Yugoslavia

Russia’s divisive role in the Western Balkans: The view from Sarajevo

Concerns about the region becoming increasingly unstable and fractured are real and legitimate.

Don’t let the crisis in Bosnia spiral into another catastrophe

Europe needs to create and integrate a genocide prevention strategy to keep history from repeating itself in the Balkans.

The Muslim Resolutions: How Bosniaks condemned atrocities in World War II

The resolutions set forward by the Bosniak elite at the time serve as an example of courage, morality and empathy that people across the region can learn from today.

UN court convicts former Milosevic aides of war crimes in Balkan conflict

Jovica Stanisic, former head of Serbia's state security service, and his subordinate Franko "Frenki" Simatovic have each been sentenced to 12 years in jail for their roles in the 1990s Balkan wars in which 200,000 people died.

Mladic found guilty, but his genocidal ideology lives on

Despite being convicted of war crimes, the “butcher of Bosnia” continues to be celebrated as a war hero by officials and youth in Serbia and beyond.

Swiss vote on banning face veils in referendum criticized as Islamophobic

Although the proposal "Yes to a ban on full facial coverings" does not mention the burqa or the niqab — there is no doubt what the debate concerns amid a campaign by some of the country's politicians to assign labels for Islam and its followers.

Montenegro declares Serbia's ambassador persona non grata

Serbian Ambassador Vladimir Bozovic was asked to leave Serbia within 72 hours over interfering with the country’s internal affairs.

Montenegrins go to polls in test for pro-Western ruling party

The long-ruling Democratic Party of Socialists is bidding to stay in power for another four years, and is being challenged by a pro-Serb group advocating stronger ties with Serbia and Russia.

Was the Srebrenica genocide aimed at the wider Muslim presence in Europe?

Some analysts see a connection between today's Islamophobia and the toxic Serbian nationalism of the 1990s, which sought to erase the Muslim Bosnian presence in the Balkans.

How Montenegro’s religious property law is a regional power struggle

The controversial law could backfire badly.

The Bosnian Muslim scholar who saved the Sarajevo Hagaddah

This is the story of Dervis M Korkut, a scholar who helped save Jewish lives and preserve their heritage in Bosnia.

Myanmar faces Gambia's genocide lawsuit at top UN court

Tiny west African state says it's acting on behalf of 57-nation Islamic bloc OIC in bringing the case against Myanmar before International Court of Justice in The Hague.