BERLIN — The European Union should slap sanctions on Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik for his efforts to get Serb-dominated areas in Bosnia to secede from the Balkan country, Germany’s new foreign minister said Monday. Annalena Baerbock, who took office last week, told reporters in Brussels that the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina was “worrying” and the Bosnian Serb secession attempts were …
Quo Vadis, Aida?, Jasmila Žbanić’s gut-wrenching film about the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, the end-game of the Bosnian war, is this year’s Bosnian entry for the foreign feature category of the Academy Awards. Directed by Žbanić and produced by her small independent company Deblokada, the film is set to compete against the film industry’s favourite – Another Round, a Danish …
Al Jazeera journalist Alma Milisic was born months before the conflict began; one of the first words she learned was ‘siege’. A personal essay by Al Jazeera journalist Alma Milisic, reflecting on 25 years since the Bosnian War ended: One of the first words I learned as a child was “opsada” – Bosnian for siege. Sarajevo had already been occupied …
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic said Friday that his health is bad and getting worse, as his lawyers sought another delay for a United Nations hearing in the appeal of his genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity convictions. The one-time Bosnian War strongman may have experienced medical malpractice while receiving treatment for …
