Kosovo Court Finds Serb Not Guilty of War Crimes
Court finds Dragan Ristic not guilty of war crimes in 1999 in Gjakova/Djakovica, highlighting that the prosecution had proved that crimes were committed by Serbian forces, but not that Ristic…
‘Cruel, Sadistic’: Albanian Communist State’s Killings of Escapees Still Mostly Unpunished
In the final years of Albania’s communist dictatorship, the authorities shot dozens of citizens trying to flee the country – and most of the attempts to bring the killers to…
BIRN Launches ‘Diaspora Tales’ Podcast on War, Emigration and Balkan Roots
The five-part ‘Diaspora Tales’ podcast series explores how people displaced by the wars of the 1990s - and their children - remain connected to the region, decades later. KAYNAK: Balkan…
How a Swedish Bosnian’s Facebook Donation Ended up Changing Hundreds of Lives
In the last of BIRN’s series about war-displaced families' enduring connections to their home countries, Emira Havdic Cof explains how a one-off campaign to help a needy family grew into…
Rebel With a Cause: Kosovo Ex-Prisoner’s Pursuit of Justice Deserves Acclaim
Forty-five years after his first arrest at a student protest, former political prisoner Xun Cetta’s long struggle against inequity casts a harsh light on an opportunistic post-war political class in…
As UN Considers Fate of Hague Court Archives, Kosovo Seeks Equal Access
As the United Nations looks at relocating the vast archives compiled by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, non-UN member Kosovo is pushing for better access in order…
Serb War Criminals Given Financial Grants by Bosnian Municipality
The city administration in Serb-led Prijedor approved the payment of financial assistance from the local budget to former Bosnian Serb Army soldiers Ilija Zoric and Ljubisa Cetic, who were both…
First Witnesses Testify in Obstruction of Justice Trial of Kosovo’s Thaci
In the first week of Hashim Thaci's trial for obstruction of justice, the prosecution alleged at the Hague court that the former Kosovo president attempted to influence witnesses during his…
Thaci Trial Verdict Will Decide Legacy of Kosovo Specialist Chambers
The upcoming verdict in the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and his co-accused will have enormous consequences for the defendants themselves, for the court, for Kosovo…
Kosovo Detains Four Serbs Suspected of Wartime Killings
Court orders detention of four local Serbs arrested on suspicion of killing six villagers in central Kosovo during the war in 1998. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight