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A Bosnian Muslim woman mourns next to the grave of her relative at Srebrenica
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Srebrenica

Srebrenica, a town in eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina, was the site of the 1995 massacre of thousands of Bosniaks at the hands of Serb forces led by military commander Ratko Mladic.

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The Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajic

Will Montenegro turn its back on the West?

Montenegro's new government includes pro-Russia and pro-Serbia parties that threaten to derail EU and NATO relations.
PoliticsAugust 4, 2024
A view of a display showing results of the UN General Assembly's vote on the creation of an international day to commemorate the Srebrenica genocide

Srebrenica: UN sets up annual day to mark genocide

Nearly 30 years ago, Bosnian-Serb forces killed thousands of unarmed Bosnian Muslim men and teenagers.
PoliticsMay 23, 202402:30 min
2022 file photo: View of a large crowd of Bosnian muslim men praying next to the coffins containing the remains of newly identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide

Will the UN's Srebrenica resolution deepen divisions?

Proponents say it will promote reconciliation, but it has sparked opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbian leadership.
PoliticsMay 23, 202402:57 min
A woman at the mass grave for victims of the Srebrenica massacre

UN establishes Srebrenica genocide memorial day

A resolution put forward by Germany and Rwanda creates a day of remembrance for the genocide in Bosnia.
PoliticsMay 23, 2024
A Bosnian muslim woman prays at a grave of one of the victims of the Srebrenica massacre

Netherlands apologizes for role in Srebrenica massacre

The apology comes 27 years after Dutch peacekeepers failed to prevent the slaughter of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica.
CatastropheJuly 11, 2022
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in Arnhem, the Netherlands on June 18, 2022

Dutch government apologizes to Srebrenica veterans

During the Bosnia war, Dutch soldiers were sent to defend Srebrenica, where 8,000 men and boys were later massacred.
ConflictsJune 18, 2022
Gideon Greif holding a copy of a German-language copy of his book "Wir weinten tränenlos" (English title: "We Wept Without Tears")

Germany cancels Israeli historian award for genocide denial

Greif has been criticized for his position on the Srebrenica massacre.
PoliticsJanuary 1, 2022
Republika Srpska parliament

Bosnian Serbs threaten to block country's major institutions

Outraged by the UN peace envoy outlawing genocide denial, Bosnian Serbs pledged to boycott decision-making institutions.
PoliticsJuly 27, 2021
A Bosnian Muslim woman cries between the graves of her father, two grandfathers and other close relatives, all victims of Srebrenica genocide

Bosnia's peace envoy outlaws genocide denial

The new legislation comes amid attempts to downplay the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
CrimeJuly 24, 2021
Women react as mourners prepare for the funeral of newly identified victims.

Bosnia buries 19 newly identified victims of 1995 massacre

Thousands of people marked the 26th anniversary of the genocide that still deeply divides the Balkan nation.
HistoryJuly 11, 2021
Ratko Mladic in the court room in The Hague

Mladic's upheld life sentence won't prompt Serbian rethink

The upholding of Ratko Mladic's life sentence won't make Serbia admit responsibility for its role in the Yugoslav Wars.
PoliticsJune 9, 2021
General Ratko Mladic saluting, pictured in 1995.

UN court rejects 'Butcher of Bosnia' war crimes appeal

Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic's life sentence for genocide and other war crimes has been upheld.
ConflictsJune 8, 2021
Joe Biden arriving at the airport for a visit to Sarajevo in 2009

25 years after Dayton: Seize the moment with Biden

Together with the US, the EU it can open up a perspective for southeastern Europe.
PoliticsNovember 12, 2020
Inside Europe Teaser

Inside Europe: 16.07.2020

Poland's populist president narrowly wins reelection — 25 years after the Srebrenica massacre — Did the Hungarian government fail to protect its citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic? — Turkey rejects EU condemnation over Hagia Sophia mosque plan — Extraordinary collection of letters reflect love and loss during the Holocaust — and more on this weekend's podcast.
PoliticsJuly 16, 202054:59 min
A relative of a victim killed at Srebrenica visits the grave site

Srebrenica denial attempts ‘absolutely outrageous’

25 years after the Srebrenica genocide, the arduous ask of DNA analysis continues to identify victims' remains.
Human RightsJuly 11, 2020
People watch video messages from world leaders

