by the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court came home as heroes on Friday. But the ruling has sparked outrage in Serbia and threatens to strain already fraught relations between the two countries.
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UN court frees Croatian wartime generals on appeal
16/11/2012 - THE HAGUE

UN court frees Croatian wartime generals on appeal

A UN war crimes court on Friday acquitted Croatian wartime generals Ante Gotovina (pictured) and Mladen Markac on appeal. The men were jailed last year in connection with the murder of Croatian Serbs during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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I did 'everything’ to avoid war, Karadzic tells UN court
16/10/2012 - THE HAGUE

I did 'everything’ to avoid war, Karadzic tells UN court

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told the UN’s war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia on Tuesday that nobody could have foreseen the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica and that he “should have been rewarded” for trying to avoid war.
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Karadzic opens defence in Hague war crimes trial
16/10/2012 - WAR CRIMES

Karadzic opens defence in Hague war crimes trial

Radovan Karadzic opens his defence before the UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court on Tuesday. The Bosnian Serb wartime leader, arrested on a Belgrade bus in 2008, will be hoping to convince judges of his innocence in a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives.
Mladic war crimes trial suspended again
18/06/2012 - JUSTICE

Mladic war crimes trial suspended again

The UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced on Monday that the trial of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, which was set to resume this month, will be suspended until further notice.
Mladic war crimes trial suspended indefinitely
17/05/2012 - JUSTICE

Mladic war crimes trial suspended indefinitely

Former Bosnian-Serb general Ratko Mladic’s trial at The Hague was suspended indefinitely on Thursday due to “irregularities” in the transfer of prosecution documents. Mladic was being tried on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
UN tribunal orders arrest of prosecutor's spokeswoman
17/11/2011 - FRANCE

UN tribunal orders arrest of prosecutor's spokeswoman

The UN's Yugoslav war crimes court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for the French former spokeswoman for the tribunal's chief prosecutor. Florence Hartmann (pictured) refused to pay a 7,000 euro fine for contempt of court charges dating from 2009.
The man accused of carrying out the attacks in Oslo had apparently been planning it for years
25/07/2011 - WEBNEWS

The man accused of carrying out the attacks in Oslo had apparently been planning it for years

The man accused of carrying out the attacks in Oslo had apparently been planning it for years. A satirical comic strip parodying political life in Kosovo. Celebrities have been paying tribute to Amy Winehouse
"The Butcher Behind Bars"
27/05/2011 - International Press Review

"The Butcher Behind Bars"

Most international papers are reporting about Ratko Mlavic. The Bosnian Serb military leader was arrested in Serbia yesterday. He’s suspected of being responsible for the death of around 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica.
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