Bosnia Hertegovina

Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has asked the Hague Tribunal to issue a binding order requesting that the Bosnian government submit a number of documents relevant to his defence. The indictee said the military documents were necessary for the trial, which is being held before

The Hague Tribunal trial of Radovan Karadžić has been adjourned this Thursday because the defendant is not feeling well. Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon decided to adjourn the session after defense had

UN war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia next week and then Serbia in November, the court announced on Wednesday (October 13th). Brammertz will be discussing co-operation with the tribunal, ahead of his December progress report to the UN regarding countries in …

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Bosnia, has warned the country that it is lagging behind its Balkan neighbours in the drive to integrate with mainstream Europe. She said

Thousands of people in Tuzla welcomed Ilija Jurisic home as a hero Monday (October 11th) after an appeals court in Belgrade overturned his 12-year sentence for war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian

The US Secretary of State has begun a tour of the Balkans to press for political reforms, hoping that the changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and Nato. Hillary Clinton arrived in Bosnia on Monday night to urge the country’s new leadership to make …

An appeals court in Belgrade on Monday (October 11th) overturned the 12-year sentence of Bosnian national Ilija Jurisic, convicted last year of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict. The court

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and NATO. Clinton is set to visit Sarajevo on Monday, the capital of ethnically divided Bosnia-Herzegovina, which

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele stressed on Friday (October 8th) that BiH should overcome its differences to join the EU one day. “The future of BiH cannot be built based on differences — this is one of

Hague war crimes tribunal (ICTY) President Patrick Robinson presented the 17th annual report on the tribunal’s work to the UN General Assembly on Friday (October 8th). Robinson said all trials at the tribunal should be completed in 2012, with the exception of the trial of Radovan Karadzic. The former Bosnian