Srebrenica 25th anniversary eclipsed by pandemic

A scaled-back ceremony has been held to remember the murder of 8,000 Muslim men and boys during the Bosnian War.
SocietyJuly 11, 2020
Kommentarbild PROVISORISCH Dunja Mijatovic

Genocide denial concerns all of us

Dunja Mijatovic
Protecting the truth from deniers and serving justice for the victims is our best bet against future genocides.
PoliticsJuly 11, 2020
People praying in front of coffins

Remembering the Srebrenica massacre

Men who participated in the massacre now hold key positions in Serbia's political and economic spheres.
HistoryJuly 11, 2020
20 Jahre Völkermord in Srebrenica

Srebrenica genocide, 25 years on

For families of the 8,000 Bosniaks killed, the genocide is "the center of their life since then, every single day."
CrimeJuly 10, 2020
Gravestones in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Netherlands partially responsible for Srebrenica massacre

The Dutch Supreme Court upheld a ruling that Dutch UN peacekeepers had failed to protect 350 people in Bosnia in 1995.
Law and JusticeJuly 19, 2019
Turkey's president and his wife wave from the door of their plane

Erdogan's bodyguards clash with Bosnian police

Bosnian authorities say the Turkish president's security detail refused to hand over their guns.
PoliticsJuly 8, 2019
Mirjana Markovic with her husband, Slobodan Milosevic

Death of Slobodan Milosevic's widow reported

Mirjana Markovic, often dubbed "Lady MacBeth of the Balkans," has died in Russia, where she was granted asylum.
CrimeApril 14, 2019
Bosnien und Herzegowina Srebrenica

Inside Europe: The legacy of the Bosnian war

On April 6, 1992, one of the bloodiest wars in European history erupted in the Balkans - in Bosnia Herzegovina. As many as 200,000 people were killed and two million displaced. War crimes from the war are still being tried in The Hague. The latest saw a 40 year prison sentence for Radovan Karadzic, the former President of the Bosnian-Serb Republic, increased to life. Natalie Carney has more.
PoliticsApril 5, 201906:21 min
Radovan Karadzic before the Appeals Chamber in the Hague

Bosnian Serb leader loses genocide appeal

UN judges upped the sentence of Radovan Karadzic, once a political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to life in prison.
CrimeMarch 20, 2019
Naser Oric

'Defender of Srebrenica' acquitted of war crimes

Before the war, the Bosniak commander worked as a bodyguard for Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
ConflictsNovember 30, 2018
Ana Brnabic on Conflict Zone

Serbian PM praised at home after heated DW exchange

DW's interview with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic whipped up a frenzy in a country not used to hard-hitting chat.
PoliticsNovember 16, 2018
Ana Brnabic, Tim Sebastian on Conflict Zone

Serbian PM: Srebrenica 'a terrible crime,' not genocide

The Serbian PM Brnabic told DW's Conflict Zone that the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica was "not genocide."
PoliticsNovember 15, 2018
Bosnienkriege | muslimischer Friedhof in Mostar

Is Bosnia going backwards, into war?

Is Bosnia going backwards, into war? I'm not so optimistic says the outoing Serb member of the Bosnian Presidency.
PoliticsOctober 11, 2018
Milorad Dodik

Bosnian Serb leader disputes Srebrenica genocide

Republika Srpska lawmakers voted to revoke a 2004 document acknowledging the 1995 Srebrenica genocide over Bosniaks.
ConflictsAugust 14, 2018
Leader of the "Mothers of Srebrenica" organization, Hatidza Mehmedovic

'Mothers of Srebrenica' founder Hatidza Mehmedovic dies

After losing her husband, two sons and many relatives in the Srebrenica massacre, she devoted her life to justice.
ConflictsJuly 24, 2018
Bosnienkrieg

US to deport Bosnian-Serb paramilitary policeman

An man accused of serving with a paramilitary police unit that participated in a 1995 Serbian massacre will be deported
PoliticsDecember 8, 2017
Slobodan Praljak takes poison on tv

The legacy of the ICTY Tribunal in the Hague

The court has been heavily criticized, but that has not lessened its importance.
Law and JusticeNovember 29, 2017
Dragoslav Dedovic Kommentarbild App

The exhibition of a monster

Dragoslav Dedovic
Serbian nationalists say this is not justice but revenge. DW's Dragoslav Dedovic says Ratko Mladic got what he deserved.
CrimeNovember 22, 2017
Ex-Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic appears in court

Ratko Mladic found guilty at Bosnian war crimes trial

UN war crimes judges have found former Bosnian Serbian general Ratko Mladic guilty of genocide and war crimes.
CrimeNovember 22, 2017
A woman walks past a mural of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic in Belgrade

'No punishment is enough for Mladic'

People who suffered under Ratko Mladic are awaiting the verdict from his trial at the Hague Tribunal with bated breath.
ConflictsNovember 22, 2017
Bosnian Muslims hail Naser Oric, (C) former commander of the Bosnian Muslim-dominated army in Srebrenica, at the Sarajevo Airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 04 July 2008.

Bosnian commander acquitted in war crimes case

Naser Oric organized the defense of Srebrenica but had been accused of murdering Serbian soldiers.
Law and JusticeOctober 9, 2017
People mingled among upright white gravestones at the Potocari Memorial Center.

Netherlands contests Srebrenica ruling

The Netherlands has asked its Supreme Court to re-examine an appeals court ruling over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
PoliticsSeptember 20, 2017
Bosnien Herzegowina Jahrestag Gedenken an Massaker von Srebrenica

What was the Srebrenica massacre?

In July 1995 Bosnian Serb troops stormed the UN safe area around Srebrenica and before the eyes of Dutch UN troops.
PoliticsJune 27, 2017
NO FLASH Gericht weist Klage gegen Niederlande wegen Srebrenica ab

Netherlands partly liable for Srebrenica

A Dutch court has ruled that Dutch peacekeepers were only partly responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
CrimeJune 27, 2017
Tayyip Erdogan nennt Niederländer Nazi-Nachfahren

'Erdogan wants Balkans as leverage on Europe'

Erdoan Shipoli, a US-based expert, speaks with DW about what Ankara's influence in the Balkans means for the EU.
ConflictsMarch 18, 2017
Ramo und Mile aus Srebrenica

How Ramo survived the Bosnian war

One morning in 1992, a friend came to Bosniak Ramo Kadric's aid as he started work in the town of Srebrenica.
ConflictsFebruary 27, 2017
Serbien | Gerichtshof in Belgrad

Serbia confronts its past in Srebrenica trial

Eight ex-Bosnian Serb officers have appeared before a Belgrade court charged with atrocities in the Srebrenica massacre.
CatastropheFebruary 6, 2017
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Protests all over the world for Aleppo

The fall of Aleppo outraged the international community, leading citizens to raise their voices.
PoliticsDecember 16, 201601:04 min
A woman stands in front of the Memorial Center near Srebrenica

Serbia postpones first Srebrenica trial

Defense lawyers have requested the replacement of three judges, marking another setback for justice.
Law and JusticeDecember 12, 2016
Mladen Grujicic

Srebrenica on edge as Serb declares victory

Twenty-one years after ethnic Serbs killed thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica, the town is poised to elect a Serb mayor.
PoliticsOctober 4, 2016
A woman mourns over a coffin among 136 coffins of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in the hall at the Potocari cemetery and memorial near Srebrenica on July 10, 2015 Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images) (c) Getty Images/M. Divizna

Srebrenica families lose case at EU court

The families of victims of the Srebrenica massacre saw their criminal case against Dutch military officers dismissed.
September 22, 2016
Dutchbat troops in Srebrenica in 1995

Ex-UN soldiers sue Netherlands over Srebrenica deployment

Former UN soldiers have sued the Netherlands, saying they were led into an impossible mission.
June 30, 2016
Radovan Karadjic was sentenced to 40 years in prison

Serbia, Russia criticize Karadzic conviction

Belgrade and Moscow say the ICTY's verdict of Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic is "selective."
March 25, 2016
Den Haag - Radovan Karadzic

Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic convicted of genocide

The former president of Serbs in Bosnia was convicted over the brutal Srebrenica massacre.
March 24, 2016
Niederlande Radovan Karadzic vor UN-Tribunal

Poet to war criminal

Who is Radovan Karadzic, the man convicted of genocide during the Bosnian war at the ICTY in The Hague?
March 23, 2016